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In The Wonderland of ‘Aam Adami’

Posted on January 11, 2010 by indra

Harendra works with us. Harendra gets Rs 2,500 per month as salary. His employer bears all his expenditure food, clothes, and even haircuts. The total cost for Harendra to his employer must around Rs 5,000 or more. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Between Scientist and Administrator

Posted on January 9, 2010 by indra

I came across today an article by a professor of IIT, Delhi that has raised a very pertinent issue: Why a scientist doesn’t remain content with his work and achievement as scientist and starts looking to get into the chair … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 7, 2010 by indra

Arpit is appearing for class X CBSE examination this year, and his sister, Anisha is in class VI. None of them has any of the national languages as subject of study in their course. Arpit has German as second language … Continue reading →

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Changing Bihar: The Heroes?

Posted on January 6, 2010 by indra

Bihar, till yesterday was India’s Somalia: a failed state; a metaphor for India; or the state of anarchy. Bihar, as reported, has certainly become a miracle economy. The CSO data and the news reports will certainly satisfy and encourage Nitish … Continue reading →

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Next Decade 2010-2020: Some Predictions/Expectations

Posted on January 5, 2010 by indra

Many exciting predications have appeared in media about India in 2020. I may doubt if I shall be able to witness the achievement of India by 2020. But these predictions are also something that makes persons such as me aspire … Continue reading →

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Bihar’s Miracle May Make Other States Envy

Posted on January 3, 2010 by indra

Bihar is India’s new miracle economy. It was one of the main news headlines on the front page of Sunday Times of India. Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar’s column in Economic Times was the reason for this headline. If I go … Continue reading →

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Bihar’s Bad Luck

Posted on January 2, 2010 by indra

Yesterday I happened to talk to Alok, my cousin in village. I wanted to know about the health of my uncle. And he informed that uncle was in other village, Samahuta where cycles were getting distributed to students of Girls … Continue reading →

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2009: The Year that it was

Posted on December 31, 2009 by indra

The year saw a general election, where one old man lost, while the other one own. A deserving Indian owned an Oscar. A person of Indian origin got a Nobel. Indian Chandrayan detected water traces on moon. Indian cricket came … Continue reading →

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नए दशक की आशा

Posted on December 31, 2009 by indra

एक नया दशक दस्तक देता दरवाजे पर. खोलो कपाट आये बयार बदलो जहान सबकी जय हो. कुछ नए स्वप्न कुछ नए लक्ष्य कुछ नए गीत ले नए छंद छू, छू ओठों को जाते हैं. पर मन बिद्रोही कहता है ललकार … Continue reading →

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Last Decade (2000-09) and Changing India

Posted on December 30, 2009 by indra

The Last Decade has been the best for Indian economy. Per capita GDP has more than doubled from Rs 15,625 in 2000 to Rs 37,490 in 2009; Foreign Reserves have risen nine-fold from $ 34 billion to $286 billion in … Continue reading →

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