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India as Economic Power: Some Indicators

Posted on January 22, 2010 by indra

‘India is likely to be the world’s most important economic power by 2030’. And what are the reasons behind this optimism? Perhaps one of the major and visible indicators is in business start-ups. Business start-ups in India in 2007 numbered … Continue reading →

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‘Three Idiots’-My Comments

Posted on January 20, 2010 by indra

It appeared at one time as if I would not be able to watch the movie that I wanted before making some comments. Finally we made it on Monday, perhaps after two weeks. It has already made a record collection … Continue reading →

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India’s Next Decade: Be Teacher

Posted on January 19, 2010 by indra

Wanted a million teachers for the elementary level and half a-million at the secondary level.. Great numbers for the unemployment scene! Will the Next Gen take a note of it and be a good teacher and help making India a … Continue reading →

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English: A Necessity of Nation

Posted on January 16, 2010 by indra

I never knew of the SC scare about China poising to overtake India in English proficiency. And that it may take away the leadership of Indians’ globally recognized advantages in IT/BPO sector. Does India aim to depend on one sector … Continue reading →

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India’s Nobel: the Infosys Prize

Posted on January 13, 2010 by indra

I had missed the announcement of Infosys Prize in media. It was a chance surfing that revealed the news in Indian Express. Rs 50 lakh is pretty good an amount as prize money. Any higher amount as near to Nobel … Continue reading →

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Bihar: Nitish at his best

Posted on January 12, 2010 by indra

I happened to watch the ET Awards ceremony on TV. It was a great pleasure to see Nitish as the first to get the award, the ‘Bussiness Reformer of the year’. But the best was to follow. Nitish was at … Continue reading →

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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 →