Author Archives: indra

Leftists Concern: Suffering or Shining India

Posted on October 23, 2009 by indra

Sitaram Yachuri, the most popular and vocal face of CPM, sheds tears about the poor rating of India on HDI and some other reports in a column in Hindustan Times that perhaps he patronises. HDI: Per capita income, adjusted to … Continue reading →

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Live 100 Years

Posted on October 22, 2009 by indra

Indians talked of a 100 years age as an ideal one with four ‘ashrams‘ or stages, each of 25 years spans dedicated to a different focus. Opinions vary. According to the scriptures many lived very long lives covering thousands of … Continue reading →

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Education for Employability

Posted on October 21, 2009 by indra

Unfortunately, the educational curricula in the country didn’t change to match the requirement at the targeted jobs. This gap created a huge unemployed and underemployed lot that hardly justified the expenditure incurred on education by the parents and in turn … Continue reading →

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Education: Skill Gap, a Problem or Solution?

Posted on October 19, 2009 by indra

I am firm believer that India could meet the challenge of Naxalites or Maoists only through quality universal education and good skill training. Can some sociologists do a quick research by asking the young men and women of the country … Continue reading →

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Thinkers from India: Business, Science, Technology, Management

Posted on October 18, 2009 by indra

While some Indians still keeps on priding in Venki‘s Nobel, though he might have disowned his pride in his India origin. Some others are busy in history of some Indians who missed the Nobel. I remember at least one name … Continue reading →

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Collapsing Empires: GM and now Toyota

Posted on October 16, 2009 by indra

I have been under an awful halo of the two giants. Reasons are obvious. I worked for the automobile industry and a company that had a long tie with General Motors. I had contacts with many from GM, US as … Continue reading →

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Terah -Thirteen

Posted on October 15, 2009 by indra

‘Outlook’ has come out with an anniversary issue and many celebrities have written about 13*. I remember one of the finest interpretations of 13 from Manju Deshbir, the wife of my class friend, Deshbir Singh at IIT, Kharagpur for whom … Continue reading →

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Textex- My Dream e-Gadget

Posted on October 15, 2009 by indra

While reading and talking about e-readers, Amazon’s Kindle or Sony’s competitive version or for that matter many others including some from the Chinese that are getting into market or will soon be available, I always hope one day some entrepreneur … Continue reading →

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Media: It also serves

Posted on October 14, 2009 by indra

‘India Today’ and ‘Outlook’ are the two national weekly magazines that reflect the mood of the nation. With its vernacular editions, its circulation is large enough to have impact on the people too. Both have covered one unique topic each … Continue reading →

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Sharecropping and Bihar

Posted on October 13, 2009 by indra

I came across two articles related to this highly debated subject recently, first on Bihartimes.com and the second in Business Standard. The news reports in media about the Bandyopadhyay commission has again raised this sensitive subject. The commission on land … Continue reading →

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