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Can India Lead Through Innovations?

Many recent news reports about India and Indians make me ponder about if India can lead through innovations. The latest one giving hope came due to the person of Indian origin who shared the Nobel in chemistry this year. An … Continue reading

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The Poor Indian Nobel Laureate

‘Venky‘, the Nobel winner does not own a car and rides a bicycle to work. “Asked what he would do with the money, he laughed and said he did not even own a car, but that he might buy a … Continue reading

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It’s same: Be it vulgar, indecent or greed

How much should one CEO get as compensation? Are the amounts most of the CEOs get vulgarly excessive? Even prime minister expressed his views on the subject, sometime last year. Now Salman Khursid and Montek Singh Ahluwalia have expressed their … Continue reading

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हम दो, हमारे दो घर

Hum Do, Humare Do Ghar My craze for a good house perhaps has a root in my childhood. We had a huge house with as many as four big courtyards in the remote village, but that was not of bricks. … Continue reading

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Manufacturing and Machining

In Hindustan Motors, I started as executive trainee, a new concept of building managers for the future because of the company’s close relationship with General Motors, the largest company in the world at that time. After a short over-viewing of … Continue reading

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IIT Professors and Sibal

Sibal is meeting with professors of IITs. I wish that all the malice between them will die. And the professors will return happier to their classes and will never have to teach with empty stomach. However, I do also wish … Continue reading

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Save India, Drop Caste Identity

Anything for ending the menace of the divisive caste system that has kept India in Stone Age thrills me. Unfortunately, in India the governments under different political parties have been the main culprit in perpetuating the caste system. It helps … Continue reading

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China vs. India Again

As reported, an article ahead of the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic, The Sunday Times mentioned: “Not everyone in Beijing speaks in the silky language of the foreign ministry. Curiously, the enemy most often spoken of is India.” I … Continue reading

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विजयदसमी और राम

हे राम कहाँ हो बैठे, आओ तुम फिर तो आओ तुलसी बाबा हैं कहते अवतरण तुम्हारा कारण था अत्याचारी रावण. फिर आज नहीं क्यों आते रावण जब हर कोने में अपहरण देश का करते. और भाग बिभीषण जाते हैं दूर … Continue reading

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कुछ बचपन की यादें

कुछ बचपन की यादें, कभी हम न भूले, कभी हम न भूले वह दादी की लोरी, और लोरी में चंदा को उनका बुलाना और चुपके से कोरे का मुहं में लगाना, कभी हम न भूले. कुछ बचपन की बातें, वह … Continue reading

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