Yesterday I attended a meeting organised by The Committee for the Release of Binayak Sen (CRBS) as recorded right below my post. (interestingly the event doesn’t find feature in the papers today even as far more frivolous news covers the pages.) I was already aware of the atrocities being carried out by the Indian state… [Read more…]
November 1, 2009
I read the following story at the Guardian, and couldnt help feeling a bit amused http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/27/economy-recession-car-industry-bankers Till when will this charade go on? Lets accept it that our current developmental models are just not sustainable. Forget sustainability from the environmental perspective. They are just not sustainable from a very fundamental human need point of you… [Read more…]
February 22, 2009
Into my new political avatar I got into discussion with a colleague about the river linking idea which was so vociferously supported by the ex-President Abdul Kalam. While discussing the need for having positions on various issues my colleague brought out the need for inter-linking rivers as supported by the ex-President. While I had also… [Read more…]
November 16, 2008
I read the two comments below made at the G 20 Summit and covered in Saturdays ET and got thinking: ” The key point is we must agree to a new order of global oversight. A more inclusive system can provide better surveillance and serve as an early warning mechanism.” P CHIDAMBARAM, FM Did he… [Read more…]
November 2, 2008
Great discussion! http://www.earth.columbia.edu/worldeconomy/
February 29, 2008
Some points which come to my mind: Point 1) Almost every where I hear that the waiver will bring disposable income into the rural sector. This extra income will then according to people like Rahul Bajaj encourage people to spend on goods like two wheelers thus boosting the economy. Others say people will spend on… [Read more…]
November 1, 2009
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