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Saffronisation of Education
I have been reading newspaper articles in Bangalore about the “saffronisation” of Education by the BJP Government in Karnataka. Dispute has risen about the purposely ‘hindu’ leaning content in the new textbook. I highly recommend that all critics have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Saffornisation, Textbooks in Karnataka
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Retail in India & FDI
Over the past fortnight, the big news has been allowing FDI in retail trade in India. While Government has been surprisingly steady-fast in it’s decision of allowing 51% FDI in multi-brand retail, opposition & the trade itself seems to be … Continue reading
A week into the Bus Fare Hike in Tamil Nadu
It has been a week since the Bus Fares were hiked in Tamil Nadu. The hike has been substantial – 40-60% across all categories of buses. The worst part has been that short distance fare have short up by almost … Continue reading
Happy Deepavali from RBI – Deregulation of SB Interest Rates
RBI has deregulated the Savings Bank Interest Rates (read here). I see this announcement as a Deepavali gift to the larger depositor base. While the focus of the media & public has been on the rate hike which will impact … Continue reading
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Tagged Deregulation of SB rates, RBI, Saving Banks Rates
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Subdued Deepavali – Is Price Rise the only reason?
The Article Headline screamed out – “Shopping hubs expect subdued Deepavali”. The article in THE HINDU Newspaper on 17/OCT/2011 (read here) talks about the shopkeepers expecting reduced spend this Deepavali. The reasons spelled out are Price Rise and wider range … Continue reading
Dennis Ritchie – An obituary
First time I heard the name Dennis Ritchie was in my 2nd year in Engineering when we had the computer lab on C programming. When I started to learn and understand the power & usability of C, i was amazed … Continue reading
Chennai Metro – Hyped up Dream?
Everybody is looking forward to the Metro in Chennai. Everybody says it is THE SOLUTION to the traffic problem. However from what it looks currently I see the Metro being more of destructive and possibly will not live up to … Continue reading
Comparison between India & West
Why are we so obsessed with the West and its statistics? Why do we need to have all things like they have in West? We need to have the same income, same ratio of vehicles per 1000 population, same no. … Continue reading
Are we really against corruption?
Are we, the people of India, really against corruption and want eradicate it? Looking at the way sections of public has reacted to the current anti-corruption movement, it can be said that most groups are not really against corruption – … Continue reading
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Tagged anit-corruption movement, Corruption
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Is Anna Hazare Wrong?
Over the past week I have been reading many articles in the papers about various sections of the public – eminent personalities, so-called representatives of suppressed classes shouting out that Anna Hazare is wrong to force Jan Lok Pal on … Continue reading