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Revisiting Integral Humanism
One of the greatest theories developed in India as an alternative to chameleon nature of Congress politicians and self destructive nature of communism in India was Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s “Ekatma Manavata Vaad”. He called it “Integral Humanism”** in English. RSS leveraged on this theory to a great extent. In fact...
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Objection, Milord!!
It so happens that Justice Markandey Katju is very much interested in Science, History apart from of course law. This we know by his own admission. In yesterday’s op-ed in The Hindu, Justice Katju laments about the horrible state of Indian education system. We definitely share his sorrow. We too...
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Academia’s Failure In Contributing To The Reform Process
Let us start with a question: “Name one device that you use in your daily life, be it electronic, electrical, mechanical, chemical etc., that has been designed by an Academic institution in India and has been taken to mass markets thereafter”. Keep thinking. It is hard to find one such...
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RTE – The Implementation Question
The recent SC judgment on RTE is by all means historic. It has made “Education of every child in the age group 6-14 years” a fundamental right. The idea of making education a fundamental right augers well with Indian mindset. After all, people are increasingly preferring Education as the way...
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Academic Institutions and Goverment Civil Services Projects
More often than not, academic institutions in India end up doing a hi-fi project with little RoI and general public use. Little has been done to change the situation. Students work hard to reach the universities and institutes only to find a good job. This has been the pattern and...
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Political Patronage in Government Services – Missing Angle in the Lokpal Debate
Political patronage in Government services has a lot of disadvantages. We in India have been tasting it to find its bitter truth – such a system is endemic. Consider, for example, something as basic as postal service. In the United States, Postal Service was a government department since the inception...
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CCE Debate In Education
It is ironic that Kapil Sibal declared at 125th Birth Anniversary celebrations of great Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan that exam-centric education system would have to go. One wonders what Ramanujan himself would say – “Mr. Minister, even I am a product of exam centric education system”? Kapil Sibal says he...
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Foreign Policy : Opportunities And Challenges
In a growing global economic scenario, it is quite obvious that a strong foreign policy is a big difference between a country progressing fast and a country which has potential. India seems to be perennially stuck on to being the latter precisely because of lack of strong and focused foreign...
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UPA 2: So far, How Good?
22nd May. 2009. Manmohan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for a second term. For the first time in the history of India, a Prime Minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty was sworn in for a second successive term. The 2009 General Elections, we were told, was a resounding reaffirmation of the...
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Rural Distress or the want of it?
The publication of provisional Census 2011 data has been subject of some discussion. Data relating to URGD (Urban Rural Growth Differential) has been of particular interest. On 27th of September. In an much discussed op-ed written for The Hindu P Sainath wrote:
The 2011 Census captures only the tip of an iceberg in terms of rural upheaval. The last time urban India added more numbers to its population than rural India was 90 years ago and that followed giant calamities in public health and war. Yet, without such conditions, urban India added 91 million to its 2001 total, against rural India’s 90.6 million.
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An Analysis of Commuter Services Projects in Bangalore
There is no gainsaying that India is struggling to cope out with its massive urbanization. While we might nurture legitimate skepticism on whether those in helm of affairs are completely aware of the complexities involved in managing the rapid rate of urbanization, we cannot certainly be oblivious to several initiatives that are being...
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Don’t blame the Corporates
Blaming the corporates is the favorite hobby of left liberals in India. The narrative built by left liberals to blame corporates for every problem that has existed or exists is quite amusing and sometimes entertaining as well. S Vardarajan, a senior journalist, Associate Editor of The Hindu and Ramnath Goenka...
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The Falling Standards of the IIT-JEE
This year, as many as 5 lakh candidates appeared for IIT JEE examination. The most important reason behind this enthusiasm is towering success of IIT graduates in various walks of life . Clearing IIT JEE and subsequently graduating from IIT tends to be a great door opener for excellent opportunities....