Anna, Hazaar!

I am sitting here in the US, far away from the action in India. But my heart is somewhere else. People are out in huge numbers in Delhi and all other major cities and towns in India. ‘I am Anna Hazare’, is not just an expression of words, but a mirror to the hopes and [...]

Corrupt Governance

Growing up in India, one always was aware of the corrupt environment. It was difficult not to see or interface with it. India of the 80′s, was vastly different from the India today. Teaming population, that included a huge middle class that had little or no purchasing power. A structured economy, where most employed and [...]

What were we thinking?

The planners and masters that run the government were hard at work for the last many months, in try to get the Nuclear Liability Bill passed. But unfortunately they had a series of mishaps that resulted in a circus, exposing the real workings of a democracy. A government of some people, by some people, for [...]

Deregulation of Oil Prices

For quite sometime now, i have been thinking about the ‘India – shining’ story. The country has made dramatic progress in last two decades. The last decade of the 20th century was spend in laying the foundation ,to propel the growth  that we have begun to realize, in the first decade of this century. And [...]

Right to Education

It sounded too good to be true. And the announcement on March 31st, seemed like a joke appropriate for an April Fool’s day. I had been reading about the efforts of the  government to bring this about, but like many major changes attempted in the past, i thought this would not see the light of [...]

and the WORLD goes around….

About a year ago or two ago, everyone that i was in immediate contact with was kicking back and enjoying life. Worries were not major, and anything about a distant future was not of interest to anyone. Life was about today, now and this second. Have money will spend. What has changed today? Nothing much. [...]