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Is India trailing behind in education?

Is India trailing behind in education?

This question may sound absurd to many and a few might even say that I am nuts asking this. But I was recently reading an article in Times of India blogs that probed the idea  “Do nations have a split personality? especially India” something like the famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. While we [...]

Why I am unsure about Baba Ramdev?

Why I am unsure about Baba Ramdev?

Baba Ramdev fasts; and why is it that I don’t feel the same I felt when Anna Hazare embarked on it a while back. Though there are a lot of similarities in the demands, why is it that I feel different here and why is it that I feel all smoke and glitter. Why is [...]

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain

The first rain of the season brings with it the smell of mud that often bring nostalgic memories to me. Not that I have not had times when I wanted the rain to end and see some sunshine. But rain brings with it memories of romance, love as well as pain and friendship. My experience [...]

To do is a crime, to be silent is equally bad, I am talking of corruption

To do is a crime, to be silent is equally bad, I am talking of corruption

I had written a post today, but deciding not to post it for today the only things that comes to my mind is corruption and how it effects our lives. How as silent spectators all stand while a few rip us off our own dignity. My Two Cents Fight Corruption Today! Now! If man can [...]

Night is a world lit by itself

Night is a world lit by itself

Night Outs are part of a guys life, and for me today is a night out day, because of the cricket between India and England. The last time I did a night out was when there was a proposal to be given for a client. Though Night Outs use to be a common practice while [...]

63rd Independence Day – I owe them all

63rd Independence Day – I owe them all

A midnight sixty three years ago We walked our baby steps FREELY Now reaching atop the global commerce A billion people celebrate India A pious soul in a loin cloth Taught the world Nonviolence A World leader par excellence laid foundation for a battered nation And an iron man by his side secured the nation [...]

Devadutt Pattanaik on East vs. West

Interesting to note someone say that there is an Indian way to things and that it is very similar to the ways in other places, but built from the myth and believes in India. People visiting India both for fun and business both have seen the diversity from cultural traits with which they could never [...]

Tharoor’s Soft Power

My expectation on Tharoor’s talk was too high I guess. More over there was a lot of twitterola on the same. He is with no doubt a great speaker and a refreshing addition to the Indian politics. His talk lights up these thoughts in my mind 1. The bricks that hold the diversity of India [...]