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Hybrid Rural Development Model
In archives there is a photograph showing Rabindranath Tagore listening to the woes of a distressed and disturbed Gandhi. It was then that Tagore told him: “If they dont follow you, walk alone.”IntroductionIndia has very ambitious social sector programmes — in areas of employment, health, education, infrastructure development, etc and the outlays on them have been increased. But so far the results have been less than desirable. Why? Two words: failed systems.Indias planners have developed well-c...
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Change the mode of EC appointments
People would lose the faith in the fairness and even handedness of the high office of Election Commission once appointments to it are perceived to be made with partisan ends.The BJP has petitioned CEC on the matter of Mr.Navin Chawlas appointment as election commissioner as per directions of SC to which it took up earlier. Its earlier representation to the President was forwarded to PM who in turn referred it to AG. He defended his appointment saying that Mr. Chawla did no wrong as EC ignoring t...
| K Partha.. |
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Plastic bag ban! Even Bangladesh did it
A great sense of feeling sinked in when my lil one came back home with a piece of paper which talked about the three Rs - Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. He had understood very little though and the enormity of what he had learnt eluded him. But, my own thoughts wandered because they were still as relevant (and perhaps more relevant) as they were when I had learnt about them when I was little. Nothing much had changed in all the years. I still remember like it was yesterday when I tucked under my mom...
| Sudha S |
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We need leaders for cause of poor
Unfortunate but true, we lack in adequate numbers the selfless and incorruptible leaders of the past who toiled with little expectation than the joy of being in the struggle. Leaders who could inspire love and respect and enlist innumerable volunteers by their personal example are rareWe often hear people lamenting that the prevailing system and environment in the country is not conducive to throwing up leaders of intellect, probity and social fervour like the innumerable great men who had emerg...
| K Partha.. |
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Education only can drive poverty permanently
The solution to the problem of poverty lies in making the people more skilled with investment in primary and secondary education with a slant to a vocational training and not through jobs for 100 daysPoliticians and social organizations wail in every forum about Indias 35% of its population living in poverty with little hope of their early redemption. There is the general notion that the only cause for prevalence of poverty is lack of jobs and that poverty can be removed once jobs are created in...
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Why Bharat Ratna is deferred this year too?
This year too, the decision on conferring Bharat Ratna has been deferred. Its indeed a good and praiseworthy decision on the part of the government. The way the highest award of the land has been politicised, deferment is the ideal solution.THIS YEAR too, Bharat Ratna has not been conferred on anybody. Its indeed a good and praiseworthy decision on the part of the government. The award has lost its glory and become an object of mockery with every political party desiring that it be conferred on ...
| Ashwini A |
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Arrest of UP Don & Gurgaon Kidney Racket
Uttar Pradesh: Arrest of Brijesh Singh is a breakthrough or a shame?Brijesh Singh, a hardcore criminal and fugitive is arrested after two decades in Bhuvneshvar. Is it really a breakthrough even when he had been spending his life in luxury? Does a criminal take twenty years in his arrest if we sincerely make efforts in nabbing him?Uttar Pradesh Police is jubilant cheeringly. Why not? It has the every right to show off its breakthrough in arresting hardcore criminal of Brijesh Singh type. But, is...
| Ashwini A |
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Do we need Bharat Ratna, Padma awards?
When I saw that a TV media had started a preposterous debate whether Bharat Ratna award should be conferred on youngsters like Sachin Tendulkar instead of going for the obvious (I do not know what they meant by the obvious- do they say oldies?) a thought came to my mind whether these civilian awards fashioned after the system in UK can be dispensed with once and for all.. Janata government under Morarji Desai had very wisely suspended this during late Seventies for three years. The grant of awar...
| K Partha.. |
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Tata Nano: Big Talk about a Tiny Car
“The father was driving a scooter, his young kid standing in front of him, wife seated behind him holding a little baby. It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe, affordable, all-weather form of transport for such a family. Tata Motors engineers and designers gave their all for about four years to realize this goal”Exactly these were the words, Mr. Rattan Tata, the chairman of Tata Motors had uttered at Indias biggest car show at 9th Auto Expo in New Delhis Pragati Madan at the t...
| Ashwini A |
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Housewife or A Home Relationship Officer
One over heard answer for the question what you do is - I do a lot of things ya. It is just that I do it at home. It is one of the most thankless jobs. But yes, I still have to do it. I never get paid, I dont get the Sundays off, I dont get a bonus based on my performance, My appraisal is done by almost everyone and I never top. Yes, the one thing I do feel happy about this job is when my son hugs me and kisses me with all his love, it just makes all the work worth it.As an after thought why don...
| Sudha S |
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Gujarat: Corruption-free governance pays
The thumping victory of Narendra Modi against the very strong campaign mounted by Congress in particular and UPA in general set me thinking whether the voters were influenced largely by the integrity and honesty of the Chief Minister and the consequent good governance with the benefits flowing to the people unhindered. Judged by the results they have obviously relegated the shrill cries of religion based issues to the back ground. The people know that a clean administration without corruption wo...
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Pseudo secularism - Cong, Commie style
Playing the cheap and crude Congress politics of anti-national secularism three days ago, he said that “Taslima Nasreen should apologise for hurting the sentiments of the Muslims. Ours is a pluralistic country, where every religion is given equal respect. I have nothing against her writing but that does not mean that she can use her pen to insult and offend the religious beliefs of Muslims or any other community for that matter. If Nasreen wanted to stay in India or any country, she had to respe...
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Sikh martyrs and 1984 Congress riots
In what can be viewed as a highly controversial decision and action, the highest Sikh temporal seat has declared the assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as Martyrs of the Community. At a special religious function, organised at the Akal Takht in Amritsar that was attended and headed by its Jathedar Gyani Joginder Singh Vedanti, two men Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh were hailed for targeting Indira for “sending the Indian Army to the Golden Temple for Operation Blue Star in 1984”. Sa...
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Christian fundamentalism & Orissa clashes
The recent Hindu-Christian clashes in Orissa during Christmas where many churches were burnt again shed light on the complexity of religious conditions in India. As usual Hindus and Hindu Organizations are being blamed. But, before getting into these blame games, its important to state the facts.Orissa has been a favorite destination of Christian Missionaries for proselytization. The illegal conversions are being carried out by missionaries in tribal areas. In Kandhamal District alone the Christ...
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Unholy ways of Holy Missionaries
On December 25th when the whole world was celebrating the birth of the Jesus Christ, churches were burning in Gujarat. As per confirmed estimates 11 churches had been burnt. On December 27th Religious leaders in the national capital expressed their anguish over the continuing attacks on the churches in Orissa, saying violence in any form in unacceptable. But something that which really bothered me was one of the statements, by Swami Shantatmanand – Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission in New Delhi –...
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