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Policy Makers Need Better Vocabulary
In order to achieve effective results, that is turn ideological aims, goals and concepts into effective practice, policy makers need better vocabulary, similar to business managers, who need better vocabulary to effectively manage and derive optimal results from their team members. The idea stems from an interesting piece written by Nadeem Chauhan of Navitus Consultancy, who [...]
Continue reading...RE: How Anti Inflation Works
Saturday, May 17, 2008
This post is a response to the article published by Sanjay Kartaria on the magazine last week: How Anti Inflation Works. I realize that is the idea, but does it really work? This article drew my interest given what I feel is the basic policy dilemma which is based on replicating policy from one end of the [...]
Continue reading...Theatre For All
Friday, May 16, 2008
“Theatre for all…” a unique concept; 5 years back any one hearing “theatre for all…” would have fallen down in dismay. Can theatre reach out to normal people? Can an ordinary man stand in front of 500 people and deliver a Monologue and make an impact on the society? Is theatre really come off age? I [...]
Continue reading...Class and Revolution
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
When we thought we had it all figured out, there came along some interesting notes: ‘Raghu’s paper is squarely in that “old” political-economy tradition: it asks why countries do not reform and why underdevelopment persists as a result. His answer is a twist on the traditional story: the problem is not so much a narrow set [...]
Continue reading...Dispel the Darkness
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
“Education for all is important for three reasons. First, education is a right. Second, education enhances individual freedom. Third, education yields important development benefits.” John Daniel, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education. How committed are the South Asian nations to promoting education for all? How focused, indeed, are they on building their future? At the Millennium Summit in [...]
Continue reading...The Year of 2008 for the Peoples Liberation Army (China)
Monday, April 28, 2008
The year of 2008 began with full of events for the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) in China. First in January, the Navy renamed its refurbished carrier Varyag (former Russian carrier) to Shi Lang, the Chinese General who conducted the military operation in Taiwan in the late 17th century. Some of you may remember Varyag because [...]
Continue reading...The Long Winters: Part 1
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Winters were pure and long in those days; no wonder they still stick to my memory very warmly. It was the beginning of 1986; there wasn’t much of a hustle bustle even though we were moving to a newer and bigger house. Maybe, because we were to the house (in fact a servant quarter) where [...]
Continue reading...Hi, ASL Please!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Age, sex location, the most common words that we see while chat online. “INTERNET RELATIONSHIPS”, probably the most newfangled trend in today’s world where people wrap themselves in anonymity, share all their feelings for hours together behind a simple LCD monitor, least they know that the person on the other side is a genuine or not. [...]
Continue reading...The Ring
Saturday, April 12, 2008
The ring was beautiful. She couldn’t take her eyes off it. The solitaire shone with all its brilliance, and mesmerized her. She knew instantly, the ring she was to choose for her engagement would have to be the one she held in her hand. “I love it!” she squealed with delight. “So be it, darling.” He replied [...]
Continue reading...Is There Such a Thing as a Modern South Asian?
Saturday, April 5, 2008
No- was the verdict given by an interesting article produced at the South Asian blog. In the following post, I would present my perspective on the article, and would further develop a theoretical model (hypothesis), based on the re-definition of modernity as defined towards the latter half of the post. Hopefully, you will stay tuned [...]
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