IITs heading down a deep abyss

Quoting studies, Gulhati says admission by nation-wide tests where hundreds of thousands appeared had made the selection process mechanical. "Writing such tests is trainable, and training offers significant advantage. Thus, India's professional colleges including the IITs have shut their doors to a vast pool of talent among the poorer sections of the society (who cannot afford the training) and are missing out on true scholars not interested in rote learning, he says......read on

Finally Gujarat

So I was reading these articles in Outlook India about different cuisines in India. While reading I some how was missing Gujarat and found it annoying that some of authors never even mentioned Gujarat and its cuisine now thats blasphemy, how can you talk about food and not talk about Gujarat. Finally found an article that was completely dedicated to Gujarat..... so read on

Read on only if you are Big on Indian Food

A Sattvic Nomad Thela, dhaba, chai shack...it's these dots on the map that give you the real Gastronomical Survey of India.......hmmm. I must go to Varanasi some day.....read on

Slow Adds Up- Gurcharan Das

2006, the year gone by, was one of the best in India's economic history. We had two successive quarters of 9 per cent growth, following three unprecedented years of 8, and this came on top of a remarkable 6 per cent average growth in the previous 22 years. (Recall that the West's industrial revolution took place at a rate of 3 per cent GDP growth!) As a result, 1 per cent of the country's poor have crossed the poverty line each year since 1980, and this adds up to almost 200 million people. It is less than China's 300 million, but it is significant. Meanwhile, population growth has also begun to slow. ...read more

How Rice and Burns cooked the nuke deal

Risky enterprises often hang on a wing and prayer. But remarkably for the mostly choreographed and generally cautious world of high-stakes diplomacy, there was a moment when the US-India nuclear deal was balanced on one knee. Must Read.....

When NRIs had rare moments at White House

NRIs in the United States had a rare moment in the political sun when they gathered in the East Room of the White House on Monday as special invitees to witness President Bush sign the nuke bill into law.....read on

Hyde And Seek

A perusal of this debate through the columns of our print and online media shows so little understanding in India of the way US Presidents operate in giving effect to legislation on foreign policy matters passed by the Congress. When they feel the need to implement it, they do. When they feel that the importance of good relations with a country advocates against a strict implementation of a legislation, they are able to find ways of avoiding implementation, while making a pretence of implementing it. ....read on

Like Kissinger in Beijing

Opposition to the nuclear pact is due to a misreading of today’s balance of power

India's poor children raise their hopes

Learning English is giving young Indians hope of a better life

India emerges from nuclear doghouse, US amends law

Finally it happened the Indo-US nuclear deal went thru the US Congress

Blowing the Whistle on Big Oil

Wish this were to happen in India too... link