Posts Tagged ‘Economics’

My mother told me, a long time ago, never to debate religion or politics with strangers. i am breaking that rule tonight!
there is a panel discussion (more like panel typing) on “Challenging Left Liberalism” . It is being ‘held’ at the Offstumped Community Portal , and starts at 7 pm IST. the debate/discussion (i [...]

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Tarun

(Inspirations – a series that is  reproduction of interesting speeches and writings. It is not about a writer’s block – i keep battling those – but more because these are readings / writings that inspired me at a certain point in life – and they still resonate.)
It’s a bit difficult to study for a degree [...]

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The nationalization buzz – seems to be growing. i seem to be picking up the ‘n’ word everywhere i turn.
when banks or companies collapse due to mismanagement and tax payers money is used to bail them out, then the tax payer gets to own that part of the company. The Government essentially represents the [...]

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…..anyone think that if Bhajji was a Pakistani Player or a Sri Lankan Player or a West Indian player or a player in Sunil Gavaskar’s  side …. justice would have been done ?
…I am glad that ‘fairness’ and the ’spirit of the game has been vindicated, but… this was not just about justice, it was [...]

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India is perceived as the 5th most corrupt nation in Asia, accoring to a survey. I am sure that the political and business class is making serious attempts to ensure that we are top of the list.

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I lived in Great Britain between 1986 and 1994, where I studied Economics and then Communication Policy. I was there during the height and then the decline of the Thatcher era. I would think that it would be impossible to be studying Economics, understanding sociology and living in Thatcher’s Britain and not be [...]

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The CPI:?
"We expect that the budget will boost development along with providing social justice and implementation of Employment Guarentee Act", CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan said.
"CPI would oppose any price hike that would affect the common people, and to give a signal to the government, we are holding an All India Price Hike [...]

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Hello and welcome to the first edition of BlogMela this year. And the year has gotten off to a great start. Some great writing in various categories from Desi Blogdom. Here goes. Arts and Entertainment Srican has an account of the nature of the harmonium vis-a-vis the sarangi as an accompaniment [...]

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When i was growing up in the 1980’s the big term around was “Brain Drain“. All those kids who went to the IIT”ss and then ran away abroad. Every family we knew had atleast one sibling in the states. Doctors, Engineers, Teachers, Scientists, Managers – you name it. It almost seemed that an entire generation [...]

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Sid from Patang was down in Mumbai on Saturday. And SK and I met up with him for a few drinks at Maharaja.
One of the very interesting conversations that we had (and we had many) was on the Right to Information Act and how it impacts our lives. In my neighbourhood – Charat Singh Colony [...]

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