“Guilty conscience Pricks the mind”. Industrialised countries have made it a point to drag the names of ‘rising economies’ whenever they discuss global warming or any topic related to it. ‘Passing the buck’ is the name of the game. If the subject is about a possible food shortage, they would say: “can’t help it, those …
Month: June 2009
Hats off to Scientists
We are in the 21st century; science and technology have taken us to great heights. Like magicians, the scientists have been revealing one wonder after the other. The real geniuses may appear to be a negligible minority but their discoveries far outweigh their size or number. Just sit at home in front of your TV …
Will USA go cricket crazy?
I do feel that Cricket will soon gain importance in USA and the person behind it will be none other than Mr. Barack Obama. Don’t dismiss this as the wishful thinking of some one who hails from a Cricket Crazy land. No at all. The other day, he revealed two things; one was that he …
Twenty 20, loyalty fifty 50
BJP and Hindutva
The BJP, one of India’s national parties, found itself in a disarray following its poor performance in the recent general elections. There were post-poll problems in some other parties as well but the chaos in BJP was glaring. There is a general impression that the main reason for its debacle was its hindutva policy because …
Brown Baiting
 It is a widely accepted fact that democracy is the best form of government and it is based on free and fair elections and the implementation of the policies after open debate and discussion. The role of the press is equally important. Freedom of the press is jealously guarded in a democracy since it is …
Obama’s advice to the American kids
There was parental anxiety in Mr. Obama’s tone when he asked the American kids to gear up to meet the challenges posed by the up and coming Indian and Chinese students “who are in the classrooms longer than the American kidsâ€. Mr. Obama is equally worried about the US education system itself which he feels …
What ails European Union?
Just now the lilac is in bloom; if winter comes, can spring be far behind? Isles of Greece, Isles of Greece…All except their sun is set. Like flies to wanton boys are we to God….I could not help laughing at myself but it was back to square one. Karl Marx, Victor Hugo, Isaac Newton, Bertrand …
Obama and the new beginning
When Barack Obama made it to the top, he created history – no doubt, it was a long and tiresome journey but obama, the man, kept the spectators in good humour and won their hearts. Roses have their thorns too. The thorns came in the form of an unprecedented economic slump. Some stop gap arrangements …
Unity in diversity!
The demand for state autonomy is rising its ugly head once again in India. It is a distant cousin of separatism and if this demand is conceded, it could gradually lead to disintegration of a country whose beauty lies in the concept of unity in diversity. In this connection, it is worth mentioning here that …