Month: February 2016

Caste System, Elections, Issues in India, Politics in India, Strikes and Protests

Still backward?

Social backwardness as far as India is concerned is a thing of the past. But unfortunately it is made to appear that the country has not made any progress in narrowing the gap between the so called forward caste and those who are socially backward. There may be couple of states where nothing much has …

People, Politics in India, Strikes and Protests

If there is a will, there is a way

I Came across the following lines while reading a book entitled, “Glorious thoughts on education” Do all the good you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can At all times you can To all the people you can As long as ever you can I closed the book because …

News: My opinions, People, Philosophy, Politics in India, Strikes and Protests

Let us enjoy the beauty of the earth

The world has undergone a seachange as a result of man’s curiosity and ability to discover new things. Everything is here, and all that we have to do is to encourage and enable the talented ones to pay full attention to what they are up to. Of course, the sun, moon, planets (mainly our own …

Caste System, Issues in India, Politics in India

It is time to recapture Indianness

With the birth of Independent India (That is Bharath) the simultaneous partition and the birth of Pakistan notwithstanding, we Indians took a vow to “redeem our pledge, though not in fall measure but substantially”. Our mantra used to be “INDIA, INDIA, INDIA” and our beloved leaders kept on reminding us of the fact that we …