My colleague Rajesh Jain writes to the about-to-be-formed new government of India in today’s Wall Street Journal and says, “Get us Involved and Lets [sic] get going.” He advices the new government (but I guess it will be the same… Read More ›
Day: Saturday May 16, 2009
A Country Gets the Government it Deserves, and Rightly so.
I was talking with a friend of mine in Pune about the election results, expressing my disappointment. More than the results, what struck me was his attempt at consoling me when he said, “India is a third-rate country. What do… Read More ›
The Long View of the Big Picture
For every election cycle that the Congress gets to govern India, India suffers a generation’s setback. The dozen or so elections since India’s political independence that the Congress has won the right to rule India have set back India’s development… Read More ›
Open Thread
What’s up? Thoughts on the election results which we should be getting in today? How’s the weather? What you find interesting? What you find boring here? What you find interesting elsewhere? Say what you will.
Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity and Schools
I am a big fan of Sir Ken Robinson and have been so since I first came across his talk on TED of Feb 2006 (which I had blogged in September 2006). Here’s a treat for those who have not… Read More ›