Ever wonder why poor nations are poor and rich nations are rich? I don’t. I believe I know why the poor stay poor and the rich get rich. Consider this from The Wall Street Journal of Jan 19th. The report… Read More ›
Why is India Poor?
Panchayat Raj
The anniversary special of the newsmagazine The Week of Dec 28th, 2003 has lots of stories of the warm and fuzzy feeling variety. I went through the breathless prose of a large number of luminaries in it, including that of… Read More ›
Cognitive Dissonance
So here is something that does not surprise me in the least: Vajpayee has called for a common currency for the Indian subcontinent. Actions recommended and taken on the basis of pious hopes are par for the course. Let’s be… Read More ›
Everybody Loves a Good Digital Divide
The subtitle of a recent Infoworld article India Plans to $2.7 billion IT investment is Government embarks on four-year effort to bridge digital divide and it fills me with dread.
Education for a Nation
An old Chinese saying (I assume all Chinese sayings are old except the ones that come from the little Red Book) goes: If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees;… Read More ›
