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[2 Jul 2009 | 8 Comments | 55 views]

Landed just after rains had hit the city…It is cool with a light breeze…could not have asked for better weather…
Spoke to two groups this morning and several conversations on  the side…This can be pretty exhausting…I have not spoken  so much in a very long time…worrying about a hoarse throat…Wonder how “real” politicians manage to go through an intense election campaign packed with meetings…
Two more meetings to go this evening…one beginning in about an hour…
Quick impressions:

The young have an amazing sense of optimism in the future of the country…
It is very …

Miscellaneous, Politics and Governance in India »

[2 Jul 2009 | 3 Comments | 12 views]

No, I am not talking about my upcoming visit to Indore…but something more exalted.
I am talking about the dozen odd MPs who “attended classes at the prestigious Yale University” and remarked that it was a “great learning experience”…that would help them think “out of the box.”
All very fine and good except – as Ashvini points out – there may be more to this than meets the eye…From “Is Yale turning India into a Dynastic Democracy?” (Hat Tip: Sanjay Anandaram):
As I scrolled down the report, the choice of MPs selected for …