Monthly Archive: September 2010

Quote of the Week

kaNTakenaiva kaNTakam कण्टकेनैव कण्टकम् kaNTakam = thorn kaNTakena = by thorn eva = only Loose translation: Only a thorn [can remove] another thorn. Courtesy: Practical Sanskrit (also Image) Related Post: Simple Sanskrit and Great...

“Kaam Aadmi” Politics – Can it work?

In a recent, thought-provoking article in The Indian Express, Saubhik Chakrabarti wrote (emphasis added): …what any intelligent politician should offer in today’s India, is that scarce commodity in poverty-politics: the ability to play the...

“Why were you in China?” – Reading Paul Karl Lucaks

Reading Paul Karl Lucaks extraordinary story: “Why were you in China?” asked the passport control officer, a woman with the appearance and disposition of a prison matron. “None of your business,” I said. Her...

Crisis of Leadership…

Read, re-read and think (emphasis added). From the redoubtable (late) C K Prahalad: The crisis in India is a crisis of leadership. There is no one who is willing to articulate a view of...