Category: Current Affairs

How can we invest more in women?

This post was prompted by an article I read yesterday. From Eye On: Conditional Cash Transfers by Adrienne Villani, this brief excerpt (emphasis added): What do we really know about what works and what...

Beware the Black Swan

Rakesh Ahuja concludes his article on CWG, “Salvage India’s pride…” with these lines (from ToI; emphasis added): …The bottom line is that a systemic, nationwide malaise has been exposed. It could be a catalyst...

“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...

Empowered Women, Priyanka Gandhi and the new Indira

The day of coronation appears to be coming closer…The machinery seems to be working full-time to establish the dynasty in the “hearts and minds” of the people of India. First you had the “celebrations”...