Category: Quotes

Of power and PM…

Offered without comment, this statement from Minister for corporate affairs Salman Khurshid, admitting that “Congress chief Sonia Gandhi wields the ‘real power’ in the UPA coalition“: Sonia Gandhi is the real power…but the PM...

“Our English schools are flourishing wonderfully…”

A thought-provoking excerpt for the week (emphasia added): Our English schools are flourishing wonderfully. We find it difficult, indeed, in some places impossible, to provide instruction for all who want it. At the single...

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...

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...