Rohtak Riots
These riots would leave deep scars and suspicion, in the Punjabi community, once forced to leave their paternal land in 1947. Two generations later, the uncomfortable questions targeting their identity is being asked again.
Thoughts on Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Politicians
Bureaucrats take the actions which are justifiable (by book or by order of their superiors), they care less about consequences (in case there are multiple possible actions, they let the politician decide the appropriate action). Technocrats take the actions which (according to their analysis) […]
Beyond Numbers: Dealing with terrorism in India
Let’s start with a small exercise. Trying searching for the list of Sept 2011 victims or for the list of London Bombing victims. In each case, more than half of the results on the first page lead to a list of names along […]
Book Summary: Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani
The book presents a generalists view of post-independent India. Unlike India Unbound, this book focuses primarily on post-independent India and takes a more pragmatic approach towards understanding the problems of contemporary India. The best parts of the book are the […]
“Understanding Corruption – impact and solution”: A talk by Subramanian Swamy
(Following are a few notes from the talk on corruption by Harvard Professor and Janata Party leader, Dr. Subramanian Swamy held in bay area on July 29th 2011) Corruption – misuse of public office for personal gains Five impacts of […]
BlackBerry Controversy in India
Indian Govt. has asked RIM (maker of the BlackBerry smartphone) to provide access to the data going through its servers for intelligence purposes and it appears that BlackBerry has accepted the demands. Due to the lack of understanding of encryption […]