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Agriculture economics and the blame game

Sugandha has a point by point criticism of why the finance minister is pointing fingers at the wrong “inefficiencies of the farm market” while addressing the sharp rise in food prices:
The food policy has so far been characterized by various kinds of input subsidies. The problem is that, unlike support for extension of irrigation or [...]

Today is our heritage..

Dilip says – today gives reason for every Indian to celebrate:
Well, the best news of I don’t know how long is what transpired in the Delhi High Court today. The judges there did overturn Section 377. No longer are our gay brothers and sisters breaking the law by doing what the rest of us do [...]

E-Campaign for Patient Rights

Aditya’s 3 year old son was prescribed a drug overdose by a pediatrician for the recurring fever. This led to very severe consequences and the child needed ICU care for 3 days and a painful process of recovery due to this excessive medication. Aditya wanted to register his complaint against the pediatrician and the hospital [...]

The grime of development

Most of the units are covered with a layer of black grime, a combination of dust, oil and some unknown substance. Chemicals are strewn all over the place and the air in these factories feels heavy with fumes from machines.
This is not a scene from a Dickens novel, but is in fact the real status [...]

One world, different crises

Why has the global financial crisis not generated any ‘existential angst about capitalism’ or any ’serious questioning of the role of the market’ in developing countries like India, unlike in the west? Arvind Subramanian offers some great insights:
There is a gradual realization that the diagnostic spotlight must shine on the revolving door between Wall Street [...]

Obama and outsourcing

Joyeeta Biswas looks at Obama’s new policy initiatives on curbing outsourcing:
And even at one fifth of the salary of the American workers, Indian workers in the IT and BPO services still account for 5-7% of India’s GDP, bringing about a huge impact on cities such as Bangalore, the centre of the industry. Needless to say, [...]

Not so cool

I did not feel like arguing when one of my teachers said…”if we strictly interpret the Indian copyright act, every individual in the metros at least, would have to be jailed for at least a year”
Suren says copyright violation in India is that rampant.

Banned Books

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‘Peace requires that justice be done’

While we have laws to offer protection to every vulnerable section of our society (women, children, workers and for specific marginalized groups), Mihir Desai and Titoo Ahluwalia (of Citizens for Peace) argue we need special legislation to protect those who are left out- victims of sectarian violence:
We need only look at the Srikrishna Commission Report, [...]

Drawing the line for your daughters

Reema has a collection of incidents and her own perspective about the way parents impose more restrictions on their daughters:
The father was very strict and conservative. Love was a taboo. A daughter got caught talking on mobile surreptitiously. She ran and threw away the mobile. Four days later she left home without a word. Family [...]

Is India a poor country?

D.K.Matai’s posts a fascinating account of how much wealth (enough to finance a large portion of the Union Budget every year from the interest earnings alone, I’d say) some Indians have stashed away abroad:
Surprisingly, India — still regarded as a poor country by many — has USD 1.5 trillion in Swiss banks, which is more [...]

Ban cow fart

If you don’t get it, look at ’smoking like an internal pesticidal spray’, advises Tys on Ice.
‘How long since you been smoking?’
Your answer then leads to a tale. You are subjected to a gag inducing life story of great will power and sacrifice. How his/her life is filled with glory and light. Then comes that [...]

Delusions of grandeur

Harini invites you to add to the list of things that Union Health Minister Ramadoss can regulate:
sex – if you didn’t have sex you won’t get AIDS, or increase population or become anemic through repeated child birth. let’s regulate sex
child birth – if you aren’t born, you won’t get diseases ! and, the woman delivering [...]

Let the dollar go!

Deepak Shenoy says ‘this is the time to take the gloves off and actively participate in the world markets’ and not regulate more:
This is a tough time for most countries. And at this time, the countries that must help should be the middle east, Japan, China and India – not US/UK. Our dollar reserves are [...]

Is Capitalism dead?

Ray Titus believes the economic left should hold its horses:
Just finished watching the ‘Big Fight’ on NDTV, where the discussion centred on whether Capitalism would survive. I am shocked at the prescription put forward by the few corporate honchos and leftist economists on the discussion forum. They seem to advocate ‘regulated deregulation’!

More on the downturn

Balbir Singh, on the other hand, is optimistic:
Looking at the stock market, this is the third slump I’ve seen and been bitten by, the other two were

Harshad Mehta’s stock scam (I was very small/young then, but I understood what was going on)
2001 recession

History has taught me to be optimistic and know that we will come [...]

An Orwellian world?

Amit Varma wonders how George Orwell would view the Big Brotheriness of the Mumbai police.
If Orwell were brought back from the dead, I presume he’d chuckle and think how little things have changed. He would certainly have been bemused by happenings in India. A few days ago, Mumbai’s police revealed their plans to install [...]

Novartis: would new patent claims result in increased medical bills?

Ramadoss Magesh, who has been diligently running a cancer support blog for more than two years now, linking to news, developments and useful information on the issue, writes on a recent ruling of the Madras HC on a petition filed by the pharma giant Novartis. Magesh looks at the larger issues of costly research on [...]




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