Tuesday 30 August 2011
IBM illegally fires man for his sexual harassment complaint against woman boss
IBM illegally fires man for his sexual harassment complaint against woman boss
See the FB page "Pray For Abhijaat"created for raising money for his son's treatment for Cerebral Palsy, to keep him alive and also the Website for the same
Sunday 14 August 2011
When days are dark, India grows at night
When days are dark, India grows at night
Gurcharan Das14 August 2011, 08:14 AM IST
Never has the general mood of the nation been so despondent just before Independence Day. This is ironic for the past decade has been the best ever in India's economic history; the country is the midst of an amazing transformation, driven by consistently high growth for decades.
Everyone has not shared in the prosperity but a significant number of Indians feel that their lives are better than their parents' and their children's will be even better. In contrast to the mood of diminished expectations in the West, ours is an age of rising expectations. If we can now deliver good schools, healthcare and governance to all citizens , then all boats will rise.
In our obsession with day-to-day events, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. If you were a Londoner in the 1820s, you would not have seen one of the greatest events unfolding in world history: the industrial revolution. If you were at the docks, you might have noticed rising textile exports; MPs from the North would have told you that the mills in Lancashire were expanding ; at the India Office, you might have heard about the plight of Indian weavers. No one could see the big picture.
But surely today our prime minister can see the rise of India. It was he who helped unleash the economic revolution in 1991. Then why have there been no economic or governance reforms in the past seven years? Instead, we have had expensive , wasteful, populist schemes, which will not deliver permanent jobs or prosperity but might destroy the nation's financial health and put to risk the very rise of India. Has the prime minister lost self-belief and faith in reform? The opposition too has been of no help—not once has it focused on the unfinished reform agenda. This is the reason to feel dejected on Independence Day.
The gap between India's public and private life also causes much anguish. The private Indian home is neat, clean, and energetic. The government office is chaotic, messy and lazy. If it were a home it would look like this: dirty dishes flung about in the bedroom, old shoes and newspapers in the kitchen, and everyone sipping chai. The difference between the two is a sense of responsibility in the Indian home—if you don't work you don't eat. This accountability is missing in our public life; corruption is only a symptom of the disease. Hence, Indians believe they are rising despite the state and cynically remark , 'India grows at night' .
Because of this, i am less than enthusiastic about the Lokpal Bill. In its obsession with the Lokpal, the civil society movement has forgotten the urgent need for accountability in existing institutions. Reforming the bureaucracy, judiciary , police, and the political system will reduce corruption far more than the Lokpal. For example, a honest and transparent tax collecting machinery will do far more for the Indian character. Nevertheless, something good is bound to come out of the Lokpal movement and we should be grateful to those who have persisted . In the end, we want the rule of law, not the rule of men, and our greatest hope is for a government run by persons of restraint who are accountable to the rule of law.
Yes, black clouds have presently cast a shadow on India's growth story—a frustratingly persistent inflation, fall in foreign investment, continuing recession abroad and a paralyzed government. But these are temporary clouds and India will soon return to the path of high growth.
In the drama of contemporary India, our nation is at puberty, which is a time that separates men from the boys, as the Americans say. India is succeeding because its citizens are self-reliant , ambitious, thrifty and risk takers.
These attitudes are conducive to economic growth. What will turn us into a nation of men is a supportive government that will build on this human capital, by providing all it citizens good schools, healthcare, and good governance. India's economic rise is obviously good news for its 1.2 billion people, but is also a lesson that open societies, free trade and multiplying connections to the global economy are the pathways to lasting prosperity.
source
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/men-and-ideas/entry/when-days-are-dark-india-grows-at-night
Everyone has not shared in the prosperity but a significant number of Indians feel that their lives are better than their parents' and their children's will be even better. In contrast to the mood of diminished expectations in the West, ours is an age of rising expectations. If we can now deliver good schools, healthcare and governance to all citizens , then all boats will rise.
In our obsession with day-to-day events, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. If you were a Londoner in the 1820s, you would not have seen one of the greatest events unfolding in world history: the industrial revolution. If you were at the docks, you might have noticed rising textile exports; MPs from the North would have told you that the mills in Lancashire were expanding ; at the India Office, you might have heard about the plight of Indian weavers. No one could see the big picture.
But surely today our prime minister can see the rise of India. It was he who helped unleash the economic revolution in 1991. Then why have there been no economic or governance reforms in the past seven years? Instead, we have had expensive , wasteful, populist schemes, which will not deliver permanent jobs or prosperity but might destroy the nation's financial health and put to risk the very rise of India. Has the prime minister lost self-belief and faith in reform? The opposition too has been of no help—not once has it focused on the unfinished reform agenda. This is the reason to feel dejected on Independence Day.
The gap between India's public and private life also causes much anguish. The private Indian home is neat, clean, and energetic. The government office is chaotic, messy and lazy. If it were a home it would look like this: dirty dishes flung about in the bedroom, old shoes and newspapers in the kitchen, and everyone sipping chai. The difference between the two is a sense of responsibility in the Indian home—if you don't work you don't eat. This accountability is missing in our public life; corruption is only a symptom of the disease. Hence, Indians believe they are rising despite the state and cynically remark , 'India grows at night' .
Because of this, i am less than enthusiastic about the Lokpal Bill. In its obsession with the Lokpal, the civil society movement has forgotten the urgent need for accountability in existing institutions. Reforming the bureaucracy, judiciary , police, and the political system will reduce corruption far more than the Lokpal. For example, a honest and transparent tax collecting machinery will do far more for the Indian character. Nevertheless, something good is bound to come out of the Lokpal movement and we should be grateful to those who have persisted . In the end, we want the rule of law, not the rule of men, and our greatest hope is for a government run by persons of restraint who are accountable to the rule of law.
Yes, black clouds have presently cast a shadow on India's growth story—a frustratingly persistent inflation, fall in foreign investment, continuing recession abroad and a paralyzed government. But these are temporary clouds and India will soon return to the path of high growth.
In the drama of contemporary India, our nation is at puberty, which is a time that separates men from the boys, as the Americans say. India is succeeding because its citizens are self-reliant , ambitious, thrifty and risk takers.
These attitudes are conducive to economic growth. What will turn us into a nation of men is a supportive government that will build on this human capital, by providing all it citizens good schools, healthcare, and good governance. India's economic rise is obviously good news for its 1.2 billion people, but is also a lesson that open societies, free trade and multiplying connections to the global economy are the pathways to lasting prosperity.
source
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/men-and-ideas/entry/when-days-are-dark-india-grows-at-night
Saturday 13 August 2011
Will brick & mortar tour operators be killed by likes of Expedia, Orbitz & Travelocity?
Will brick & mortar tour operators be killed by likes of Expedia, Orbitz & Travelocity?
Methinks yes. What do ya say ?
http://www.economist.com/node/21525904?fsrc=scn/tw/te/rfd/pe
Thursday 11 August 2011
Sonia Gandhi's Surgery(?)
From: Padmini Natarajan
Has she gone to find the 'mole' who is leaking info and to get it removed?
Padmini Natarajan
Sonia Gandhi's Surgery(?)
Ever wondered why Madam Gandhi had to go at this time for surgery? And what was the ailment that could not have been attended to by Indian doctors? If Atal Bihari Vajpayee's knees could have been replaced in Mumbai by a surgeon of Indian origin, why Madam Gandhi needed to go abroad for her surgery(?)
And even Manmohan Singh though a pensioner of the World bank and able to get medical treatment in the US got his heart surgery done in Delhi.......PN
And has she actually gone to the US or some other country?
I suspect the need for her to go abroad at this time is linked to the fact that Dr. Subramaniam Swamy's petition for the permission to prosecute Madam Gandhi for corruption charges, pending with the Prime Minister's Office, has to be decided before the end of August this year. Dr. Swamy has given incontrovertible proof of Sonia Gandhi's accounts in foreign banks, and these cannot be overlooked or ignored. Madam Gandhi is actually suffering from an acute enlargement of her wealth gland.
The real surgery for which Madam Gandhi has gone abroad has to do with the operation of her illegal bank accounts, as time is running out for her and her cronies. That is why even Kalanidhi Maran has disappeared from Chennai and is rumoured to have escaped to Zurich.
Time is running out for India, and if the corrupt Congress and its cronies are not thrown out, prosecuted, punished, and the looted amounts not recovered from them, this country will become another Banana republic like Zimbabwe and some other African states. The loot committed by the Congress bosses and their cronies is enough to lift the entire BPL population of India out of the poverty trap, while paving the way for responsible and accountable governance.
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Wednesday 10 August 2011
Indian consumers: The other Asian giant
Indian consumers: The other Asian giant
| The Economist
If only we had clean water, too
http://www.economist.com/node/21525427?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/theotherasiangiant
| The Economist
If only we had clean water, too
http://www.economist.com/node/21525427?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/theotherasiangiant
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