The age of the maid went from 15 to 20 years old, he is no saint but he is a person with money and will do anything to manipulate the law. The girl is not going to get a fair trial, if she was doing it for money, it wouldn't have come this far. This is one of the half billion cases (every one below the poverty line) of exploitation. You can never have a near perfect justice system but at the same time you need a justice system that does not look at the world from the eyes of the rich and the influential.
The comment based on the article in TOI
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Formula 1 not a sport worth investing?
Fair enough that F1 is not a sport worth investing. I am a big F1 fan but not at the cost of $37 MM a year, in Rupees its a lot of money which can be properly utilized for encouraging other sports. But, if its entertainment, I am sure that it can generate a lot of revenue at least in the form of tourism.
Its a business case that I would love to skim through to see the rationale for it. There there are a lot of countries that are not seeing its true value, my guess is that the cost of hosting the event is very high and if they need to get people to come and watch the race, the ticket cost should be made affordable. F1 has a lot of interest in India but what is the price of this interest? I see that there is a lot of promotion of late, but one race in a year... how much cash flow can that generate in a day?
If the revenue will come over time in the form of sports tourism, I dont think India is a preferred destination for the elite.
End of the day its not cricket and it will never come close to IPL.
The link to the TOI article
Its a business case that I would love to skim through to see the rationale for it. There there are a lot of countries that are not seeing its true value, my guess is that the cost of hosting the event is very high and if they need to get people to come and watch the race, the ticket cost should be made affordable. F1 has a lot of interest in India but what is the price of this interest? I see that there is a lot of promotion of late, but one race in a year... how much cash flow can that generate in a day?
If the revenue will come over time in the form of sports tourism, I dont think India is a preferred destination for the elite.
End of the day its not cricket and it will never come close to IPL.
The link to the TOI article
Friday, August 21, 2009
Foundation for reform
Article from NY Times
More than the article what particularly interests me are Krugman's opening lines of how an academician's proposal on health care is now the center of national debate in the USA.His lines
"The idea of letting individuals buy insurance from a government-run plan was introduced in 2007 by Jacob Hacker of Yale, was picked up by John Edwards during the Democratic primary, and became part of the original Obama health care plan."
Its fascinating to see the power of the academics influencing reform. India clearly lacks a strong foundation in generating academics and their influence on growth and reform. I don't have any doubt in our country's intellectual strength, but have big doubts in educational institutions that can develop and maintain that talent. Many people have tried, but sadly the focus always shifts to science and math but never on policy and other matters that concern the country's development and future sustainability.
In a country that has a history of great thinkers (Chanakya to name a person), we have moved away in every form of research and heavily depend on the West and import ideas in the area of administrative reform and ultimately end up with archaic reform practices that are developed for population segments in different class and needs.
The solution to the problem is a near term fix of our educational system. Reduce the mass production of engineers and make universities and research more lucrative than moving towards educational systems that generate labour for sweat shops (yes, I refer to our plethora of engineering colleges in every nook and corner).
More than the article what particularly interests me are Krugman's opening lines of how an academician's proposal on health care is now the center of national debate in the USA.His lines
"The idea of letting individuals buy insurance from a government-run plan was introduced in 2007 by Jacob Hacker of Yale, was picked up by John Edwards during the Democratic primary, and became part of the original Obama health care plan."
Its fascinating to see the power of the academics influencing reform. India clearly lacks a strong foundation in generating academics and their influence on growth and reform. I don't have any doubt in our country's intellectual strength, but have big doubts in educational institutions that can develop and maintain that talent. Many people have tried, but sadly the focus always shifts to science and math but never on policy and other matters that concern the country's development and future sustainability.
In a country that has a history of great thinkers (Chanakya to name a person), we have moved away in every form of research and heavily depend on the West and import ideas in the area of administrative reform and ultimately end up with archaic reform practices that are developed for population segments in different class and needs.
The solution to the problem is a near term fix of our educational system. Reduce the mass production of engineers and make universities and research more lucrative than moving towards educational systems that generate labour for sweat shops (yes, I refer to our plethora of engineering colleges in every nook and corner).
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Under currents in our society
I am glad with India's stance on racisim... first Australia and now the whole Shahrukh Khan episode, for years we have been mute spectators of Racisim to our people in foriegn lands... in school I remember listening to stories of how openly Indians were victims of racist jibes, banners were held in Australian cricket grounds that clearly were racist and derogatory.. although the retaliatory acts in India may seem melodramatic it is serving its purpose...
Indians are not going and showing their dissent by carrying acts of violence, we are doing it the same way we drove the Britishers away... by voicing our disapproval.
Kudos to the government and the people of India.
Indians are not going and showing their dissent by carrying acts of violence, we are doing it the same way we drove the Britishers away... by voicing our disapproval.
Kudos to the government and the people of India.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Communalism and India
The country needs a law to cover citizens for equal opportunity that binds every aspect of life. Job, housing, etc. It is wrong for any application form to ask for caste, creed or religion where the decision will be made by a small set of people. We fight for justice in other lands like Australia, Europe and Americas for racial profiling when our own backyard itself is filled with all kinds of weed. Agreed that celebrities like Emran are using this a stunt for his next upcoming movie, but at the same time we cannot deny the underlying animosity between every creed. Emran is not creating a new issue but is only tapping into an existing current that we all in India deny its existence.
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