..so it would seem. Excerpts from “The Dakshina Kannada Model” (written almost five years ago; emphasis added):
Everyone talks of the Kerala model, but to the north of Kerala lie two districts called Dakshina Kannada (headquarters: Mangalore) and Udupi, which, if I am not wrong, are doing just as well as, if not better than, Kerala.
…The state and the district have a lot in common.
…More importantly, the socio-economic profile is similar. People have similar attitudes towards education. The schools in Mangalore are supposed to be the best in Karnataka…Education of women …
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Of “Rights”, Parliamentary Committees, Sh Raja & Sh Kalmadi..
This is a very hurried post..but something I felt must be recorded and highlighted..I am practically seething with anger as I write this..These thoughts were triggered by this caustic tweet from Darshak Hathi:
Public memory is very short. No wonder Kalmadi, Raja in parliamentary Committe…
This prompted me to dig a bit more. I had not heard of Raja and Kalmadi being part of this expansion. I an not sure how many of you realised when this happened..It was almost a month ago – in a bit of news that I had …
Electoral reforms for a corruption-free India
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To say the ordeal is stressful does not begin to describe it..
“A rope is threaded through their nose to keep the animals together…
Sometimes the frightened cattle tug against one another and the rope rips their nose apart…
The animals are beaten mercilessly with sticks…
The cattle are forced to walk sometimes for days…and are not given food or water
It is no wonder many of them collapse.
But instead of receiving help, the animals who fall actually have chilli peppers and tobacco rubbed into their eyes and have bones in their tails repeatedly broken in an effort to get them on their feet.”
After this, I could not …
“Clean Politics” in India – Guest Post by Dipinder Sekhon
Dear All: It is my pleasure to publish this guest post by friend and FTI colleague, Dipinder Sekhon. In this post, Dipinder has identified a number of ‘clean politics’ initiatives and compiled them in a list. He has also compiled a list of candidates with “clean” credentials who have been successful in electoral politics (mostly against massive odds).
I am grateful to Dipinder for this list – and making this a placeholder for all initiatives connected with “clean politics” and “clean candidates” in India.
*** “Clean Politics” in India – Guest Post by …
Request to fund India’s first-ever All India Policy Writing Competition
FTI follows a “pyramid model” of decision making. Higher level agreements are achieved first, then the details. Policy development should be undertaken after a process for such development has been agreed. […]
Darkness at Noon* – Is there a way out of this mess?
Amidst the tales of corruption, of crony-ism, deals for favours – or favours for deals, most thinking Indian have probably given up getting angry; they are exasperated. But don’t give up hope. There is a way out of this mess.
But it is a road less taken – and it is very hard. It is not the activist road. It is not the “all politicians are crooks” road. Neither is it the romanticised, dramatic road of “Ekla Chalo Re!” (If anything “Ekla Chalo Re!” is probably the surest guarantee that nothing will change).
The …
Is the problem at the heart of Islam, the silence of sensible Muslims?
Events of the last few weeks have once again thrown into sharp relief why numerous commentators across the political divide, ideologies & cultures worry greatly about Islam. Some do not just worry; they fear.
They worry about and fear an ideology that apparently condones killing of “followers” who may have second thoughts[i]; they fear an ideology which justifies war and violence against the “infidels” and enemies as long as it is for a “just” cause[ii]. They fear an ideology that shows no qualms in killing and maiming fellow believers simply because …