Every few months someone seems to send me some information regarding Arthakranti, wanting my views. But what exactly is Arthkranti? This is what their key proposal looks like: Proposal Withdrawal of existing Taxation System completely (except customs i.e. import duties). […]
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Rs.5 lakhs committed by 54 Indians. This signals a STRONG demand for change.
Rs. 5 lakhs might not get you too many things these days. Maybe a small car. But that's not the significance I attach to this figure. To me the fact that 54 Indian citizens have put their hard earned money (they will receive no tax breaks for their contribution) represents an act of ACTIVE resistance […]
Dear Chetan, you are wrong. We don’t need to do an expose on ourselves..
…or look within. We need to think.
Dear Chetan, earlier today, I chanced upon your column in ToI, “We the Shameless”. You started your piece by saying: “It’s time to stop blaming just our politicians for corruption and look within”. You went on to write, “..organisations like the IAC should also send out the message that it is a lack of values within us..that has turned India corrupt” And in your concluding paragraph, you said: “it is time we did an expose on ourselves”
That was what tipped me over.
Frankly, I’m sick …
Why China will grow TEN TIMES bigger than India before India wakes up. Maybe it will be too late by then.
I was astonished and shocked (actually delighted!) to read how well the Chinese education system is designed, and how brilliantly it is performing. This education system is China's real secret weapon. While India goes down the path of the worst possible education system, China has moved to the TOP of the world. That's enough said. […]
4 Lakh illegal rickshaws, 6 Lakh illegal vendors and Why Politics Matters – even to Entrepreneurs
In an earlier post on entrepreneurship, I mentioned how “the “burden” of government can be very heavy – which is why it takes 11 steps on an average, to start a business in India. Not just that, these 11 steps take about 89 days on an average! In that same post, I also wrote: “I have nothing against the government trying to help entrepreneurs. It should; it must”. What exactly did I mean by that?
Did I mean that the government should give handouts to entrepreneurs – or somehow select potential …
Sri Aurobindo – the vocal opponent of socialism
Most people think of Sri Aurobindo as a great spiritual and literary master. Few realise that he was, in line with Vivekananda and most Indian philosophers, a great proponent of liberty and – in Sri Aurobindo's case – a direct opponent of socialism. Had Sri Aurobindo lived, Nehru's plans of socialism would have been still-born […]
Kerela’s development has nothing to do with Communism or Socialist Policies..
..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 …
Ambanis, the masters of political bribery, but it is the system that encouraged them
On many occasions I've written about the Ambanis' being kings of bribery. For instance I wrote (in comparison with Narayana Murthy): Not one IT billionaire of India (or even millionaire) has behaved differently to non-IT billionaires of India who have BENEFITED from corruption . From your ACTIONS (NOT TALK please!!) I simply can't distinguish you […]