To understand India I will perhaps need help from a highly trained psychiatrist. Else I can't possibly explain the irrational responses from otherwise well educated Indians. Whatever physical damage British rule caused India, it pales into insignificance compared to the mental damage caused. India is defended by nuclear weapons. It has a huge and rapidly […]
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Hindutva “braves” (Modi) and Indian armed forces scared witless by Walmart?
One of the most absurd (it is not even imaginable) arguments against FDI is that just like Jahangir gave the British permission to set up a trading unit in India which apparently led (directly!) to the conquest of India, so also allowing Walmart to come to India to compete with existing Indian traders will mean […]
Google, please pull down the obnoxious film against Mohammed. At once!!
I was very disturbed when the US Ambassador to Libya was killed recently because of a movie made by some weird, unknown person. That was wrong. Very wrong. I am – and remain – a staunch advocate of freedom of speech and fully agree that the US government should NOT have the power to compel […]
The taxpayer will not subsidise. The consumer will pay only if happy. So what’s the problem with FDI?
It is truly depressing. I'm getting this strong urge to shut down my efforts and simply turn away from India. The stupid India government does ONE good thing in years, and there are MILLIONS of Indians crying "foul"! FDI is not even 100 per cent. Just 51 per cent. And yet there are people debating […]
Aseem Trivedi case now a major milestone in India’s journey towards liberty
I'm delighted with the news on FDI. But I'm even more delighted with the stance of the Bombay High Court in the ridiculous arrest of Aseem Trivedi for "sedition". This vicious attack by the court of the Government's case will send shivers down the spine of those who seek to destroy liberty in India. Well […]
India begins its next reform journey. Now for governance, training and regulatory reform.
I'm delighted to hear that FDI in retail, airlines and broadcast has been opened up by India. Very delayed, but never too late. Now it also the time for key governance reforms. a) Electoral reforms. Three simple reforms. b) Training reforms. Open up the VET sector (and partially subsidise) to foreign investment c) Regulation-making reforms: […]
Sabhlokniti = Chanakyaniti + a little more liberty => FTI policy (?)
I find myself agreeing with many things Chanakya wrote (if these are taken broadly, not precisely: e.g. when he says that Ministers must be paid 800 times more than the lowest government functionary, I'm considering the broad recommendation to pay Ministers well, not the precise figure of 800). Policies on which I agree with Chanakya […]
Chanakya: Pay your Ministers very heavily. But then hold them to account.
Instead of running about like headless chicken, Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal would do well to read Chanakya. In Chanakya they will find THE main solutions to the problems facing India. Without a corruption-free system, the Mauryan empire – which was the largest in Indian history and the largest (in relative terms) the world has […]