The above screenshot perfectly explains the priority India gives for education. Does any country that doesn’t invest in youth deserve a bright future? Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) slashes it’s library budget from 8 crores to 1.7 crores. An 80% drop. Government stops any additional funding to the 6 new IIMS and wants them to take […]
Chhattisgarh Elections 2018: More Than 70% Turnout In Phase 1
Chhattisgarh Election 2018: Voters to exercise their vote right are coming out in great numbers for Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh despite Maoists call for a boycott. Voting began in 18 of 90 constituencies in Chhattisgarh today, more than 70% turnout for phase 1 of voting. The security forces are using drones to keep vigil in polling […]
Understanding India’s Voting History: Is BJP the right choice?
The narrative is that we should not allow India to be looted like in the past 70 years. Look at how our parents and grand parents voted in the last 70 years: 1951: Congress won a landslide – Won 364 of the 489 seats; 48 million or 45% of the popular vote; 4 times more votes […]
The myth of BJP’s clean image
The pre-2014 era had courageous journalists exposing the underbelly of political patronage and corruption that brought down governments. In fact, The prime reason for Modi’s ascendancy to throne is fierce and persistent journalism. Coalgate, 2G, CWG, Telgi, Bofors, Adarsh, Abhishek Verma etc. were clues till journalists pursued them and made politicians run for cover. It […]
The 5 biggest issues that plague this BJP government
The 5 biggest issues that plague this government are – Demonetization, Doklam, Growth, Employment and Rafale. And this is BJPs way of fighting the truth. BJP leaders stall the report of the ‘Estimates Committee’ report that questions the reliability of government’s method to calculate GDP. The committee is headed by senior BJP leader, Murali Manohar […]
A short analysis of China vs India’s priorities and perception
Research: China Vs. India For a nation to catch up and move aggressively to the needs of its demographics, investing in Research and Development and innovation is imperative. However, India always considered investments in education and research as an expenditure. Politicians spend only when the returns are immediate. With such short term planning of policy […]