Category Archives for Current Affairs

What works in US

In a NYT op-ed about Genius of Jobs, Walter Isaacson made a comment about US ingenuity and how it is THE advantage that seperates US from India and China. In my experience I would say 3 things that work well … Continue reading

01. November 2011 by Pankaj
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India Development – Atanu Dey of Deeshaa

Atanu’s post over at Deeshaa about India Development are always very pertinent. In his latest post on leapfroggingIndia into a developed nation and his related posts elsewhere on Deeshaa he brings up excellent points. Gist of it is that you … Continue reading

27. March 2005 by pankaj
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Tsunami Blog and easiest way to help

Various sources (Acorn, Brij et al) point to the Tsunami blog set up by few folks to aggregate the information about Tsunami relief efforts. This link points to the list of important telephone numbers on the Tsunami blog. Also contribute … Continue reading

27. December 2004 by pankaj
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The world is really noticing us or it is good PR

Stories like A Giant So Big It’s a Proxy for India’s Economy always make me prowd, but then somewhere in the back a thought lurks is it a result of good PR. But anyway this story reminds me of an … Continue reading

04. June 2004 by pankaj
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Let us all go to India this summer :D

Seems like this is the time to go to India. I had no plans to visit India 3 weeks earlier and now I am busy shopping tickets for it. Looks like people and people have beaten me to it. I … Continue reading

03. June 2004 by pankaj
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IT to India – look who is watching

I have been reading Brad DeLong‘s writings for quite sometime. I first came across him for one his book “Slouching towards Utopia”. This book made me feel good as it described the life of a worker during Victorian ages and … Continue reading

11. May 2004 by pankaj
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