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After five years of captivity, Gilad Shalit was set free today.  I am quite sure this will hit the top trends in searches on various websites all over the world. There has been a lot of debate on whether the swap of 1000+ prisoners in exchange for Gilad is acceptable or not, but one thing [...]

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I read a paper on ‘Why for a class of bribers, the act of giving a bribe should be treated as legal’. This paper was written by Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. This paper is available in this link. The author is focusing on a particular class of bribe [...]

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Forbes recently released a list of 68 most influential people in the world. This list is introduced by Forbes with a nice phrase saying there are 6.8 billion people in this world and here is a list of the top 68 people who are considered the most influential. While there are many popular names in [...]

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Many people who are passionate about India’s progress and development have said that India is already a developed nation!!! I disagree with that completely – as of today, I believe India is not a developed nation..yet. Opinions differ from person to person and I started thinking about the reasoning behind my opinion. When can a [...]

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I have always been a fan of the concept of ‘Main Street’ that have been in existence in the US for over 100 years now. I have also been a big fan of the PURA (Providing Urban amenities in Rural Areas) concept that is envisioned as a part of India 2020 programme – helping India [...]

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A few days I had written about why I felt Kalanidhi Maran will soon become the richest man in the world. I could not help smiling when Forbes magazine announced their 2010 top 50 Indians based on their net worth. Kalanidhi Maran has jumped up to 17th position with a net worth of 4 billion [...]

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Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan is a MLA from Kukatpally constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He represented the Lok Satta party in the 2009 elections. Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan was a doctor, who gave up his profession and then enrolled for IAS and now has decided to be in politics. His thoughts and views are well structured and it [...]

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Abdul Kalamji was the president of India from 2002 to 2007. When I thought about writing about good things done by Politicians of India, Abdul Kalamji was the first name that came to my mind.  As a part of this, I could not help giving a simple example based on his interview at Wharton in [...]

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Politicians of India is a term I want to use to refer to a series of blogs I intend to write about each and every politician in India, that I am aware of. There is a general mindset among Indians that most of the politicians are corrupt, but we also believe that there are certain [...]

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Today is 15th August. Any Indian, just like me, must be proud of this day when India got its independence from the British rule in 1947. I just read the news that Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India has extended his invitation to Pakistan to join hands and work towards a better future for [...]

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