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All is Well!

Wardha is in Vidarbha which is associated with agrarian distress. As per the Agriculture Department only 10% of the area is irrigated in the district, of which 89% is with wells. 5 years ago we made increasing water availability a key priority of our work in the district. There were over 200 Kolhapuri Type weirsContinue reading “All is Well!”

School Education in Rural Wardha

A decade ago, I found myself at then Planning Commission, across Dr. Ahluwalia its Deputy Chairman and Shri Sibal, the then HRD Minister. On my right was Shri RC Bhargava of Maruti and on my left Shri Uday Kotak. How I got to be in that hot seat is another story. The meeting was aboutContinue reading “School Education in Rural Wardha”

If at first you don’t succeed

There is a dove that has been for years building a nest of twigs on an at best six inch rafter beneath the tiles in the verandah of our house. It is the wrong place for a nest. Each year one or two eggs fall off the “nest” and her efforts go in vain. ThisContinue reading “If at first you don’t succeed”

Economics-101

This is a lecture I have taken from Class 12 to M.Com and even with faculty teaching Commerce. And I have been amazed by the widespread lack of clarity on basic issues regarding the Economy. I begin by asking “What runs an Economy?” Response range from Money to Government. In my view the answer isContinue reading “Economics-101”

Reconstructing India- Tips from MV

Recently I chanced to read on the net, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya’s (MV) book, “Reconstructing India” , written almost a century ago, and the little that I read persuaded me to buy it. If one did not know the source one would think its some contemporary commentator. This reflects the sad story of the lack of ourContinue reading “Reconstructing India- Tips from MV”

India to Bharat via Nairobi, Frankurt

I had a rather typical educated, north indian, nomadic professional’s child upbringing. Naya Nangal, Nagpur, Goa, Belgaum, Jaipur, Nagpur, Delhi, Bangalore education in “convent” schools/colleges. Till I was about 13 I thought in Hindi, after that in English. Importance of education, honesty and unstated nationalism were givens. My first memories, of early 1960s, are ofContinue reading “India to Bharat via Nairobi, Frankurt”

Birds in our Garden

Last week we discovered that a Teetar or a Grey Partridge has made a nest on the ground, nestled among brown leaves, between our hedge and the wire fence, in front of our house, and is preoccupied with incubating 7 eggs. Ganesh noticed it first, as he watered the hedge. Since then it has becomeContinue reading “Birds in our Garden”

Reflections

For over 30 years I have been writing. Very little of this got published. On the economy in Economic Times and Business India, a story created for our son, in Children’s World. Some pieces like the “Dodos of Dehli” that I cherish came back from all major newspapers. Newsletters that I wrote as a partContinue reading “Reflections”