Jayant's Blog Development: The Indian way
India’s social challenges are daunting. A young population has to be educated, tens of millions of new jobs have to be created every year, a massive urban...Read More
Meritocracy versus Aristocracy
After Independence, India became a much more open, meritocratic nation. Existing power structures were demolished and a talent-driven elite emerged...Read More
From a Mai-Baap Sarkar to an Umpire Sarkar
Corrupt paternalism defines the Indian state (sarkar) today. With 75 percent of India’s population making less than $2 per day...Read More
India's voters demand results
In the recent national elections, Indian voters ushered in a new era in Indian politics that will reset political behavior and shift economic priorities...Read More
India's best days lie ahead
The Indian people are sophisticated and mature voters. They have rewarded good candidates and formed a durable coalition government. Regional parties based on caste, celebrity, communalism, and cash have been shown the door...Read More Freeing higher education
India’s higher education sector is failing. Barely 7% of Indians get to college; 99% of these lucky few receive indifferent teaching in decrepit classrooms; they lack libraries, labs, and computers; 80% are unemployable...Read More
Building a safety net for India
India does not have an effective safety net for its most vulnerable citizen. Half of India's children suffer from malnutrition...Read More Implementing a National Identity System
A universal national identity system for India will deliver end user
benefits in four major areas...Read more A number to identify us all
India does not know who you are.Since we do not have national
identity system, Indians are largely anonymous...Read more Who Can Unite the Nation?
Terrorist attacks in our bazaars, the violence against Biharis in Mumbai, the Naxalite uprisings, religious strife in Orissa, the list goes on: India is being torn apart....Read More Share your billions with our billion
The last few years have created a host of new billionaires in India, though I must hasten to add that...Read More GYAN: India's once and future hope
Gyan is central to Indian ethos.We have always revered knowledge
seekers and creative thinkers...Read More India needs truly great companies
Everywhere, India is on the rise. Our companies are among the
fastest growing in the world and...Read More
Uniting Indians :What will bring us together?
The global Indian community needs to be united. And the increasingly divisive debate on secularism and terrorism is... Read More
| 
