National Achievement Survey 2021

And for a Friday based on 34 lakh students from 1.18 lakh schools participation, the National Achievement Survey 2021 has just been released. Some thoughts.…. some musings….. Everything in India is so huge that the world is surprised to know that an All India survey of 3.4 mn students in 720 districts of the country,…

India And Its Neighbours

And for a Friday, rekindling the civilisational Indo-Nepali relations, some thoughts….. some musings….. Two countries with almost open borders, free passages between them and relationship best described in Hindi….. रोटी बेटी का रिश्ता, Nepal-India has fostered centuries old ties of intermingling of its people. Buddhists, Hindus, Indians, Nepalese, all linked by marriages and long lineages…

Inflation And The Developing Economies

And for a Friday as rising inflation stuns the Developed Economies and devastates poor countries, some thoughts….. some musings….. Who could ever imagine inflation of 8.5% in US and 7.5%in Euro zone? More concerning for the poor and developing countries, is the surge in Global food prices. Wheat has doubled in last one year from…

Nostalgic: Those Were The Days!!

And for a Friday of Nostalgia of the decades gone by, some thoughts….. some musings….. The 60th birthday has a lot of significance to every individual, particularly in south India where attaining Shastipoorthy was considered a big achievement. In the modern busy world, very few will have the time and energy to look at someone…