62 years back , a salute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National Flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad heralded the historic birth of the Indian Republic on January 26, 1950 ; 894 days after our country became a dominion following withdrawal of British Rule. Since then, every year the day is celebrated with great pride and happiness all over the nation. The transition of India from a British colony to a sovereign , secular and democratic nation was indeed historical . It was a long journey of around two decades that started with the conceptualization of the dream in 1930 to its actual realization in 1950. Though India became a free nation on August 15, 1947, it enjoyed the true spirit of Independence on January 26, 1950 when the Constitution of India finally came into force. On the eve of India’s Republic Day , Indians were assured not only of a fully democratic and secular state but also a country that will fight for “the ending of poverty and ignorance and d...
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This is one of my first scribble in economics
ECON-PARADOX Though ,I cannot claim to be a “Know- all’ in Economics,infact, I am a “Know- little” in Economics but from my periphery knowledge ,I would like to pen down an ECON- PARADOX that keeps on rattling in my mind.Last year, when I studied POVERTY and INEQUALITY in detail(browsing like a hungry child first through one book then through another and even leaving no stone unturned to churn out the maximum from some notable works on Poverty like those of Amartya Sen , Jeffery Sachs etc…) what I came to digest was th...
MAA TUJHE SALAAM
MAA TUJHE SAALAM T he lyrics of "Vande Matram-Maa Tujhe Saalam" by A.R Rahman mesmerized me during my school days. It always happened to be my favorite song whenever I had to go for classical stage performances . Nevertheless, at that point in time, the lyrics and music was what enchanted me and I hardly knew the real intricate meaning of the song. For me , Independence day as a school kid was a day of unfurling the National Flag in school and eating the sweets and enjoying another nice holiday. But today , the same day occupies a very sacred position in my life. After living in London , I realized-what India is ....I still remember the first induction day at my University (London School Of Economics ) in London wherein one of my classmate (whom I later discovered to be one of the chief economist in the Canadian Government) enthusiastically asked me as to what is "India"-how can we manage so much unity in diversity- to him India was synonym to an unexplored...
MAPPING WORLD FOR THE SECOND DEACDE OF THE 21 st CENTURY An ensuing question that engulfs the general perception at the dawn of the new decade of the 21 st century is how will be the next ten years? The world at the stroke of midnight of 31 st December will turn its back on the naughty noughties and its years of economic calaminty ,ill-judged war, terrorism and man-made climate change and churn forward into yet another decade. It’s risky to name a ...