CrystallizingViews

Though it is everywhere, is it good anywhere? “There seems to be no grey matter in your brain." This statement is so common that I presume you to have heard of it some time or the other. Yes from that irksome teacher of your class who had a habit of pointing out at kids with many ‘grey’ areas. Now, what on earth does this ‘grey’ mean? Former ‘grey’ refers to a fluid-like substance that is most important for your neural functions and transfer of information in our brains. Some cells in it also determine nutrient supply and so it has vital importance. Contrary to it, the latter one refers to the weaknesses. Yes, our dubious society differentiates grey from grey and contradicts itself. Counting from 26 th  Jan 1950, the day when the Indian Supreme Court came into existence, SC has passed many orders. Were they to be followed? Yes. Did authorities promise to follow? Yes. Did they follow? No. In 2013, the SC passed an order through  an act, Manual Scavengers and their...

Boasting the world’s largest economy, aggregations of the multinationals and an array of top-notch global knowledge centres, the United States of America seems to be drifting away from the goal of ‘The Great America’ at a   time when President Donald Trump wants to bolster this pitch. Yes, the term 'The Third World Nation' sounds a bit too alien while we refer to the US, but the downfall of the world’s largest economy seems inevitable. Indeed, its journey till now has been an example for the rest of the world, but the idea of ‘developed country’ for the US appears faded. It will be apt to term it an ‘economically and militarily powerful nation’ than to make it the leader of the developed world. Over the last few months of this Covid-19 pandemic, anomalies of the healthcare system of the so-called most advanced country has been exposed. Its policies and readiness to tackle the pandemic could not even match some of the middle- or lower-income countries with limited ...

                                           Imitation is the best form of flattery. This is where the world needs to learn from China. They not just replicated but have developed a whole new business model out of it. A business model,  Copy-to-China , that thrives on counterfeiting products to China by creating fake copies as good as the original. Due to recent skirmishes between India and China, a brouhaha is spilt over the Indian media regarding the military capabilities of the two rivals and even some major power operating in the region. This has revealed a fact-- Chinese J-20 stealth jet is a copy of USA’s F-35 stealth jet. I was bewildered on reading this and a question began to pop up in my head. Is it practically possible? I had read about numerous big deals of the sharing of technology. If it was possible to simply copy, why would any country do that...

                                                  A resurgent economy with expanding global interests – India stands all set to rise into ‘New India’ carving its niche. India is the world’s most youthful nation in the world and it becomes a necessity for India to improve its stature as a key player in the world affairs and to promote and secure its self-interests. India’s rise is not free of hurdles and requires deep planning to withstand various global headwinds. As the world gears up for more bilateral and trilateral version, away from its target of creating a ‘global village’, India needs a strategy that can keep it safe from these volatile situations. A good grip over the resource rich neighborhood is a long term and strategically safe solution to it. India should focus on strengthening its relations with neighbors by g...

The environment is ‘ an enclosure that gives our lives an opening .’ Human beings depend heavily on environment as it supports vital areas of life. From fulfilling our daily needs to acting as a pillar for the success of economies, life and environment are interlinked. However, in the present scenario, human ‘wants’, not ‘needs’, weigh far heavily on the quality and sustainability of the environment. Situations are getting worse over the years, especially over the last few decades. From the poor quality of air, depleting forest cover, loss of groundwater to millions of tons of plastics in the world’s oceans, its reasons are wide-ranging. Mere campaigns plans or even celebrating a day won’t lead us anywhere until we have a clear objective for ourselves to be achieved over a few coming years. Thus, let us pledge to ourselves to work on a ‘ Vision 2030 ’ that empowers us in both ways, environmentally and economically. I would like to put forward a few key strategies that might be a he...

As and when I discuss about the education sector in the country I am heaped over by examples of CEOs and managers of top-notch global companies who are of Indian origin or even actually Indian. Yes, that is, of course, a matter of pride to see marvels of Indian diaspora but that never satisfies me because when I look at their profile I find that most of them have completed their higher education at some foreign institutes or have been working for some MNC for a long time. And hence I do not agree to consider it a success of the Indian education system which is not able to control the brain drain due to its ailing state. There are some points which I want to highlight through my article. Incresing public spending on education Yes I know that's pretty simple and everybody can think of it but here I am gonna put it a bit differently. Focusing more to build a robust education system at par with global standards is a must. Government is trying hard to push in manufacturi...