August 30, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Visiting Singapore is both an exhilarating and a depressing experience for me. To observe the transformation of a mosquito-infested swamp full of poor people into a vibrant developed nation of prosperous people in a brief span of 40 years is … Continue reading
August 29, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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In a land where reportedly every generalization is trivially true, one generalization holds non-trivially and with overwhelming force. It is this: Indian governments are pro-poor. Every policy that any government ever espouses, fundamentally it always is pro-poor, irrespective of any … Continue reading
August 28, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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It is always instructive to learn what our policy-makers are thinking. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is especially edifying since he is at the helm of the ship of the Indian state. I therefore recommend the recent interview (Aug 16th, … Continue reading
August 27, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Two major threads weave through Joel Cohen’s book How Many People Can the Earth Support? (1995): the insufficiency of our present understanding, and the finiteness of time.
August 24, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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“Don’t drive like my brother” is usually the last bit of advice that “Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers” give to their around 2 million listeners of their weekly National Public Radio show Car Talk on 370 radio stations. I … Continue reading
August 23, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Didn’t know much about history, Indian or otherwise when I was in school. I went to a missionary school and I recall reading about English history (King Arthur comes to mind) and a bit about Indian history (Chattrapati Shivaji figured … Continue reading
August 23, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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From Donal McIntyre’s site on the legacy of Mother Teresa:
August 21, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Dear friends, As you know one of the biggest problems today is that Indian journalists are not always proud of their own culture and roots and as result tend to have a very negative outlook on India, which in turn … Continue reading
August 21, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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A couple of weeks ago, I went with my friend and colleague Shrikant Patil to New Zealand to understand the New Zealand schooling system. I loved New Zealand for a number of reasons — its natural beauty and what the … Continue reading
August 20, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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I have been associated with India Rural Development Fund (IRDF) from its very inception many years ago. IRDF was started by my friend Uday Kumar when we were both working for HP in the Valley and it does a remarkable … Continue reading
August 19, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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They call themselves Kiwis — a flightless bird and also a fruit. And they have a wicked sense of humor. As they say, they like to take the mickey out of themselves and each other. We’re now approaching Auckland international … Continue reading
August 16, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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In case you been wondering whatever happened to me — I am back home after wandering strange and exotic places. New Zealand and Singapore to be precise. Sorry for not keeping in touch for the past couple of weeks. There … Continue reading
August 5, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Following my post yesterday on abusing children Mother Teresa style, I came across Christopher Hitchens’ article in the UK Mirror, “Why Mother Teresa Should Not Be a Saint.” I will quote only a bit here for the record but really … Continue reading
August 5, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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If you ever wanted a brief on what the proximate origins of the Islamic terrorism you see around the world are, Juan Cole’s Informed Comment has a must read item called Fisking the “War on Terror.” Go read it.
August 4, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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On Aug 1st British television carried an investigative piece by Donal McIntyre about the treatment of children in an orphanage run by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. He quotes Dr Aroup Chatterjee, a medical doctor in London and the author … Continue reading
August 3, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Economists conventionally list land, labor and capital as the three factors of production. If combined appropriately using the right technology, stuff is produced. This produced stuff is then the total income. Productive efficiency is important of course for a society … Continue reading
August 1, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Close to the Worli Seaface in Mumbai around 10 am today. The rain has been coming down since midnight last night. The wind is pretty high, as you can see below. The high tide today was not as high as … Continue reading
August 1, 2005
by Atanu Dey
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Well, thank goodness that there are options when it comes to transportation around here. This SUV is not going to be stopped by streets with 6-foot deep water levels. At water levels that would leave cars totally immersed, this fellow … Continue reading