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I did not want to let the passing days of the new year go by without wishing all of you a very happy new year 2023 with all the new possibilities at the door of each one. I have stated that my busy commitments made me go slow in my postings. With the end of …

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This is my second visit to Hong Kong (HK) after 25 years. The transfer from the UK to China was taking place just then. In spite of the transfer the change seem to be gradual. Two years ago when I wrote the small booklet on Covid, I started with Hong Kong’s experience. Now I can …

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This is an online survey being carried out by NCERT in planning a new curriculum. As I believe it is important that many people participate in this survey, I am posting it here. Click on the link to go to the survey.

It’s becoming more routine. Many who don’t wear their car seat tend to die in an accident. He need not have fded. His co-passengers who wore their seat belts escaped death. The message is clear. Do I have to say more?

It’s been a long time since I posted last. I had problems with sharing through a major social media link. I took more time to solve the problem than it actually warranted. I am not sure if my messages are coming through as it is on LinkedIn that I have the most viewers. I would …

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Sometime back I indicated that with Covid becoming less, I am moving on to my priority of working on development economics. But Covid doesn’t seem to be going away. I am tempted to write more about Covid. But I just don’t have the time to read to look and listen to videos of those I …

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Sometime back I indicated that with Covid becoming less, I am moving on to my priority of working on development economics. But Covid doesn’t seem to be going away. I am tempted to write more about Covid. But I just don’t have the time to read, to look and listen to videos of those I …

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As a graduate of CMC Vellore and along with a number of my classmates, I’ve had the privilege of working in the needy areas of India. Therefore, it was heartwarming to hear from Mr Premji that he could see someone from CMC in the interior parts of India. Just listen to his oration delivered in …

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I had said earlier that I would be moving more into writing my next book. It has not been easy. My regular ongoing commitments make it difficult to spend the time I need for writing. This is only one part of the process.  Publishing requires a number of more steps. Much of that work is …

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My last blog post was made considerable time back. I had indicated that I was moving from Covid to writing my next book on development economics. I had been kept busy writing. It was a new area for me and it is taking a longer time than I envisaged. Some of you may recall my …

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