India's Civil Service - How Things work

The economist never ceases to amaze me..High quality article again over Indian Civil servants,bureaucracy , Panchayats & politicians
-- It explains problems at both ends of spectrum..

Ajith

Kerala's development paradox

A great article about the realities of my home state , Kerala ==> http://www.indiatogether.org/2008/mar/opi-kerala.htm

Definitely worth a read :-)

Ajith

Rose as a social Tool

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/opinion/13cohen.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Interesting article about how Roses ( Yeah the romantic roses ) play its part in job creation & sometimes exploitation ..

So the moral - Buy more roses, gift it to girls :-)

Ajith

Indian Agricultural System - An Insightful Article

From one of my favorite portals - Yale global, this article by Tarun Khanna talks about whats wrong with the Indian Agricultural System vis-a-vis China. Not much deep, but a relatively highly insightful article