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The boon and curse of Indian Demographics

Talk to anybody on the street and no matter how horrible the things are currently they are sure to say India will grow into a super power sometime in future. And the core basis of all these dreams is the rick solid demographics. First off, these demographics are just awesome! There are about 2.5 Crore new Indians added to population every year. There are 10 crore new voters in this general elections. The huge percentage of our population is below 25 years of age. And more than 50% of the population is below the age of 35. In short, we have a demographic boom. Or a great, awesome, variety. Very soon we will have more people working for India, than anytime in past. There will be more working hands added to workforce than the count of people retiring, and therefore the pension liabilities etc can easily be paid out. India can take more risks and take more debt, if it needs to, because the population is supportive of such a measure. However, I am not so sanguine about these demographics. L...
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Architectural Terms [Illustrated]

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On need a strong economy

Lots of things have been said but very rarely do I see someone target the root cause and explain it. Here MJ Akbar says what I have been saying for a long time now. Excerpts from his article: When Modi talks of building a hundred new cities, they can see jobs and opportunity rise with every floor of a new township. One significant indicator of the public anger lies in a statistic: employment has grown, on an average, at only 2% in the past decade. If the rate was higher in the first five years of UPA, when the economy was faring better, then one assumes it must have sunk to less than 2% in the second UPA term. A nation that was soaring on achievement and hope has sunk into depression. We need a national recovery mission. Only someone who has delivered can offer a credible promise of leading such a critical mission. For those on the wrong side of 30 or 40, five years is just another passage in life. For those who are 20, five years is the difference between aspiration and despair. If a...
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Atma Shatakam - Sri Adi Shankaracharya [A stunningly beautiful philosophy!]

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The fallacy of socialism

Sometimes you have to contort in ridiculous ways to explain simple things, sometimes it happens in epiphanic moments. Here is a beautiful snippet that is self explanatory.
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Election Ranturms - 2 [Mamta's, Jaya's, Nitish's ambitions and Coalitions' new reality]

Mamta Banerjee is becoming a bit of puzzle to me. Or if I am reading it right, she has some goals but is totally under-resourced to be able to achieve it. TMC being a regional party obviously needs allies, however that is not the biggest weakness. Actually, you can see this weakness across the board, be it Jayalalitha, Nitish or Naveen. I guess the problem is simple. India from now is going to be dictated by States and not by the Center. That rubicon we crossed sometime in past few years when regional parties became the key 'king makers.' But playing a national game in a diversified country like India, with hundreds of cultural, traditional, educational, situational, aspirational, geographical and resource differences, is an extremely difficult task. The problems with regional leaders like Mamta or Jayalalitha or Nitish is their reach is grossly limited by their brand, as well as the content/ ideology and reach. A good example of how hard it is, Mayawati has been trying for yea...
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Observations on Politics and Strategies that will matter for Elections 2014

Over past two years I have been writing on politics as I see it. Astonishingly, for a apolitical guy like me the observations and the strategies have played out perfectly to the tune! Only thing I probably failed, and failed bitterly, is in having any hope of the 'honest' Prime Minster will be concerned enough to do something. I also failed in the fact that I expected BJP to rise above its feebleness and get some energy behind its attack on Congress led UPA. Unfortunately, these two flaws in our politics - a feeble Prime Minister and a weak Oppositions - were great combination for running the country into ground. Here are the past Politics related articles from archives. I believe these developments matter to the elections and how it will shape up. About BJP A simple reason why BJP will fail.   BJP's biggest problem and its great need for moderation   Power is BJP's to Win, If They Play It Right. BJP is a "fiscally responsible" party  Congress Its a Season of ...
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