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• Aha! One more attack on good sense
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Some more research needed
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Aha! One more attack on good sense
  • From: prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com
• Re: Electoral reform - final call!
  • From: prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com
• Re: Electoral reform
  • From: Liberty Institute <liberty@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in>
• Re: Agricultural reforms
  • From: PJShah <pjshah@del2.vsnl.net.in>
• Re: Aha! One more attack on good sense
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Prem, simply lose hope ...
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• The 'efficiency' of corruption
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: Some more research needed
  • From: owner-india_policy@cinenet.net
• Research: USA: Political campaign reform
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: Some more research needed
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• Re: Some more research needed
  • From: owner-india_policy@cinenet.net
• RE: Some more research needed (resend)Manoj Padki[SMTP:mpadki@tiac.net] writes:
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• Re: Some more research needed
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Charu: your point is like Marx's point
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: Some more research needed
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• RE: Charu: your point is like Marx's point
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• RE: Let's be honest with ourselves for a minute.
  • From: Manjunath Somayaji <somayaji@rocketmail.com>
• Re: Some more research needed
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Re: Some more research needed (campaign contributions)
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• RE: Some more research needed
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• MPs now get
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: MPs now get
  • From: "Girish Malpani" <gmalpani@softhome.net>
• CEC's good suggestions
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• On Gandhi, Congress, and campaign finance
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• PUBLIC: Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia Dear SS (if you will allow me to address you so!) I have been following the IP discussions for a short while and your EM below interested me. It seems that you allow a liberal fallacy space in your mind when you attribute the advances of the US system to liberalism, because liberalism can only work where there is a minimum moral framework. In the case of the USA, this has been provided largely by Protestantism (though assisted, of course by Judaism and Catholicism). The reason I attribute Protestantism a larger role is first for historical reasons (with which you are well acquainted, I imagine) but secondly and mainly because Protestantism has continued to provide a moral framework through the atomisation of social structures which is an inevitable result of industrialisation and modernisation (Judaism and Catholicism have been able to sustain such influence largely where their social structures have remained intact). As social structures in India disintegrate with the impact of modernisation and industrialisation, we have no body providing a moral framework any more, and the result is the corruption we all deplore. The "return" to a new-fangled Hinduism invented by the BJP and its allies will not do, because their theologies offer no rational basis for morality. Nor do our traditional theologies. But I come to a more basic point: MOST systems can be made to work, at least after a fashion, where the majority of people are honest, hard-working, and have some sense of their responsibilities to others and to the overall society (or country or State or World). EVERY system will break down where such a moral sense is absent. It could be argued that the present system in the US is breaking down because the US has become morally a two-tier society, with "grass-roots" mentality still shaped by Protestantism, but the "commanding heights of the society" now shaped by no sense of morality at all, except the values of money, personal greed/comfort and power. I do not find that any of the discussions in IP have addressed this basic problem thus far. Prabhu (is fine to call me) Professor Prabhu Guptara Director, Organisational and Executive Development Wolfsberg Executive Development Centre (a subsidiary of UBS AG) CH-8272 Ermatingen Switzerland Tel: + 41.71.663.5605 Fax: +41.71.663.5590 e-mail: prabhu.guptara@ubs.com
  • From: Prabhu Guptara <prabhu.guptara@ubs.com>
• Electoral Reforms - Joining the discussion
  • From: "Devarajan" <devaalx2@gte.net>
• Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Just hit a GOLDMINE!!!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: On Gandhi, Congress, and campaign finance
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• Re: Just hit a GOLDMINE!!!
  • From: "Ratan" <rsingh@jp1.vsnl.net.in>
• RE: Some more research needed
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• Charu, now we are speaking in one voice:
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• MP's salary hike
  • From: "Shantanu Kumar Barua" <skbarua@hotmail.com>
• Re: PUBLIC: Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• RE: Charu, now we are speaking in one voice:
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• The question of morality
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: On Gandhi, Congress, and campaign finance
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Let us now summarize and agree
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: Let us now summarize and agree
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• Exellent: the end of the debate nears!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: PUBLIC: Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: Prabhu.Guptara
• Re: Let us now summarize and agree
  • From: Nirvikar Singh <boxjenk@cats.ucsc.edu>
• Re: Just hit a GOLDMINE!!!
  • From: Prabhu.Guptara
• PUBLIC: Re: Just hit a GOLDMINE!!!
  • From: Prabhu.Guptara
• Well ... I'm confused ...
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Mahbub-ul-Haq
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• PUBLIC: Re: Well ... I'm confused ...
  • From: Prabhu Guptara <prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com>
• Hello, I'm back!
  • From: "Rozario" <tiroz@singnet.com.sg>
• Well, then, where is the cancer virus?
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Exellent: the end of the debate nears!
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: PUBLIC: Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Kush, I am offering the 'draft agreement.'
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Where we stand: Bird's eye view
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: PUBLIC: Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: "Girish Malpani" <gmalpani@softhome.net>
• Religion, Corruption, Morality
  • From: "Ram Narayanan" <loraln@worldnet.att.net>
• I would go by that
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Reviewers to be shortlisted
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• The highest duty of man
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: PUBLIC: Re: Trusteeship, the nature of man, and utopia
  • From: prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com
• Re: I would go by that
  • From: "Ram Narayanan" <loraln@worldnet.att.net>
• My sincere concern
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Compilation of the World's Acts
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Swami Vivekananda's letter
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• A section on "Citizens' Concerns"
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Interesting headline: "People's concern"
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: Arvind's quote
  • From: Charudatt <charu@iced.com>
• Re: A section on "Citizens' Concerns"
  • From: "Puneet Singh <psingh@scdt.intel.com>"
• Re: The highest duty of man
  • From: "Utkarsh Kansal" <bdp.india@mailexcite.com>
• Tackling Corruption
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• Re: The highest duty of man
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• Re: Tackling Corruption
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• RE: Arvind's quote
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: The highest duty of man
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: The highest duty of man
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• Re: Tackling Corruption
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• Article on Quotas
  • From: "Ajay Gandhi" <wings@hd1.vsnl.net.in>
• RE: Arvind's quote
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• Re: The highest duty of man
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• What is this? Rural Development?
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Article on Quotas
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• Re: Tackling Corruption
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• Suggestion for a pause to recap points
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• What is good?
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: What is this? Rural Development?
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• For Kush
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: What is this? Rural Development?
  • From: "Ratan Singh" <rsingh@jp1.vsnl.net.in>
• Socialism vs Capitalism
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• Re: Skinner-The system?
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: Socialism vs Capitalism
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Excellent point:can we now have the contingencies:
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• India Together
  • From: Prem Rallabandi <psr3855@unix.tamu.edu>
• A relevant debate
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• India Together, and the ism debate
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Happy August 15th!
  • From: "Isha Trivedi" <ishatrivedi@hotmail.com>
• Re: Skinner-The system?
  • From: "Ratan Singh" <rsingh@jp1.vsnl.net.in>
• Re: Excellent point:can we now have the contingencies:
  • From: "Ratan Singh" <rsingh@jp1.vsnl.net.in>
• Re: What is good?
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• That won't do, Ratan!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Admn. Reform, and other update/s
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Addition to Code of conduct page
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: India Together, and the ism debate
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• Action points.
  • From: "K.S.Sastry" <kssastry@hd1.vsnl.net.in>
• code of conduct
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• 10 pt 'formula': a response
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Forwarded msg
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: code of conduct
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Convertability, etc
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Alternative perspectives
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: code of conduct
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• FraudNET
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Updates, etc.
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Free, but "Citizen"?
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Rajeev Srinivasan's article:
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Food for thought
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Convertability, etc
  • From: "Indranil DasGupta" <wanabond@hotmail.com>
• Re: Updates, etc.
  • From: "N. Arvind Kumar" <nak_@hotmail.com>
• Krishnan Varma's short story
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Corruption during Nehruvian era
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Basic Objectives
  • From: Apoorv Misra <apoorv@adastra.mines.edu>
• Forwarding some views.
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• A conversation with Ashwini.
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Arvind's note on convertability
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Administrative
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Administrative
  • From: "Puneet Singh" <psingh@scdt.intel.com>
• Oh well, I'm back
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• OK. We're going to have our domain
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Fair society
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Completion of registration
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• One more reason for Hyderabad to be the HQ
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Here's what happens to corruption prevention attempts...
  • From: Manjunath Somayaji <somayaji@rocketmail.com>
• Ash: try this one:
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• A comment from a fellow alumni from GNDUU
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• this is not what we want
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• The Alternative Draft
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• try this one:
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• patriotism
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Re: OK. We're going to have our domain
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• quick resp.
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: try this one:
  • From: "Girish Malpani" <gmalpani@softhome.net>
• Don't forget hunger strikes!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• the boundaries of "our" society
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• RE: try this one:
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• "Two Lucky People"
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Predatory vs. Democratic state
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Predatory vs. Democratic state
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Los Angeles City Council
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Salaries of LA Police officers
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: quick resp.
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• Re: Basic Objectives
  • From: shrikant <shrikant.sundaram@yahoo.com>
• Alternative draft: changes now on web
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• changes to web site
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• code of conduct
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Addition to manifesto:
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: "Two Lucky People"
  • From: PJShah <pjshah@del2.vsnl.net.in>
• updates/ one more para for agenda
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Memo of association - a question
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• RE: Salaries of LA Police officers
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• Anyone in San Fransico ?
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• Re: Memo of association - a question
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Re: updates/ one more para for agenda
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Participatory Democracy
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• multiplicity
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: multiplicity
  • From: "Manoj Padki" <mpadki@tiac.net>
• Problems with 'participatory democracy'
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Participatory Democracy
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• Re: multiplicity
  • From: "Antony Joseph" <antonyj@tm.net.my>
• India: micro level issues
  • From: Sameer Bandhu <bandhus@rocketmail.com>
• Re: quick resp.-Hongkong
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• micro issues
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Central bank being a private one
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Problems with 'participatory democracy'
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Re: Los Angeles City Council
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: Salaries of LA Police officers
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: quick resp.-Hongkong
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Inherently Government Functions
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• A small correction
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: micro issues
  • From: Sameer Bandhu <bandhus@rocketmail.com>
• When is a 'model' relevant?
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• A note on bottom-up/top-down approach
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• New domain is functional
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Why IP, etc
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• test: please ignore
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Do we need greater focus/action?
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• equality
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Action?
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• A vital commitment!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Action?
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• FW: Do we need greater focus/action?
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• IP Policy on Shipping
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• My ideas on policy on Ports and related issues
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• Re: quick resp.-Hong kong
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• Re: quick resp.-Hong kong
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: Inherently Government Functions
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Scope of IndiaPolicy;
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• I must jump in!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• "Naukri as Property," by Madhu Kishwar
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Wealth of MPs
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• Re: I must jump in!
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• Code of conduct - one more thought
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Wealth of MPs -Reply
  • From: Andrew Vargo <andrew.vargo@bea.doc.gov>
• Avalanche needs to be curbed!
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: Wealth of MPs -Reply
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: I must jump in!
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: Code of conduct - one more thought
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>
• Re: Code of conduct - one more thought
  • From: "Ash Mahesh" <ash_mahesh@hotmail.com>
• Change of guard
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Rediff article on Education
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• PUBLIC: Re: When is a 'model' relevant? (Hong Kong)
  • From: prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com
• recasting educational policy alongside other policie
  • From: prabhu.guptara@ubs.com
• Re: quick resp.-Hong kong
  • From: Suresh Anand <sanand@writemail.com>
• Ajay has agreed to be Secretary of IP
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• MPs to donate funds to party
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Foundation for Democratic Reform
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Coop law:
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Rural Areas, Education etc.
  • From: Arvind <Arvind@simexmail.com.sg>
• RE: Ajay has agreed to be Secretary of IP
  • From: "Ajay Gandhi" <wings@hd1.vsnl.net.in>
• Misc. (administrative)
  • From: Sanjeev Sabhlok <sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu>
• Re: recasting educational policy alongside other policie
  • From: Kush Khatri <free_voice@hotmail.com>
• Re: Rural Areas, Education etc.
  • From: Prabhu Guptara <prabhu.guptara@ny.ubs.com>
• Two medical systems?
  • From: Prabhu Guptara <prabhu.guptara@ubs.com>
• how did the Mangalwadis support themselves? The answer to the question is simple: people who knew what he was trying to achieve supported him financially (and still do). His books and lectures and broadcasts obviously produce some money. And he still does not have much more than the clothes he stands up in ....so it does have something to do with dedication (he has just offered to donate all the rights for his filmscripts to found a new Indian charity). The point is not whether he has become my friend as a result of his work or whether I would like people to buy his books. The point is that his ACTUAL EXPERIENCES AND THE RESULTING REFLECTIONS are worth thinking about in the context of our policy-making, so that we can be REALISTIC in the policies we develop. But, Kush, you are absolutely right when you say "infrastructure cannot be developed without government taking the lead". Infrastructure development is one of the key tasks of government, though it may not be necessary for government to fund all the development itself. Prabhu
  • From: Prabhu Guptara <prabhu.guptara@ubs.com>