It is amusing to see how religion and politics play and how politicians have to change facts — and history — in the interest of votes. Read this article about Government of India’s position on Ramayana being history (or not).…
Academic research
Many great research ideas have come from academic institutions. In fact, a significant fraction of traditional knowledge is created by researchers at universities. There is no doubt about the success of the model that has worked for quite some time.…
Ho Chi Minh City
I am in Saigon — Ho Chi Minh City – in Vietnam. (You can see photos at http://flickr.com/photos/rameshjain/) This place reminds me a lot of India — it is quite similar along many dimensions, from economic status, climate, development, and…
India has the Brains, BUT …
Prabhakar Raghavan has a very good story ” India has the brains, but where is the beef”, in Forbes. He is talking about the pathetic situation about higher education in India. I believe that he is very kind about efforts…
Religion and Progress
I just came back from a wonderful trip to Phuket, Thailand. Spent there two days — too short. Phuket is definitely a very beautiful place to visit. It was quite warm, but the breeze keeps it quite cool.  I was…