Pricing of petroleum products in India is a controversial and tenacious issue with far reaching ramifications. To understand the complexity of fuel pricing, we need to understand the economics and politics behind it. Continue reading “Economics and Politics of Petroleum Product Pricing”
Five-Day Week: Challenges ahead
In alignment with the Panjab University work schedule, its affiliated colleges are set to have a five-day module. If it is appropriate for the university to function for five days a week, it should be logical for the affiliated colleges to follow the same pattern. Continue reading “Five-Day Week: Challenges ahead”
The missing girl child
Not only are the poor and uneducated neglecting and eliminating the girl child , the rich and the educated also continue to murder their daughters (in the womb). No wonder the girl child is missing! This is the grim picture that emerges from the recent census 2011 data which shows that there are only 919 girls against 1000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years reflecting a huge shortfall of thousands of girls Continue reading “The missing girl child”
Middle class double standards
The Planning Commission affidavit on the poverty criterion led to public outcry. The sensitive and vocal middle class was outraged. How could any one survive on the paltry sum of Rs 32 in the times of sky rocketing prices? Continue reading “Middle class double standards”
Growing absenteeism among students – A reality check
The rot in higher education in the form of falling attendance in the classes is too glaring to be ignored and too serious to be dismissed. By and large, the students are non serious, the teachers indifferent and the authorities, it seems, are disinterested. Vanishing students from the classes is a reality. Continue reading “Growing absenteeism among students – A reality check”
