Daily Archives: May 18, 2012


Economic growth not just linked to reforms

What are the key reforms that the government should immediately undertake ?   Let us distinguish between ”reforms”, which means changes in policies or laws, and “executive action” which means taking decisions within the existing structures or system. Both are important , but for immediate effect right now, I would concentrate on executive actions. The […]


agents

US secret service agents are idiots

A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered  the US service scandal in Columbia said on Friday that the agents involved were “idiots”, for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive information was available, she could have easily obtain it.   The woman said she spent five […]


Mum’s not the world

Come mother’s day and there will be a lot of hype and hoopla about the occasion and the sale of the greeting cards, discounts in eating joints deluge of syrupy messages and advertisements. Rushing from a meeting at office for a parent-teacher meeting, the doctor skips her breakfast and returned to the clinic to attend […]

mothers-day