Hindustan Times
In 2000, that was when I started earning enough to save some, I bought a pension policy from LIC. It came for an annual premium of Rs 25,000 and promised to pay about Rs 20,000 every month after 25 years — that is starting 2024 when I would be 55 years and retiring. Read more
(9 votes, average: 2 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:27 am
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, bribe, corruption, dreams, Europe, India, inflation, Manmohan Singh, money, monthly income, rajesh mahapatra, US
For many of us who graduated from universities just around the time the Mandal agenda was shaping the course of politics in the country, Lalu and Bihar have been entities somewhat inseparable. You can’t think of one without the other. Last weekend though, I discovered a new reality having taken roots in what I still refer to as the Lalu land. Read more
(15 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bihar, Congress, JD(U), lalu yadav, mandal agenda, Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi
I am not a fan of Anna Hazare, for reasons that I will keep for another day to explain. But I also cannot belittle the importance of the issues he has raised just because his campaign is apparently backed by the RSS or that it is run by a disparate alliance of not-so-accountable civil society groups. Read more
(13 votes, average: 2.46 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ambika Soni, Anna Hazare, Chatrasal stadium, Civil Line, civil society, Constitution, Delhi University, hindustan times, Kapil Sibal, news, rajesh mahapatra, Renuka Choudhury, UPA
In a May 31 posting on this blog, I had argued how and why the economic deceleration that we were beginning to see could get worse. I had said we would be lucky if we notched up 8% growth this year. Until then the government and several other agencies were sticking to a 9% forecast. I would have loved to be proved wrong. But the slowdown is indeed getting worse. Read more
(8 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 12:50 am
Filed under India · Tagged economic deceleration, eu, euro zone crisis, India, india's farm output, indian economy, india’s fiscal deficit, japan, monsoon, prime minister's economic advisory council, rajesh mahapatra, Reserve Bank of India, US, us debt crisis
