April 14, 2014 Pew Research has come out with the concept of a Religious Diversity Index for all countries of the world. This Index for a country indicates the presence of multiple religions within that country. The higher the Index, the more is the diversity of religions within that country. A look at this RD … Continue reading Religious Diversity – India 70th among 200 countries !!!

Feb 22, 2014 As the Indian economy has grown rapidly since 1991, there are 4 apparent “conflicts of interest” that have been recently witnessed in the socio-economic-political mix, and which many perceive might be adversely affecting the growth rate of the economy. Is the Environment Ministry anti-growth or are we actually harming the environment with … Continue reading The Quality of Growth in India

Jan 27, 2014 This is a short piece taking off from Ian Bremmer’s Tweet on the leading languages spoken globally by people as the first languages (called mother tongue here in India). The top 7 languages spoken as first languages along with the %age of people speaking these are : Mandarin 12.4%Spanish 4.9%English 4.8%Arabic 3.3%Hindi … Continue reading The “distribution” of languages in the world

Jan 17, 2014 So, now that the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to the youngest winner so far, Sachin Tendulkar, we make an attempt here to deconstruct this award by analysing the backgrounds of the 43 awardees so far. For some, this might prove to be a great peek into the post-independence history of India … Continue reading How to win the next Bharat Ratna

Oct 10, 2014 On the occasion of Malala getting the Nobel Prize for Peace (albeit a year later than deserved), am posting a poem that I had written on Malala’s life, for my daughter, Adviti  to recite at school...is meant for children, but possibly can be enjoyed by all!! Waking up the Malala in us … Continue reading O Malala