Jan Dhan Yojana
The Jan Dhan Yojana is the World’s Largest Financial Inclusion Scheme! Something to be proud of as many poor countries are thinking of implementing something similar.
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Mera Bharat Mahan !
Note – I upset a very dear friend with my choice of words in the first paragraph of this blog. I was very angry when I wrote this, but that’s no excuse. I am rewording the offensive paragraph. Apologies to all my friends and well wishers for the wrong choice of words and thanks to … Read more
Lamenting the loss of opportunities to Lament !!
We spent a week in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia in Sept. One of the days when we went on the walking tour, the tour guide pointed out to Cafe’s that dot every street and said, the national pastime in Croatia is drinking coffee and complaining. We all laughed politely but he made a good … Read more
Howdy Modi ?…. All guns blazing !
Yesterday was the mega “Howdy Modi” event at Houston and Krishnan and I didn’t miss a minute of it. How could we ? Our rockstar PM was addressing the largest gathering of Indians outside of India ! When I met Americans through work for the first time in 2001, they didn’t know much about India. … Read more
India United – After 70 years of Independence !
Happy Independence Day ! It felt special, this Aug 15th because finally Jammu & Kashmir is truly a part of India. Article 370 and 35A ensured that J&K had a separate constitution and a separate flag besides being discriminatory to women and several other minorities. What’s fascinating is the reaction of some folks to these … Read more
Celebrating the NaMo victory !
As news started trickling in on May 23rd of yet another Modi wave, we made preparations for our celebration. We were sure that BJP and Mr. Modi will win a comfortable majority so we started the day with tea in a saffron cup 🙂 Breakfast was millet khichadi, followed by OPOS Biriyani for lunch. Then … Read more
This Day, That Year
Today is Krishnan’s birthday and we celebrated it with his favourite food and of course ice cream. He has stayed away from ice cream for almost six months now so a little indulgence is just fine. Mr. Modi made his day even more special by sending him birthday wishes on email …. and made me … Read more
Why Modi is not good for India
I have been a vocal supporter of Mr. Modi but I did want to try and look at him from the opposition’s point of view. I go looking and suddenly there is so much of info about things that he doesn’t do well and why he isn’t the ONE !! The first tweet is from … Read more
#WhyISupportModi #9 – Unmanned crossings
As I write this blog, six people have been killed in a derailment accident in Bihar two days back. Condolences to the families of the bereaved and its unfortunate that such an accident even happened. Am sure the Railways will find the root cause and fix the issue. With the general elections looming over us, … Read more
#WhyISupportModi #8 – Padma Awards
One of the things that bothers and engages everyone in the world is reward and recognition. Somebody does outstanding work and no one recognises it, the person’s motivation just sinks but a pat on the back gets him/her energised. Government awards, Public awards like the Nobel prize etc are much coveted as they provide recognition … Read more