Archive for the ‘government’ Category

Govt of India must take the Internet more seriously

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

I visited www.nic.in after a very long time (may be a year). It looks much better now. NIC needs to set aside its love for its own name (nic.in) and "fix" the domainnames of all govt websites. For e.g. why should the URL of President of India still be http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ ...

When will students study without any tension from Govt?

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

I think it is the worst time to be a student in Karnataka. The government has been going after schools that are not teaching Kannada. Frankly, the problem itself is not clear. Sometimes I get a feeling the govt is insisting the medium of education should be Kannada but when ...

Sorry state of non-cricketers in India :-(

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Often I get to read in newspapers about how non-cricketers "struggle" to make a living or come up in their careers. Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Girish Koushik, a sweet and intelligent 9 year old kid who has been "ignored" by the Govt of India.