We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.
Richard M. Nixon
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Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
Margaret Mead -
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
This book shares some great case studies. Here are the links to a few of them-
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
Katharine Hepburn -
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The Reforms that the Indian Economy awaits
India has just completed 20 years of liberalization. The economy has successfully withstood several global economic crises and is set to become a top three economies of the world in the next couple of decades. But it is not possible to power that growth unless the current status of Economy is subjected to a few reforms. Here are a few articles which will aid in understanding the kind of reforms that are required by our country.
The Big leap for Indian Industry: Governance, inclusion & skill development big challenges (Economics Times)
One more push : Twenty years after India’s historic economic reforms, it’s time for another big effort (The Economist | Leaders Section)
The half-finished revolution : India’s liberalisation began with a bang in 1991, but two decades on the unreformed parts of the economy are becoming a drag on growth. Time for another bang. (The Economist | Briefing)
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All about Income Tax (India)
(This article will be updated time and again depending on the links and info the author comes across.)
Income tax India: All about form 16
Form 16 is the final certificate issued by your employer giving details of the salary you have earned and the tax deducted on your behalf and paid to the government. This article addresses the following questions:- Form 16A and Form 16:
- What if you have changed jobs?
- What if you cannot get form 16 from the previous employer?
- Do you have to attach Form 16 with I-T returns?
- What other particulars should be checked in Form 16?
- What if there is an error in figures in Form 16?
Didn’t get tax break? Take the refund route
A tax refund could be due to the following: tax deduction at source at a rate higher than the actual tax payable; wrong (ie, higher) estimation of income while computing advance tax liability; not reporting all investments to the employer while the employer deducts taxes on salary; and claim of exemption in tax returns.
File e-returns, get income-tax refunds in a month E-Filing services include: ClearTaxNo filing of tax return for salary and interest income up to Rs 5 lakh
(TDS : Tax Deduction at source)
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Calculating Your Income Tax Liability (Some discrepancy in tax slabs)
Correct slabs (to the best of my knowledge) are given at Income Tax Rates/Slabs for Assesment Year 2011-12 (F Y 2010-11)(This article has not covered everything. If you have some inputs, pls share with us to complete this article)
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10 Major Challenges that the Republic of India faces today
(This article will be updated time and again depending on the links and info the author comes across.)
Watched a talk by Ramachandra Guha on
In case you intend to watch the video, which I strongly recommend, here is some info which might come handy:
- The video is 1 hour 23 mins long
- Ramachandra Guha starts explaining the 10 major challenges from 12 min 30 secs onwards.
- After he finishes explaining them, he lists them again. (at 1 hour 2 mins 20 secs)
- The Round of Queries begins at 1 hour 8 mins
But since the talk is quite long, here are the 10 reasons as put forward by the historian.
1. Left Wing Maoist Insurgency (includes tribals, naxalites etc.)
2. Currently recessive but ever present Right Wing Religious Fundamentalists (includes BJP, the RSS etc)
3. Decline and corruption of democratic centre and Conversion of Political parties into family firms.
4. Degradation of Public Institutions
5. Growing gap between the Rich and Poor
6. Rapid pace of Domestic Environmental Degradation
7. Apathy of the Media
8. Political Defragmentation & Policy Incoherence
9. Unreconciled Border lands
10. Extremely Unstable NeighbourhoodSince, some of points need a brief explanation, the same have been summarized at http://wp.me/pinhe-ka
Here are a few interesting articles which will give more info and evidence of the above reasons.
The Curious Case of Rahul Gandhi
Swiss Bank Accounts, Loan waiver Scam, Boston Airport arrest, Sonia Gandhi’s sacrifice of PM position, Rahul’s & Sonia’s Educational Qualifications, etcFinancial Times: Amartya Sen questions India’s title as “knowledge superpower”
The Economist: Comparing Indian states and territories with countries
The Hindu: Pakistan: water on the boil again – Water has the potential of becoming a new ‘core issue’ of even greater prominence than Kashmir, and calls for urgent attention.
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Remodeling our Education System
(This article will be updated time and again depending on the links and info the author comes across.)
To remodel our current Education system, it is essential that we understand the current problems that we need to overcome. Following may help you in determining these problems.
A TED talk on Schools responsible for killing kids’ creativityMore-
The university which does not charge any tuition fee – Wikipedia Page | University of the People
Policy challenge: How to price higher education & ensure access
The twain shall meet
Experts speak on ways in which academic excellence and technical expertise can be integrated to deploy technology in teaching-learning environments.How TCS, IBM, HCL Infosystems help out institutes like FMS, TISS, NMIMS
These companies are offering campus automation software, enterprise resource planning solutions and education management solutions to educational institutes to automate their work flow.(This is not an exhaustive list. If you have wish to add something or have anything to say on this, feel free to do so. )
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Here it is, The Future of Ebooks
The Firm which introduced the above concept model was acquired by facebook on Aug 3, 2011For further insight, these links might help:
5 Reasons why Ebooks are not there yet
Ebooks vs Paperbooks: Pros and Cons
The Future of Ebooks
Publish or Perish [an article from The New Yorker]The above tits and bits may be a bit difficult to put together to get a collective sense but you can try giving it a read. I’m hoping to craft a post which makes some sense out of it soon.
(You are free to post your suggestions on the same and what you feel should be the future of ebooks)
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The Reason why even Windows Phone 7 won’t be able to save Nokia.
The Mobile Platform Race – How do mobile platforms stack up?
Click to enlarge the infographic.
Detailed analysis on ‘The Reason why even Windows Phone 7 won’t be able to save Nokia’ to follow soon. Check back later.
Image taken from – http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/07/infographic-developer-economics-2011/
