Arvind Saxena

How India can break free of its shackles

October 24, 2020

So how do we break free of the many shackles created by vested interests and propagated by institutions controlled by them? How do we give power back to the masses and create an egalitarian society? Since the problems and setbacks are many, we will need to prioritise. The top priority...

WHAT’S UNDERMINING BUREAUCRACY AND MEDIA?

October 23, 2020

If the political and the corporate system are not delivering, what about the permanent civil service? The biggest strength of the bureaucracy is that it comes through a transparent selection process and has amongst the best minds in the country. Bureaucrats have a secure working span of 30 to 35...

Why India fails to have an industrial renaissance

October 22, 2020

In a country which invests barely 3% of its GDP in education, we have education departments buying smartboards, tablets and smartphones, when they can’t even pay salaries to their teachers. Why do we need tutoring apps for children? With different types of tutoring, education will no longer be a means...

India would never go up when Bharat is going down

September 28, 2020

We have a sound democratic system based on universal adult franchise. The Constitution was written by wise men and women who had experienced long years of colonisation and had incorporated various checks and balances to ensure that we were not subjugated again, either from outside or, more importantly, from forces...

Covid-19 pandemic is a big wake-up call for us

September 23, 2020

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis”– Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321), Italian national epic poet The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns which brought us face-to-face with the plight of migrant workers shocked many of us. So why...