tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71114992011-04-21T19:27:25.852-07:00Thoughts and Conversationsyknoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111499.post-1086293633793431632004-06-03T13:13:00.000-07:002004-06-03T13:13:53.793-07:00Reforming Indian Civil ServiceHere is an article that explores how the Indian Civil Service could be reformed to help alleviate poverty.
LEADER ARTICLEYes, Prime Minister: Road Ahead for Reform of Babudom - The Times of Indiayknoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111499.post-1085617943043813882004-05-26T17:21:00.000-07:002004-05-26T17:33:32.666-07:00Continuation of my earlier two cents... plus description of plight of Indian farmersMicro-finance was one of the things I had in my mind that could help rural entrepreneurship. However, there needs to be more than that - a complete set of tools to help the business succeed - a one stop shop.
But the irony of the whole thing is - these "one stop shops" were the cause of mass suicide by farmers in India. Some 2000 to 3000 farmers have committed suicide in a single state since yknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111499.post-1085527195368728762004-05-25T16:17:00.000-07:002004-05-25T16:21:19.940-07:00My two cents on Changing the way we organizeThe purpose is to explore a scalable model that will help uplift the standard of living of millions around the globe who are still untouched by the realms of modernism and the Web.
Lets take the case of the thousands of farmers on the outskirts of the Indian Cyber City - Hyderabad. On one hand, you have gleaming glass buildings of the world's top corporations adorning the skies of Hyderabad - ayknoreply@blogger.com0