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Most the current advances have taken place in the West, from which the modern India draws its inspiration for its growth and development.As a result, we seem to land up in choosing either India or Bharat. The challenge is to ensure that OR is replaced by AND . That would make the nation take up its due position in the global setting, while making it worthwhile for the coming up new indigenous generation to look forward to the meaningful careers within the country.

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• A reply on Talk: Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching

  Jul 25 2012: And may I add:
  Why acting on the info? Would we be informed that we are being 'acted' upon for the info and for what purpose?
  If do not agree, would the action be stopped forthwith?
  Could we believe that?

• A comment on Talk: Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystify

  May 1 2012: શ્રી દેવદત્ત પટ્ટ્નાઇકે ભારતનાં પુરાણોની કથાઓને સાંપ્રત મૅનૅજમેન્ટ વિષયો સાથે સાંકળી લેવામાં આગવી સિધ્ધહસ્તતા મેળવી લીધી છે.
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  A reply on Conversation: Have we entered the WWW (Whatever, Whenever, Wherever) era of education? Will the promise of "education for all" finally become a reality?

  Feb 9 2012: I am sorry I could not put across my point of view in simple way.
  I will try again here:
  1.If one lokks at level of literacy, number of people who clear secondary school education, number of teachers per 1000 persons in rul area versus that in urban area, it would ceratinly appear that Indai needs to go a long way in terms of progrss on formal eductaion, in its traditoonal sense.
  2. However, these very people who may not have undergone [so called] formal education, easily can use devices like cell phne for simple text messaging. If enough content is availble for thier applications like market prices for thier produces, mobile banking etc., these people will be able to adopy these as easily as any formally eductaed persons.
  3. Second example of their intutive maturity is thier deft understanding of the issues and resultanat pattern of voting.
  Hence, more audio visual aids, like TED talks on the subk=jects which affect thier lies can spread the eductaion - awareness- of many vital issues, subject to availability of requisite infrastructure.
  Thus, w.. w... w... can be realised sooner, by aligning the right content through approproate technology.
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  A reply on Conversation: Have we entered the WWW (Whatever, Whenever, Wherever) era of education? Will the promise of "education for all" finally become a reality?

  Feb 9 2012: There is no doubt about internet being the one single factor which has made the Age of Information to move at a far higher speed than was ever imagined.
  It does provide a huge amount of information, lierally at your finger tips.
  This is the peculiar dichotomy of our current times - the gap between HAVEs and HAVENOTs, at the respective extreme ends - does keep on widening whereas the aim of all developments of technology is to narrow down that gap.
  India may appear to be a 'devloping' country from most of the materialistic yardsticks. The [so called] formal education is one of such yardsticks. But it does not lack in the uncommonness of the common intuitive learning abilities [I am sure none of the human races would be falling short on this count]. The ease use of techno-gizmos like mobile phones on one end and thier smart and mature behavior during the elections epitomizes this uncommon common innovative trait.
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  A comment on Conversation: Have we entered the WWW (Whatever, Whenever, Wherever) era of education? Will the promise of "education for all" finally become a reality?

  Feb 8 2012: Education can be provided free, nut people will opt for ,free or otherwise, the education only if it is going to make any meaningful impact in thier day-to-day life. For example, a mid-day meal was thought of an incentive for the parents as well as the student to come back to the school. There were many families for whom that was, whatever be the contenet, a square meal for that child. But children were observed to come in only at he meal time and would go back to whatever activity they were doing, mostly trying to earn something for the family.
  Th eGovernments have mony to spend for mid-day meals , but not for decent teachers, adequate rooms and other infrastucture!
  Similarly online learning also has still remained at the fringe even in the urban area, becuase of inadequate spread of the connectivity nad teaching aid resources and lacjk of awareness , and hence, accepatnce , by the teaching community.
  SInce ensuring the education to really reach all is still a distant reality, online eductaion will have to pass through a few more hurdles.