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I work for a Bank in India. My interests range from theology to particle physics. I love to listen to ideas which have shaped the world and a keen observer of new ideas emanating from the corners of the world and speculate on how they'd impact our lives.

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India, Chennai
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  • A comment on Conversation: Is population growth economically beneficial to a country and its people?

    Feb 5 2013: Definitely not. Unbridled growth results in environmental degradation and increasing pressure on natural resources. Living in a country with 1.2 billion people where you have to literally compete for a place to stand, is an awful experience as a human. In India, one thing which I have observed is, people with lesser skills multiply faster than ones who are endowed with better skills and earning capacity. Coming out of this tail spin will be a huge challenge for India and this will be closely studied by all countries and lessons drawn.

  • A comment on Conversation: Is Indian democracy failing ?

    Feb 5 2013: In a democracy people get a Government they deserve. If people want a corruption free Government, they should be corruption free. Unfortunately, that is not the attitude of the huge majority, which will bribe its way, for avoiding delays and circumventing the cancerous bureaucracy. Indians do not care much for democracy per se, which had always been the prerogative of the intelligentsia. Mushrooming of dynastic rule among several federal states reflects that attitude. We do not look for goodness, democratic credentials, policies, among politicians and assume that right to rule is genetic. We are comfortable with familiarity. Democracy has not yielded desired results because it has not been sowed in good soil (people). Maybe, in future, when aspirations of people, undergo a radical change, due to education and globalization, democracy will start working, which means using it for achieving a quantum leap in overall growth, cultural, financial, medical etc. For becoming a developed nation, again it lies in the hands of people. Reduction in the levels of population is a must. Believing and depending in the judicial system is absolutely essential. We are losing ground in these areas rather rapidly.

  • A comment on Talk: Steven Pinker: What our language habits reveal

    Oct 20 2010: Grammar is merely an attempt to explain the language.
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    A comment on Talk: Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark

    Aug 31 2010: Wow! Mr.Toomey hammered his point with his analogy.

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