We have chosen 11 winners. Each of the winners will receive a copy of Atanu’s book “Transforming India: Big Ideas for a Developed India” soon. The winners: FirstBallSix Aaren Mockingbuddha Sushil Umang Saini Prakash Rakesh Babu Pratik Mhatre Jeevak Kasarkod Anshuman Goenka Abhishek Puri Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone for having participate. … Continue reading Big Ideas for India Contest: Winners
“Transforming India: Big Ideas for a Developed Nation” by Atanu Dey is now available for sale on Flipkart for Rs 200. If you care about India’s future, then this is a must-read book. Here is more about the book and Atanu: Book Summary of Transforming India Have you ever wondered- Why is India so poor? Is … Continue reading Atanu Dey’s book “Transforming India” now available on Flipkart
I gave a talk last week at a Friends of BJP event at Jai Hind College in Mumbai. Here it is. It is good to see middle class Indians all charged up and taking action against crooked politicians and corruption. But first, we need to understand what we are fighting for. What is our goal … Continue reading Getting to the Goal of Good Governance
Following a Business World interview with Vinod Khosla which also mentioned RISC, Atanu Dey has an update on our work: Where we are with regards to RISC: fundamentally, it has to be admitted that implementing RISC requires at least 1) Deep understanding 2) Deep commitment 3) Deep pockets I see the first bit the biggest … Continue reading RISC and Deeshaa
My technology column has started in the ICE World section of Business Standard. ICE World is published every other Wednesday as a technology supplement. The first in the series looks at the need for India Technology Missions. India is in the news in the Western media finally, for the right reasons. Indias brainpower is attracting … Continue reading Bus. Std: Borrow a leaf from Rajiv Gandhis book
In the midst of what was happening at NetCore, I decided to spend some time on the political front, albeit from a distance. A group of us started an informal group, “Friends of BJP”, to help garner support for the BJP in Middle India. I have written about my experience extensively on my blog. The … Continue reading 41 to 42: Friends of BJP
From that support emerged the genesis of the idea of Friends of BJP (of which I am now the National Convenor). Here is what I wrote in late Jan 2009: As citizens of India, we have a duty to help build a Better India. The 20 of a week ago are now 200. We need … Continue reading Helping Transform India’s Future – Part 5
The answer to transforming India’s future lies with us, the people of India. This is what I wrote in my series in May 2010 entitled “It’s Up To Us Now“: Middle class India has many more people than the few required for change. These are the people who are frustrated with the state of affairs, … Continue reading Helping Transform India’s Future – Part 9
To bring about change in the country, we need to bring about a change in people’s thinking. Awareness will lead to Action. There are many things that we don’t know about our past. India’s poverty need not have been so. The quality of life in our cities could have been much better. Our children should … Continue reading Helping Transform India’s Future – Part 12
India needs big ideas if we are to create a rich, developed nation in the next 20-30 years. We are not getting these at the national level. In the political skirmishes between the various parties and their leaders, what has been left behind is an agenda of transformation. In every sector of India’s economy, there … Continue reading Big Ideas for India Contest: Overview
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