tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51785299391389865842011-07-08T04:38:36.421-07:00Vigyan Gadodianoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5178529939138986584.post-31361228780869085792010-05-17T01:46:00.001-07:002010-05-17T01:47:59.067-07:00

Just came across this very interesting word in my Wordsmith subscription ("A Word a Day").It's the idea that other things being equal, among two theories the simpler one is preferable. Why razor? Because Ockham's razor shaves away unnecessary assumptions. I have been a self-proclaimed entrepreneur for some time now (approx 4 years) and I think, the one challenge which lot of us face in

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A government laborer’s perspectiveI met this interesting old man (Mr. Ashok Kumar), one of the un-reserved passenger, not carrying a ticket for himself or family, flashing his Railway Labor card going till Khertal (2 Hrs from Jaipur) along with a pregnant lady after attending a wedding at Jaipur.Ashok is a railway employee (labor) in the Rail-line laying section. His job is to bring Rodi (small

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I was reading an article India@75 by Mr. Prahalad and felt it appropriate to adopt from it here: If we cannot imagine the India we want, we cannot create it. Adopted from a speech by Mr. C. K. PrahladI just posted this though here today, as i have been debating the attitude limitation in Rural India as one of the challenges and came across this.A very similar thought is shared by Dr. APJ Abdul

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I recently visited 4 villages, where I met a lot of village parents, who have opted to send their children to our English Medium school. I took the opportunity to discuss an issue, which keeps troubling me about rural un-employment. In most houses I visited there is at least one “Son”, who is sitting idle at home. Education varies from 10th fail to BA pass (and some time BA and B.Ed.).

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Shall we award anyone first rank, just because they scored highest marks!! Or possibly scold them for making other children feel bad. I think we should encourage the first, and I am hopeful that most of the readers will agree. As an individual, I appreciate the philosophy of reducing the number of formal tests and percentage marks in junior classes as suggested by our educational system.

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A positive Change Sounds funny, but it fits in, when I tell you that I run a school. J We started a school in rural India last year and I wanted to meet the parents in small groups and know there feedback on school and the studies so far. I met people in four villages and ironically, the ones who came had very good things to say about us. Typically, we expect people with grievance and

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A small incident that disturbed me for almost one full dayVery recently an ex-colleague (read "Employee") called me by name instead of "sir" primarily as a sign of independence from me (though he still called me "sir" on call). I felt really bad, asking myself "why shall i get this disrespect, when i have always done my very best to handhold my team and even handle the separation with complete

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Rural Tourism - Are "Family Rotations" good? I am running multiple businesses targeted at increasing income in Rural India. One such business is Rural Tourism. The objective is to provide Quality Experience (Homestay / Hotels / Activity experience) to tourists, while enhancing income for host families. The dilemma on Host Family Rotation i am posting here is an example of many operational

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Let me put across my point a little differently covering a broader spectrum of education. "Free Education is not compulsory and definitely not sufficient for a country". I am not sure of other countries, but free (or subsidized education) is a smashing hit in India itself. However, this is only true for "Higher Education". Look at places like IIT, IIM, AIIMS, SPA etc. The success of

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Hi all,I am new to this, as says my Blog Title... I had been asked by lot of my friends to start blogging and sharing my weird ideas with the world. I guess it was as good a time to start as any. It is interesting how the blogging site asks you so many things like "Title of your blog" etc. I guess it does say something about your state of mind when you are creating the Blog. For instance, it was

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