The global production of wheat has declined from 630 million tonnes to 600 million tonnes.

If you thought that was it, relax, the story doesn’t end here. Sowing the seeds for another mega scam, the government – ostensibly in order to maintain its reserve stocks (and bending to WTO pressures) – is going ahead and importing wheat at the rate of Rs.1,680 per quintal, when adequate wheat, costing Rs.800-1,000 per quintal is clearly available with the farmers. Numbing is the 27th report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture released in May 2007 that exposes the fact that government subsidies fail to reach 90% of the nation’s farmers. The government has also incurred the standing committee’s wrath for successfully subsidizing the most inefficient rural electricity boards, fertilizer and oil companies.

Even to say that India’s agriculture sector is going from bad to worse now sounds an unintellectual diatribe, repeated oft by almost everybody. But think about this – on July 18, 2007, Noble laureate (and Padma Vibhushan title holder) Norman Borlaug, regarded as the true father of the Green Revolution in India, Pakistan and Mexico, was awarded the US Congressional Gold Medal for his lifetime crusade to beat world hunger. The same Borlaug commented definitively that a second Green Revolution in India is just “not possible.” Dear Mr. Prime Minister, where in heavens do you see the Green in our revolution anymore? Pray, tell...

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Raping the future, on their own???

Ask any malnourished, starving or a bonded girl child & she would plead that it is better to have a life like this than to be raped.

Hence; in 21st century, modern civilizations no longer belong to the gentle. On the contrary, it is a society of ignominy, shame or dishonour where even children can’t sleep peacefully. South Africa, better known as ‘The rape capital’ of the world has one of the highest incidence of child rape cases in the world. According to government statistics, 20,000 children are raped every year. At least 50 face such fate every day. Shockingly, a young African has greater chance of being raped than being educated. Yet it’s not just Africa alone. The state of Colorado in the US has experienced one in four women raped or harassed. National violence against women survey in the US in 1998 stated that more than 6.8 million women are victims of rape of which 29.3% are children. An Equity Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) study revealed 15,000 cases of sexual harassment is registered in the US annually. American Association of University Women (AAUW) survey in 2002 revealed that 83% of girls have been sexually harassed, & 78% of boys have been sexually harassed from 8th to 11th grade. The worldwide sexual assault statistics by George Mason University states that in Peru, South America, 90% girls (aged 12 to 16) who gave birth, from pregnancy due to rape.

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Brand: Airtel

Headline: Airtel Broad-band, setting minds on fire

BASELINE : Setting minds on fire
Agency : Rediffusion DY&R
4Ps Take : The visual (a small girl looking quizzically inside a fish aquarium) deserves a wow, as it perfectly and beautifully complements the body copy. Targeting parents of growing kids, the ad suggests that they get an Airtel broadband connection to satisfy the ever-growing curiosity levels and thirst of children to gain knowledge. The power idea is to increase consumer base through its strong communication. The USP of the product is its high speed of 2 Mbps and its interactive features. Instead of going all corporate, the reward to the prospect involves kids. Good strategy, in this age of pester power! Do fish sneeze, while in water? How do they sleep? Just stay tuned in to Airtel and let the ‘connection’ do the answering for your kids!

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Fascinating attention to detail forms the cornerstone of Tracy’s craft . From the description of Westminster Abbey to the crowded streets of London, shrewd merchants to glib talkers and peddlers, who cheat to earn the extra pound, the author encapsulates the entire landscape of the city, vividly depicting each facet. And though William Blake’s character seems to have itself derived more from Jem and Maggie’s viewpoint, showcasing him on occasion as a thinker tutoring the evolution to two amateurs, Tracy Chevalier’s interpretation of London as a hotbed that was witnessing the French and American Revolution not too far away, represses this dissonance, virtually transporting the reader to a city that has remained a subject of steady trepidation on one hand and a topic of awe to historians for centuries now with its hypnotic prose.

Burning Bright lingers in the consciousness for its dramatic description of a celebrated poet and futurist, and the picturesque portrayal of London city in an age long gone, yet, in many ways, still enduring...

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It’s the price stupid

With every commodity getting personalised, how could education be left behind? E-tutoring, or teaching through the internet is fast evolving as a mode of personalised affordable education. Once considered ‘just another business model’, the interesting part is that studies have now shown that this industry is worth more than $8 billion dollar in US and growing at an exponential rate. One reason for this sudden growth is the fact that e-tutoring firms are providing services mainly to the US market at extremely competitive prices. These service providers are charging as less as $2.50 per hour. Compare this to the standard US tuition price rate, which is currently at $40 per hour. Creditably, these e-companies offer a gamut of subjects ranging from Geometry to Geography; and again, for all possible age groups. Some of these firms are now tapping the gargantuan Chinese market for providing English education via e-tutoring.

But then, apart from being ‘good business’, this model holds no hopes for increasing literacy in developing nations, because of ridiculously low levels of internet penetration – averaging 0.05%.

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The ‘Real’ty world of cheaters!

To prevent this open loot, the Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the central and state governments seeking guidelines from them on the mass media advertisements carried out by real estate companies and builders. The Apex Court’s intervention was prompted by a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by NGO, Sanrakshak (the Protector).

The genesis of the problem lies in the fact that builders issue illicit advertisements stating that they have government approval for a particular real estate project. The seal of government approval often leads the gullible public to believe that project is genuine and that their money is going into safe hands (that too without proper paper-work!). Misusing media through larger-than-life pre-launch blitz, the real estate developers draw advance from the public for factitious ventures. After a certain time gap, these fl y-by night operators vanish into thin air siphoning off millions with impunity. “These pre-launches sometimes are corporate frauds masquerading as news items. Media must insist on a signed brochure stating what the touted features are, so that responsibility can be fixed. At present, if someone invests based on media reports, he is exposed, as later on the real estate operator can always suggest that the media got it wrong,” emphasised Harish Salve, a noted lawyer and former Solicitor General of India, while talking to B&E.

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Apartheid?!?

Any Indian worker toiling in the deserts of any sub-Saharan country probably has as much love and respect for India as any Indian IT professional in the Silicon Valley. But then, the negatively biased behaviour of the Indian government towards this section of workers is clearly nepotistic. For example, the PIO (Person of Indian Origin) card has been reported to be easily accessible to any NRI migrant from the US, but quite impossible to attain for an Indian stationed in any African country.

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“The judiciary has usurped the discretionary power vested with the legislature to protect the needy and the downtrodden”

This raises a pertinent question: Why is the tussle between the two important arms of the state taking an ugly turn? Who is under pressure and of whom? According to an international legal expert working for the government (speaking on conditions of anonymity), the “fault lies with the politicians who don’t enact laws before entering into international treaties, like the WTO. The result is that when these treaties begin to hurt the common man, the judiciary steps in an activist role.” Such an explanation shows that, it is the government, which is under pressure to undo all that it had undertaken during the nationalisation era. The political leadership seems to be in tearing hurry to join the liberalising ‘heard’ because they don’t intend to look laggards in a largely globalising world. This would obliviously mean that the Judiciary is taking up cudgels on behalf of the ‘aam aadmi’ (common man) and protecting him from the vagaries of markets. If this was true then the communists would certainly have stood behind the courts. Ironically, Brinda Karat, says “The judiciary has usurped the discretionary power vested with the legislature to protect the needy and the downtrodden.” But Abhishek Singhvi, a noted lawyer and Congress Rajya Sabha MP, told B&E that the current judicial activism “should not be seen in terms of class struggle.”

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'Mint'ing news in the Metro... Now!

February is proving to be a shocker of the month for the Indian newspaper mart. First it was the launch of Mint, the not-so-pink financial daily from the stable of Hindustan Times which boasts of a partnership with The Wall Street Journal. While, HT's Mint (with a Mint fresh design) is all set to take on TOI's Economic Times, both rivals have joined hands and launched the capital's first tabloid, Metro Now. With these new launches the rival duo will compete with their own offerings (Metro Now with TOI, HT) as they slug it out amongst themselves (Mint with ET). Times are surely changing!

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