The demographic time bomb that faces us is not about sheer population. The widening boy:girl ratio is at least as dangerous. As sex-selective abortions have become more common in certain countries, boys vastly outnumber girls. In China in 1996, for example, there were 121 boys ages 1 to 4 for every 100 girls in the [...]
Archive for April, 2004
Asia’s Boy Bomb
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Battle for the brains
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2004 | 2 Comments »
(via IHT and Friedman) Lot of people in the U.S. believe the only crisis around is terrorism. Its not says Craig Barrett, CEO Intel Corp. The other crisis people believe is outsourcing. Does Bush have a strategy ? And what is the Bush strategy? Let’s go to Mars. Hello? Right now we should have a [...]
The Web and Democracy
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2004 | 14 Comments »
The web will not topple tyranny. And, in part, it represents the transition of the Web from a technology run by civil-libertarian geeks like Barlow to one dominated by relatively conservative, large corporations. more >>>
Institution and I
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2004 | 3 Comments »
(via Indian Express) The Indian Obsession with the individual. But what differentiates a mature country from a devloping one are Institutions and not individuals. more >>>
Finland : Education Role Model
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2004 | 11 Comments »
(via IHT) Finland is attracting a number of education pilgrims to see why this country has the best education system in the world. It managed to outscore 31 other countries in last September’s review by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. The review rankings were based on reading, math and science tests given to [...]
Broadband India
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2004 | 1 Comment »
(via Times of India) good article describing the impact of not having sufficient broadband penetration in India. I personally belive that the biggest impact of broadband will be on SMB and Rural India. more >>>>
Lessons from great American Leaders
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2004 | 1 Comment »
(via HBS) A business leader’s ability to make sense of his or her contextual framework and harness its power often made the difference between success and failure. [read more]
