Here you will find articles and papers of my interests in social sciences, economics and liberal arts. Some are written  by me, but most of them are interesting articles/reports I have read over the years on various issues. You will also find that most of these are articles are India based (as this is the country I love and understand the most), but it does serve the general interests.

   

My works

                    Publish or Perish


Physics stuff could be found in this main page

 

Policy paper on Right to Education : This has comprehensive intro to history of education policies, their effects, issues, suggestion for policy changes etc.  RTE presentation at AID SC


Article on Comparitive study of development from a demographic perpspective
Presentation at AID-SC (Jun 07)

 

Education  stats compilation gives  big picture (statistical) about the current elementary education in India

Case Analysis -Assessment in commonwealth of Virginia (For those interested in higher education issues in US).


Blogs

I entered the blogosphere about in 2006. Here are some of my Random musings .
Some articles in blogopshere are: Magic of Invisible hand , People and DemocracyOn freedom

 

Articles

Disclaimer: The following are the collection of articles on various issues I have collected over two years. Most of them are available on the public domain. I have to include the source link along with the article or include the source in the content of the article. If I might have missed some of the original links- I apologize to the original authors for not citing them.

Education

 
I am really keen on understanding education issues and educational reform. I mainly concentrate on policy influencing elementary education.

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Economics   

Even though I am not a practicing economist, I have tried my best to grasp certain basic principles of economics- markets, capital, labor, monetary policy , Globalization etc. In particular I read more about developmental economics. I believe that economics gives us the key to understanding poverty and   means to end it.

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           Government-Politics and Policies, Civil liberty and Law

      
            Samaaj aur Sarkar (Society and Government) are two inseparable entities. What
            kind of governance and political system is the best?  How can we actively
            participate in democratic process? These issues haunt me all time. I keep track of
            political developments, policies, political history etc.
         
            Click the title to find out more.  
      

            Right to Information

            
                Corruption is malaise in  public services. Indian's have unfortunately accepted as
            part and parcel of life. Thanks to 'revolutionary' RTI act we have a  silver lining in
            the dark cloud. RTI has already shown its potential in eliminating corruption and
            bring transparency in public affairs. My interests in RTI led to me participate in the
            Save RTI campaign. Click the title to find out more.