Why do civilization oriented systems of governance not work? Faith based value systems work good at the micro scale, governing … More
Month: June 2011
Singapore: The Hub for Blue Tech
June 27, 2011 by Manishankar Prasad Filed under Design and Tech (This article was first published in the Green Business Times on 27/06/2011) … More
The Need for Democracy 2.0
Democracy as said is the next best system of participatory representation to no representation at all. It is a very … More
Why does the future lies in job creating sectors and not services?
The world’s economic balance is tilting towards the east- namely the Chinese speaking world and India along with Korea, and … More
What is Civil Society for? A control valve or an agent for the status quo
We have been hearing a lot of hooplah over the term civil society in India since the anti corruption movement … More
Confessions of a Secular Pragmatist
In an age of rising religiosity and asserting majoratarian identities from beirut to banares to bandung, with religion driving political rhetoric in the developing … More
The Metricization of Education at its worst-the admissions ballgame in India
Yesterday, the worst possible news for an average student came across in the Indian media, that in Shriram College of … More
Immigrant Diasporas- a symbol for social resilience or vulnerability?
As an expat myself for half my life, in the Middle East and South East Asia, immigrants and their integration … More
The Attraction of Bollywood- still alive and kicking
Today, I watched the Salman Khan starrer ‘Ready’ at the only theater which screens Bollywood films in Singapore. After, Wanted … More
Moral Entrepreneurship- The power of values
A couple of months back we have been blown away by the public support in favor of Gandhian Anna Hazare … More
