India is indeed booming. A very visible effect of this is the unprecedented amount of construction going on in the cities – office buildings, shopping complexes, residential complexes, schools, colleges, …
As education becomes a top-down policy focus, Asha also addresses the problem from the bottom up at the grassroots level.
A January 17, 2008 New York Times article (link below) largely discusses and criticizes the Indian government’s response to the growing gap in education between the have’s and the have-not’s …
Rural India – A journey of discovery
I had the opportunity to visit several projects in rural Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala during 2002-2005. My upbringing was typical urban middle class and exposure to rural India prior …
United and democratic after 61 years! How?
No one gave us a chance. No one thought we will preserve democracy all these 61 years, barring a 2-year aberration during the emergency years. Statistically, India’s democracy is a …