Kerala Model Under Scrutiny

Kerala is that odd state in India with a high rate of literacy and life expectancy, higher quality of life compared to other Indian states and possibly the highest rate of migration of its people in search of better prospects. The Kerala model of high investment by the state in education and healthcare for its population […]

India will Continue to Lag China in FDI

China will continue to remain the preferred investment destination for businesses – not India – over the next five years, according to a new report. China will continue to significantly outpace India in attracting foreign direct investment between now and 2011, according to the report from the Economist‘s Economist Intelligence Unit. FDI inflows into India are set […]

Ultimate Irony – Orwell was Monitored

Oh, what an irony! Recent disclosures by UK’s National Archives that author extraordinaire George Orwell, who wrote about Big Brother (the State) watching its citizens in his anti-totalitarian classic 1984, was himself monitored by the British domestic security service MI5 for over two decades is perhaps one of the greatest ironies ever. British security agents suspected […]