DK Kapila The Oracle

Today I share with you the essentials of our argument or rather conflicting viewpoints. Here am I, reaching middle age, a developmental banker, with access to a host of data on our nation’s development and policies as also insights. Then my dad, a retired senior army officer, 83 years, very aware and has written four books also on Military History and Strategy. His latest book, Flashpoints In South Asia, deals with India’s standing in the region. Incidentally, he is a social worker also and runs The Institute of the Blind at Chandigarh in an honorary capacity for the last 25 years – it’s rated A class. Now the conflicting viewpoint, I say that India is not progressing as the wealth is not trickling down to the poor, the rural infrastructure is horrendous in most states, 240 million Indians go hungry poor every day and 2 million children die at birth annually due to malnutrition etc. Then we have the disparities in wealth which are increasing rapidly, only thing being we pretend tha...

Starting Out Blogging The First Blog – 26 August 2009. Now why am I blogging – well just thought why not share my thoughts, growing towards the fifties, balding, weight on the higher side and all that and feeling life may just be passing you by so why not start of a new path or maybe there is so much you see but cannot express to all you meet, I myself do not know but am starting out hoping to make it a weekly affair. I plan to be scatter brained at times and may be focused at times, but shall endeavour to pose qustions always. It could be anything including as to how could Sharukh Khans’s character in Raab Ne Bana Di Jodi state he sees God in his wife in a song – I mean come on; its his wife ! One cannot make love to God or can you – let me know. And who am I and where am I and what not – all this would come out as we proceed along – that’s hoping some one reads this blog also. Any way, comments are welcome but keep the nasty ones couched in good humour! Any way I plan to blog on defe...