Fate of India rests on education of its youth

I work as a pro-bono consultant to the Akanksha Foundation in Mumbai and hence got to see functioning of municipal schools rather well from close quarters. I began reading about the state of education in India, the key challenges and what really needs to be done. Here are my reflections:
http://www.niticentral.com/2012/09/fate-of-india-rests-on-education-of-its-youth.html

Lies, damned lies and UPA’s statistics

Here's a post that first appeared on NitiCentral about the UPA Govt's regular bungling in reporting financial data. Indeed, one tends to wonder whether this is deliberate (one would hope not!). See the full post here:
http://www.niticentral.com/2012/09/lies-damned-lies-and-upas-statistics.html