Given the pathetic condition of contemporary India’s schools, the passions aroused by the draft National Curriculum Framework 2005 are rather modest. Because for the nation’s 415 million grossly neglected but high-potential children, the content of the finalised NCF 2005 will be of make-or-break significance
Educating slum children: Shukla Bose shows the way
Once the most innovative woman chief executive in Indian industry, Shukla Bose founder CEO of the Parikrma Humanity Foundation, Bangalore has established several English medium primary schools for slum children which offfer the hope of a break with the inegalitarian school system of the past century
In a state better known for farmers’ suicides and the naxalite movement, a determined effort is being made to create a new income stream from tourism. Five new tourism destinations have been promoted
The rich variety of red, white and sparkling wines which India now produces has opened up a whole cellar of tantalising career opportunities to oenophiles to mix business with pleasure
