Letter was sent to Indian President Shri A.P.J. Abdul Kalam by Vasant J. Desai, Replyed by A.K. Mangotra [Joint Secretary to the President of India and Again Letter to A.K. Mangotra by Vasant J. Desai.

Article published in I.T. Mirror, March 1998...

It's time the Finance Minister was frank and told the people and the Prime Minister that he has to withdraw standard deduction..........

Article Published in INDIAN EXPRESS

Despite a media focus on individual politicians, Atwater's remark underlines the degree to which even the most popular and highly placed leader is a captive of the "system". This system, of course, is not capitalism or socialism, but bureaucratism. For bureaucracy is the most prevalent form of power in all smoke-stack states..........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA.

If wishes were horses, it would appear as if India's finance minister is ready to slay the fiscal dragon and ride out into the sunset. Yashwant Sinha has been talking tough on the need for "belt tightening measures" and "biting the bullet" to control the fiscal deficit. ..........

Editorial of The Time of INDIA

The 11th Finance Commission has recommended hike in states' share in Central tax revenue to 33.5 per cent from 29 at present. The Central Government shall have to give an additional Rs.8,000 crore to Rs.10,000 crore every year. Can the government bear the additional liability ?..........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA.

It is unfortunate that none of the political parties has suggested what steps it will take to reduce deficit financing, external debt and internal debt in its election manifesto. On the contrary, each manifesto has given promises, which will make the country bankrupt and fall into the debt trap..........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA.

The Moody's (rating Agency) investors agency has double downgraded India's Sovereign rating from investment to speculative grade which is charitable otherwise India had entered into a debt trap in view of admitted facts and figures of Budget 1998...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

The Rs. 24,000 crore oil pool deficit can be reduced substantially if the Centre displays political will for taking steps to conserve and utilise the products for the maximum number people...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

It is unfortunate that the Finance Minister did not table his letters to the World Bank earlier when the new policy was announced by the government...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

In twenty seven months, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi has notched up world records of travelling maximum miles, attending maximum conferences, making maximum speeches and visiting maximum countries. No Prime Minister or President of any country is likely to break his record...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

Your editorial "Yatra's Dismal End" (Jan.28) was biased, illogical, supporting the case of terrorists and has missed the real purpose of the Yatra, namely, that India and Indian people are united, irrespective of caste, creed or religion and assert the right of sovereignty over Kashmir...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

Apropos your editorial "Lop-sided Focus (Feb.8). The nearly two crore organized employees of the Central Government, State government, public-sector corporations, local authorities, educational institutions and companies have their wages and dearness allowance revised every year. ..........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

With reference to your editorial "Plan Sans Targets" (14th) you have observed, "this perhaps rules out expansion in the plan size. In fact, it calls for a contraction...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

Lok Sabha Speaker Balayogi should resign if he is unable to control the conduct of the members in the House. Under Article 122(2) of the Constitution, the Speaker is supreme for conducting L.S. proceedings and his action cannot be challenged in any court...........

Article Published in TIMES OF INDIA

The greatest Jew of modern times and one of the greatest philosophers "Spinoza" has pointed out defect of democracy in his words "The defect of democracy in its tendency..........

Article Not Published

"We have learnt to fly in the air like a bird and to swim in the sea like a fish. But we have not learned the simple act of living together."..........

Article Published in INDIAN EXPRESS

Why is Muslim society a closed society ? Why do the minority community and their leaders as well as the institutions do not take part in discussions of public events affecting nation ?..........

Article Not Published

An appeal by an Indian to the President of Pakistan to act on his speech delivered on 18/02/2002 before Science and Technology Conference at Karachi...........

Extract from the speech delivered by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on 25th November, 1949 in the Constituent Assembly when a motion to adopt the Constitution of India was passed...........