tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post3872528899971973840..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Barrels of whine ...Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-12383277608544655932006-11-28T16:25:00.000+05:302006-11-28T16:25:00.000+05:30Rahul:
Thanks for your comment. I was looking
at...Rahul:<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I was looking<br />at this issue only through the text of<br />the article in the Hindu, making no<br />assumptions of where the author stands<br />on any other issue. I think it would not<br />be fair to do it any other way. Let<br />me quote from this article:<br /><br />``One is not asking for monetary support here, but moral support, and a commitment of society to all spheres of creative activity so that a balanced future for the country is assured.''<br /><br />In particular, I will also quote<br />the sentence that follows this<br />one:<br /><br />`` As a country with great traditions as well as cultural and philosophical content, we cannot forget this aspect.''<br /><br />It may very well be that the author<br />does mean Carnatic music and <br />Bharatanatyam as you suggest, but<br />this is not explicitly mentioned.<br />So I will not presume what the author<br />could have meant, and it would not<br />be fair to do so. <br /><br /><br />I must confess that I missed the<br />sentence about the monetary support!<br /><br />AnantAnanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974808252913561726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-29213470129780000642006-11-28T14:00:00.000+05:302006-11-28T14:00:00.000+05:30anant - I frankly think younger people have a bett...anant - I frankly think younger people have a better appreciation of pan-Indian culture and values (as opposed to narrow regional/casteist orthodoxies) than the older generation. There is much more to Indian arts than carnatic music and bharatanatyam, and the other (especially the non-Brahminical) art forms, regional crafts, fabrics, etc are only now getting exposure and appreciation (and, importantly, a paying market) among city audiences, mostly among younger people. And there is much in the "older value system" that I strongly dislike, including (especially!) in the scientific establishment that CNR belongs to. Things have changed in Indian academia in the last 20 years, mostly for the better. So I disagree with everything he says. Moreover, it is risible for CNR of all people to say "One is not asking for monetary support..."Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-40256818038059671502006-11-28T13:43:00.000+05:302006-11-28T13:43:00.000+05:30I had a look at the article and seriously,
I do no...I had a look at the article and seriously,<br />I do not find anything particularly<br />objectionable, except that it could have<br />been stated differently. I think CNR is<br />not the only one who is worried about<br />the state of affairs. How can the country's <br />publicly funded Institutes carry on in the <br />present climate of <br />large private sector salaries? <br />All said and done, the private sector <br />is also in a state of <br />deep disequilibrium <br />and all the goodies may vanish if <br />the nth derivative of the<br />stock marked changes sign. I don't<br />see how it is possible to produce<br />enough trained manner power for the<br />needs of manufacturing and industry,<br />industrial R&D if this trend of all<br />the youth going into 'soft'careers<br />continues. I would rather say that<br />his call for promoting role models<br />in other spheres of life, e.g.,<br />science is important. Furthermore,<br />I think that a person in power stating<br />these things is a good thing. Also,<br />just because he is in a position of<br />power, it is an advisory post and<br />it is good for the public to know<br />what the thinking of such persons is.<br />And finally, he also has a democratic<br />right to express his opinion, which<br />is not forfeited just because he is<br />in power. What is said is not a <br />criticism of the policy of his <br />Government, but more that of the<br />prevailing 'value system'. Comments?<br /><br />AnantAnanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974808252913561726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-60073180507054911692006-11-28T12:15:00.000+05:302006-11-28T12:15:00.000+05:30Thanks for the link. I have sent a rejoinder to T...Thanks for the link. I have sent a rejoinder to The Hindu -- if they don't publish it, I'll post it on my blog.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-92177292504992571462006-11-28T05:33:00.000+05:302006-11-28T05:33:00.000+05:30Interestingly, just below the article, there is an...Interestingly, just below the article, there is an advertisement about how to double your salary. There is also a discussion of this article in Krishworld. Suddenly, I find some rethinking on growth, free markets, role of ecomists and current American education in economics etc in several sites like Mark Thoma's. I feel CNR Rao comments may be in the same direction, perhaps expressed a bit lazily.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.com