Comments on: Rajeev Srinivasan’s Innumeracy http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Nitin http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-527 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-527 In India Unbound, Gurcharan Das writes that Nehru's ideas were a product of his times. The real fault lay with Indira Gandhi (and imho, the Janata opposition) which refused to jettison an ideology which was long past its due date. I believe sticking on to the socialist dogma when even Communist China was "u-turned" by Deng Xiaoping and the Asian Tigers were well on their way was more the cause of the depressed growth rate (and institutionalised defeatism) In India Unbound, Gurcharan Das writes that Nehru’s ideas were a product of his times. The real fault lay with Indira Gandhi (and imho, the Janata opposition) which refused to jettison an ideology which was long past its due date.

I believe sticking on to the socialist dogma when even Communist China was “u-turned” by Deng Xiaoping and the Asian Tigers were well on their way was more the cause of the depressed growth rate (and institutionalised defeatism)

]]> by: Priya http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-528 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-528 Abt theories, models and conclusions, the article looks like Rajeev started with the conclusion and then took the model as proof. But, the idea why the model's accuracy is not being questioned is because for all the other countries in the study, the model is accurate to about 0.1 or 0.2 of a percentage, except India. While this result should be instigating more investigation on the factors responsible, just Nehruvian policy or Indra Gandhi's policy cannot take the blame. They might be one of the many factors, and unless we know what the other factors are or truely prove that its only politics that is the main factor for this discrepency, the study does not help India much. Abt theories, models and conclusions, the article looks like Rajeev started with the conclusion and then took the model as proof. But, the idea why the model’s accuracy is not being questioned is because for all the other countries in the study, the model is accurate to about 0.1 or 0.2 of a percentage, except India. While this result should be instigating more investigation on the factors responsible, just Nehruvian policy or Indra Gandhi’s policy cannot take the blame. They might be one of the many factors, and unless we know what the other factors are or truely prove that its only politics that is the main factor for this discrepency, the study does not help India much.

]]> by: JK http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-529 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-529 I think this Mallu bashing is an effect of the I-am-going-to-lose-Blog-Mela syndrome. JK, President, Online Poll Riggers Inc. I think this Mallu bashing is an effect of the I-am-going-to-lose-Blog-Mela syndrome.

JK,
President, Online Poll Riggers Inc.

]]> by: Mahesh http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-530 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-530 Three conclusions that I can draw from ur response to Rajeev's article: 1. You are a non-IITian(so am I..). Thats why you tend to pick on what his background is rather than the article first. 2. I think he has a well-explained logic than what you do, in 3 lines. His logic seems to be reasoned out better and is more acceptable. 3. "Nehru Penalty" was an apt term and that was the basis of his article, and he explained it quite clearly. Three conclusions that I can draw from ur response to Rajeev’s article:
1. You are a non-IITian(so am I..). Thats why you tend to pick on what his background is rather than the article first.
2. I think he has a well-explained logic than what you do, in 3 lines. His logic seems to be reasoned out better and is more acceptable.
3. “Nehru Penalty” was an apt term and that was the basis of his article, and he explained it quite clearly.

]]> by: Nilesh's Weblog http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-531 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-531 <strong>Mindless Commentary</strong> Sachin is pissed off by an article written by Rajeev Srinivasan on Rediff News. So am I. Here is my reason for repugnance to the article. Rajeev says &#8211; The Catholic Pope came to India a few years ago and gave a fundamentalist and insensitive spee... Mindless Commentary

Sachin is pissed off by an article written by Rajeev Srinivasan on Rediff News. So am I. Here is my reason for repugnance to the article. Rajeev says – The Catholic Pope came to India a few years ago and gave a fundamentalist and insensitive spee…

]]> by: The Examined Life http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-532 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/01/23/rajeev-srinivasans-innumeracy/#comment-532 <strong>If you want to bash up Nehru, do it properly.</strong> I was browsing through the Blog Mela posts and one of the entries over there is by Sachin Nair who is trying to bash up Nehru. Now that is an entirely commendable activity and I can only wish that more... If you want to bash up Nehru, do it properly.

I was browsing through the Blog Mela posts and one of the entries over there is by Sachin Nair who is trying to bash up Nehru. Now that is an entirely commendable activity and I can only wish that more…

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