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March 2006

Public transport in Chennai - can we have more debate?

Submitted by Ram on March 10, 2006
10.03.2006

A friend sent me this piece, that was actually written by him and sent to a newspaper, but it was not published. I thought it was interesting - so here it is. This is in the context of the proposed monorail for Chennai! A monorail network of 300 kilometers! My first impression was, hmm, it sounds scary...nowhere in the world can you see such a huge network.

Artificial scarcity - the bedrock of power for Indian bureaucrats and politicians

Submitted by Ram on March 6, 2006
06.03.2006

Whenever I see or read about all 'exciting' news about India's economic growth, and the insane and vulgar competition for claiming credit (more by the supporters of political parties and ideologies than the politicians themselves), it really puzzles me and annoys me greatly that no one talks about the phenomenon of 'artificial scarcity' that has always been maintained for various goods and serv