Comments on: The Truth about education http://varnam.org/blog/2004/10/the_truth_about_education/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: yum yum http://varnam.org/blog/2004/10/the_truth_about_education/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 yum yum Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:53:59 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=583#comment-1151 JK says:"The bright minds + VC money created employment for many, but may not be in the future." Add cheap oil in the 90s to that equation. JK says:”The bright minds + VC money created employment for many, but may not be in the future.”

Add cheap oil in the 90s to that equation.

]]> By: JK http://varnam.org/blog/2004/10/the_truth_about_education/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 JK Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:42:21 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=583#comment-1150 Sandeep, I looked in Rediff, they seem to have only OV Vijayan's Legend of Khasak. I remember seeing a Penguin Book which has four novels of Vijayan, including the Saga of Dharmapuri. You might be better off asking a brick and mortar store in India about it. Sandeep, I looked in Rediff, they seem to have only OV Vijayan’s Legend of Khasak. I remember seeing a Penguin Book which has four novels of Vijayan, including the Saga of Dharmapuri. You might be better off asking a brick and mortar store in India about it.

]]> By: Sandeep http://varnam.org/blog/2004/10/the_truth_about_education/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Sandeep Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:53:49 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=583#comment-1149 JK, This is strictly OT, but can you please tell me where I can buy The Saga of Dharmapuri by O.V. Vijayan? I searched for it in Amazon and found it, but the cost+shipping is prohibitive. Any idea where I can order it online apart from Fabmall and firstandsecond? You can leave your reply as a comment. Thanks. JK,

This is strictly OT, but can you please tell me where I can buy The Saga of Dharmapuri
by O.V. Vijayan? I searched for it in Amazon and found it, but the cost+shipping is prohibitive. Any idea where I can order it online apart from Fabmall and firstandsecond?

You can leave your reply as a comment.
Thanks.

]]> By: preetam rai http://varnam.org/blog/2004/10/the_truth_about_education/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 preetam rai Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:17:51 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=583#comment-1148 Yes education is important, but massive reforms are needed in education in China and more so in India. There is no doubt that innovation is happening. But would India be able to re-create a silicon valley. Will we able to build a company like Apple that dares to "think different". For stuff like this you don't need code monkeys, you need people who are end-users. It's got not much to do with computer science or math. The most important skill is to figure out where you can improve people's life. Yes education is important, but massive reforms are needed in education in China and more so in India. There is no doubt that innovation is happening. But would India be able to re-create a silicon valley. Will we able to build a company like Apple that dares to “think different”. For stuff like this you don’t need code monkeys, you need people who are end-users. It’s got not much to do with computer science or math. The most important skill is to figure out where you can improve people’s life.

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