The Common People (Aam Admi): Population, Politics and People
Contents: 1. Who cares for the Aam Admi?. 2. From Garibi Hatao (eradicate poverty) to Garibi Badhao (increase poverty). 3. Facing life's challenges boldly. 4. Empowerment of women. 5. Disempowerment of women. 6. Government's failure to face the upsurge of youth demanding justice to the rape victim in Delhi. 7. Netas and Aam Admi. 8. Census of India : historical perspective. 9. Population drama: world population crosses 7 billion. 10. Population control in India. 11. The story of Kerala. 12. No government should ignore population stabilisation. 13. 2011 census data on literacy. 14. Analysis of literacy data 2011 census. 15. India's most shameful failure since independence rampant illiteracy and lack of schooling. 16. Literacy for all - an uphill task. 17. Linguistic diversity of India. 18. How many persons can speak Hindi in India?. 19. How many people can speak English in India?. 20. UNESCO's Advocac of poor migrants doing 3-d jobs (dirty dangerous and degrading). 21. Nitti, gritty of illegal migration. 22. Paradox of Kerala nurses: more competence means higher demand for dowry! 23. India's youth power. 24. India's demographic future: men without women! 25. Where have the young men gone? 26. India's shrinking marriage market. 27. Inflation, grass roots corruption and neglect of poor make governments anti-people. 28. Beating drums for celebrating backwardness. 29. The rise and fall of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi party. 30. Discard the politics of migration. 31. Reservation and political power for women. 32. Politics of internal and international migration. 33. No work ethic + corruption = misgovernance. 34. Mystery of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. 35. Our ageing world. 36. Census, caste and vote bank politics. 37. The eclipse of the talented Parsis by the end of this century: a cause for national concern. 38. Rahul Gandhi's mission. 39. Gross national happiness index (GNH) or gross national product (GNP) or both?. 40. Health for all - a forgotten slogan. 41. Wanted: 100 competent, honest and dedicated parliamentarians. 42. Narendra Modi's novel technique of electioneering over a cup of tea. 43. Connecting India's one billion-plus people through communication technology. 44. Impact of demography on democracy. 45. Mumbai after 26/11 terror. 46. Missing files, falling rupee and failed government. 47. Unique identification card (Aadhaar). 48. The withering away of India's family planning programme. 49. No denial of a 'policy paralysis'.
