Saturday, May 06, 2006

CNN - IBN coverage on elections

Had a chance to view Ibn's programme on "what prevents TN to be the number 1 state?". The panelists were N.Ram, Cho, Jayanti natarajan,suhasini and two more guys. Rajdeep was giving facts
- The second most industrialized state
- The Second most literate state
- The state which ranks third in attracting FDI
- The most urbanized state in the country (around 50 % of us live in towns)
Ram was reflecting my views. He was telling that state has to go a way forward in attaining kerala's social indicators and must attract more manufacturing industries (thats what gives employment to semi skilled labourers).
Another interesting fact which the panel put forward was about the election commission's decision to conduct elections in a single day to all 234 constituencies. The panel were unanimous when they related with law and order in the state. The panel also agreed on the fact that religious tension doesn't exist in the state.
Cho was on form yesterday when he cracked jokes....
The panelists were explaning how the mid-day meal scheme was a grand success(inspite of world bank objections)
Iconic tamilians put forth by the panel
Abdul kalam, kamarajar, periyar(suhasini's choice and my choice too..), M.S.Swaminathan, bharathiyar
surely the programme should have boosted the brand image of the state.

1 comment:

shathish said...

u have not mentioned anything about "what prevents TN to be the number 1 state?" in ur blog ?

looks like i m missing a lot !!!!!