1. Those who watched closely the tortuous process through which the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the Right to Information Act (RTI) came into existence, know well that neither this government nor the bureaucracy was ever enthusiastic.
2. In this government simply tolerating unwillingly the two most important Acts that can empower considerably the poor and the most vulnerable in this country?
3. And now in less than a year’s time the Union Cabinet is reported to have decided to restrict significantly the reach of the RTI Act.
4. Without the support they received from the National Advisory Council headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, these two Acts would not have been possible.

1. The innovative global measure of progress, the Happy Planet Index, has been constructed by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and Friends of the Earth using three factors : life expectancy, human well-being, and damage done via a country’s “environmental footprint.”
2. The index has been compiled to draw attention to the fact that it is not necessary to use up the earth’s resources to achieve long life and happiness.
3. The most happy place on the planet is the South Pacific Island Nation of Vanuatu, according to a radical new index published on Wednesday.
4. Vanuatu comes top because its people are satisfied with their lot, live to nearly 70 and do little damage to the planet.

1. These elements of setting contribute powerfully to Hitchcock’s message about psychological abnormality as a cause of crime.
2. One of the most remarkable settings in film history, the parlour is filled with stuffed birds that anticipate both Marion’s death and Mrs. Bates’staxidermic condition.
3. Predators with cruel eyes and frightening beaks, the birds also stand for Norman, who will soon be peering at Marion in the shower and murdering her.
4. A key transitional scene occurs in the parlour of the Bates Motel, where Norman gives Marion her last supper.

1. To feel less than someone or something – the definition of inferiority – is natural in childhood when we are surrounded by the incomprehensible and things that other, ‘bigger’ people seem to take in their stride.

1. But if a child is made to feel inadequate in some way, this natural feeling can crystalise into a sense of not being good enough, clever enough, or able enough and years later surface as a sense of inferiority.
2. A wise parent will reassure the child through explanation and ensure that he grows through each new experience.
3. Often such a feeling can be handed down subliminally from parent to child, through many generations, without anyone realizing that this is happening.
4. If, for instance, a family believes that it is a victim of circumstances, the expectation will develop that something awful is bound to happen.

6. If, with practice, that expectation and attitude can be changed, the whole family can benefit.

1. Leadership inevitably requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.

1. The need to hedge these risks accounts in part for the development of collective leadership and the managerial ethic.
2. Out of this conservatism and inertia organizations provide succession to power through the development of managers rather than individual leaders.
3. Power in the hands of an individual entails human risks: first, the risk of equating power with the ability to get immediate results; second, the risk of ignoring the many different ways people can legitimately accumulate power; and third, the risk of losing self-control in the desire for power.
4. Consequently, an inherent conservatism dominates the culture of large organizations.

6. Perhaps the risks associated with power in the hands of an individual may be necessary ones for business to take if organizations are to break free of their inertia and bureaucratic conservatism.