The controversy over Calcutta’s La Martiniere for Boys is a reminder that many of the institutions — public service utilities, newspapers, nursing homes and clubs — that were in robust health in 1947 are barely recognisable 63 years later. Yet, thanks to an upwardly mobile population’s yearning for education, all English-medium schools throughout the country are bursting at the seams.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>Sunanda K Datta-Ray:</B> It's not about using the rod</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>Human failings lie at the heart of many of India

Sunanda K Datta-Ray: It's not about using the rod

Human failings lie at the heart of many of Indias problems

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