The Hindu : `World divided by technologies'

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Saturday, Mar 27, 2004

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`World divided by technologies'

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, MARCH 26. The former Chief Justice of India, M.N. Venkatachalaiah, has observed that in the context of the ongoing globalisation process, "the world is divided not by ideologies but by technologies" and some areas have been "technologically disconnected."

He was speaking after inaugurating a seminar on "Constitutional reforms in India and current issues of federalism" organised by the Bangalore Management Association, the Madras Management Association and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Delhi) here on Thursday. He said Indian democracy appeared to be chaotic but it was robust. The 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution to strengthen local bodies were consequential, but the process of devolution of power was not complete.

Joerg Wolff, resident representative in India of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, said globalisation brought tough competition. In the Asian context, in comparison with China, India with its democracy and legal system had an edge.

Lakshman, a representative of the Madras Management Association, spoke on the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Ernst Benda, Dieter C. Umbach, Christoph Vedde and Otto Deoenheuer, German legal experts, spoke.

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