Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge. Obviously, we need both, but in many educational systems, emphasis on rote learning - mere assimilation of facts - is crowding out essential lessons on critical thinking and creative problem solving. In this country, educators...
As the first wave of baby boomers reaches retirement age, more families are beginning to confront the question of who will take care of them when they can no longer take care of themselves. For many Americans, the cost of nursing homes and other long-term...
Murthy Sends Legal Opinion Letter to Indian Government OfficialsA request came to Sheela Murthy for a legal opinion letter regarding the Tri-Valley student situation. The letter was sent to Secretary Nirupama Rao, Ministry of External Affairs and S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs. Ms. Murthy's...
As MurthyDotCom and several major newspapers reported last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shut down Tri-Valley University, located in the San Francisco Bay area, alleging it helped foreign students to gain student immigration papers illegally. (See NewsFlash! ICE Raid at Tri-Valley University Impacts...
In recent days, Cairo, Alexandria, and other parts of Egypt have been rocked by massive demonstrations, demanding free and fair elections, an end to government repression, and other political and social reforms. It is too early to say how all this will end - whether...
Several hundred Indian students now face immigration proceedings, including possible removal (deportation), due to the massive immigration fraud that Tri-Valley University allegedly perpetrated, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. According to the Economic Times, the Indian Embassy is offering assistance to these...
In the January issue of Baltimore's Urbanite magazine, the cover story discusses several path-breaking social innovations that they predict will play a large role in improving life in Baltimore - and in the world beyond - in the coming year. (See Locally Grown: Ten Bright...
Move over, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg: you have company! According to BBC News, one of India's richest men - software billionaire Azim Premji, of Bangalore's Wipro Systems - has pledged a cool $2 billion to fund rural education and development projects in India. (See...
In the fall of 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, ending decades of division and paving the way for the reunification of Germany a couple years later. Over the next several years, as the two Germanies were knitted back together economically and politically, many observers,...
Last week, we at the Murthy Law Firm held our annual holiday party in the Rockland Center of the new - and growing - Owings Mills campus of Stevenson University. The room was alive with laughter and animated conversation, livelier still with the opening of...
