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GovernanceNailing Labour to The Cross
THEY grease the wheels of India’s economy with their sweat and toil. They plough the land, sow and harvest in the scorching sun and pouring rain. They bend their backs...
Cover StoryTablighi Jamaat : 1000 years of revenge
Two contradictions are evident. Through April and May this year, the government vilified Tablighi Jamat, a social organization that claims to be apolitical but has deep religious roots. The health...
GovernanceNailing Labour to The Cross
THEY grease the wheels of India’s economy with their sweat and toil. They plough the land, sow and harvest in the scorching sun and pouring rain. They bend their backs...
State ScanJyotiraditya Scindia : OVERRATED TURNCOAT
An illusory aura continues to surround some ‘majestic’ politicians until their own drastic action impels one to carefully deconstruct their persona. Jyotiraditya Scindia is one such politician. His dramatic defection...
Globe ScanThe bear flexes muscle
IN 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the project of ‘Greater Eurasia,’ a partnership stretching from Atlantic to the Pacific and encompassing the countries of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the...
First StirringsAmong the first of the doyens
AS we mark the 95th birthday of a man who made exemplary contribution during his service and subsequently to the society, we have...
First StirringsBlack thunder, silver lightning
I was the first one in the family to join the Indian Army. Both my father and grandfather were in the Civil Services...
First StirringsPerennial Reformist
NARENDRA Kumar was born on July 10, 1957, in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, in a family deep into poverty. His father Late Lila Ram...
PoliticsThe man above law?
Whosoever said “rules are for fools,” probably had Robert Vadra in mind. That is because seemingly there are two laws in the country—...
PoliticsThe makeover of Rahul Gandhi
WITH great power comes great responsibility. The Gandhi surname in politics comes with fame, fortune, power and a huge sense of responsibility. For...
PoliticsPresidential poll in Gujarat
THE presidential poll in Gujarat has just concluded. No, no, you will rudely interrupt, there was no presidential poll in Gujarat. It was...
Eyes wide shutEnvironmental Governance in India ISSUES, CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Environmental governance is one of the emerging challenges facing the contemporary world. It is the means by which society determines and acts on...
Eyes wide shutA Kafkaesque trial in our times
IN March 2013, a concerned group of ex-bureaucrats, including some former cabinet secretaries, met then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advocate for urgent...
Eyes wide shutUnwelcome Change
Strange are the ways of the government at times. For instance, in the beginning of the twentieth century, the government of Madras Presidency...
Silly PointA tale of two handkerchiefs
Narendra Modi is a leader of the grandiloquent gesture. Prime Ministers of the past, when they won unprecedented victories in parliamentary polls, did...
Silly PointSilly Point : A new slogan on Kashmir
IT was with a sense of déjà vu that one heard the new slogan coined by Narendra Modi to delineate the future policy...
Silly PointSilly Point : Blessed are the poor
THE cognoscenti who keep a sharp lookout on national events must have noticed with suppressed smiles the BJP’s deliberate effort at establishing poverty...
Bric a BracKingmaker needs flesh
It is quite intriguing to observe how politicians become Cabinet Ministers and Chief Minister. They travel hazardous roads to reach this pinnacle. In...
Bric a BracDharavi Goldmine
Dharavi. The moment one hears the name, a picture of ghastly slums and the den of some dreaded criminals appears in one’s mind....
Bric a BracCPM : Let Mamta be defeated first !
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in a fix as only 10 months are left for the state assembly elections and Covid-19...
Bric a BracFinally, BJP needs media
NDA 3 or Modi 2.0 has completed one year but the BJP leadership feels it has not created the desired impact among the...
By the WayPMO overhaul
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reshuffled his office during the Covid-19 crisis. His Private Secretary Rajeev Topno, the 1996-batch IAS officer of the...
By the WayHole in Pocket
Covid-19 has without doubt created havoc in India. It has impacted even those government servants, MPs, and MLAs who normally steer clear of...
By the WayKAS : Murmu’s Challenge
Girish Chand Murmu, a 1985-batch IAS (retd) officer of the Gujarat cadre, the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and...
By the WayRed tapism prevails
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought details about movement of files, particularly those files pending in the offices of Cabinet Ministers for three...
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