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From the Editor
F“ew will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and...
Spiritually clean
SOME years ago, I was invited to a school in Trichy to speak to the students. When I asked what they wanted to...
A 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...
Bric a brac : RSTV battleground
WHAT is the rationale behind having two TV channels of Parliament? This is a puzzle to be solved by parliamentarians. Both Lok Sabha...
Culture : Redefining temples
PLACES of worship have special place in our lives. How and why this came about is difficult to say. It may well be...
Defaulters make merry
Jab ishwar hai saath to dar kahe ka (When God is with us, why be afraid). This is the ringtone of the mobile...
Silly Point : D-Day Musings
A few days ago, when the exit poll figures were being touted from the housetops, one morning, around 4 a.m., I had a...
Marathon meet in Haryana
How will one feel, as a senior officer, when he is supposed to sit the whole day to attend a marathon meeting with...
Planning for buses?
What were Ministers and Secretaries of State Transport Departments doing in Hanover, the largest city of Germany, in the last week of September...
Hamster on a wheel
Next time you log into Facebook and click on that thumb sign to like a post or write a comment or update your...
Why is the RSS angry with Shivraj?
HOW dare he say that and that too two years ahead of the assembly elections?” fumed a senior RSS leader when a journalist...
Governance : RERA – An Elixir for Real Estate Sector
ON December 8, 2014, home buyers in the NCR (National Capital Region) staged a massive rally at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi against majority...