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In ConversationLet down by the leadership
MGD: Generations brought up on stories of swarming Chinese hordes and Indian troops fighting in PT shoes to the last man, last round,...
GovernanceCivil services: pay, perk and performance?
TEN years ago, when the Sixth Pay Commission gave a hefty hike in pay and perks to civil servants, it also entered a...
GovernanceSmart cities: just real estate
IN 2005, responding to India’s urban challenges, the Government of India (GoI) established the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Reams can...
GovernanceIndia’s ‘Development’ Model Driving on the wrong side?
FOLLOWING the global recession, the Indian economy is possibly heading towards a tail-spin. Responding to this crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited top...
GovernanceIndia’s civil and military Will the twain ever meet?
THE year 1965 saw a war in which many military veterans of today fought fiercely against Pakistan to save India’s honour. Fifty years...
GovernanceIs India a ‘kleptarchy’?
WAY back in February 2002, I wrote an article in The Hindu titled “Is India drifting to ‘kleptocracy’?” It was in the context...
GovernanceGhost of Emergency
ON the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, BJP margdarshak LK Advani dropped a bombshell. In his no-holds barred interaction with...
GovernanceThe Modi milestone
THE BJP-led NDA Government’s completion of its first milestone has been termed ‘Modiversary’ by a leading national daily! Not without reason, perhaps. Maybe...
GovernanceA systemic rot
KARNATAKA’S crusader-IAS officer DK Ravi’s murder or ‘coerced’ suicide—yet to be established through independent investigation—has thrown the system into a tailspin and has...
GovernanceWhere is it heading?
WAY back in 1894, a report by the State Fish and Game Commissioner of North Dakota cautioned that short-term thinking on environment and...
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