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GovernanceMidnight stroke of June ’75
The Emergency’s most fearsome legacy is that no lessons have been learnt At the stroke of the midnight hour of August 14-15, 1947,...
BlogA call to values
General Vijay Kumar Singh, the new Chief of the Army Staff, commenced his innings as head of the world’s second largest standing Army...
GovernanceAn adhocracy in the making
As part of fast-tracking administrative reforms, the Government of India is evolving a “Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System” (PMES). This task has been...
GovernanceThe see-sawing scales of justice
There is a singular lack of punishment to be noted in recent cases of corruption involving people in government The blindfolded “Lady of...
GovernanceNEARLY two-and-a-half centuries ago, in 1770, Oliver Goldsmith wrote these poignant verses in his pastoral poem, The Deserted Village: “Ill fares the land,...
GovernanceNetting the big fish isn’t easy
The Lokpal Bill’s repeated failure to become law is one of many instances of the clout of corrupt public servants In recent weeks,...
GovernanceWho’s the biggest Trojan?
Flawed EVMs or money power, the Election Commission is simply shutting its eyes to solutions Weeks before the election to the 15th Lok...
Cover StoryGovernanceNo meat in your policies, Pranabda
There is little in the Budget to fulfil the stated goal of re-energizing government so how will it happen? Presentation of the annual...
GovernanceMandrin MattersFreedom from political talons
The Civil Services Bill, 2009 will liberate babus from the tyranny of transfers, among other vital changes A few days after UPA II...
Cover StoryGovernanceA second chance, gifted by the aam aadmi
The Prime Minister has a mandate – now he should govern Egged on by screaming media anchors, exit pollwallahs and armchair analysts, the...
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