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Petroleum-to-polls
By the Way

Petroleum to polls

Two former Petroleum Secretaries are set to jump into the electoral fray. RS Pandey, a 1972-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, and...

Aam-Aadmi-Party
Bric a Brac

A party for all

AS politicians of all hues and inclinations queue up to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the latter would do well to recall...

Bric a Brac

Rahul’s elitist adviser

DIGVIjAY Singh, Mohan Prakash, Madhusudan Mistry and CP joshi are the top four advisers of Rahul Gandhi. They are now being blamed by...

narender-modi
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Making the gods happy

NARENDRA Modi has managed to get the BJP’s godfathers to declare him the Prime Minister of India. But he is still not sure...

Bhupinder-Singh-Hooda-
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Hooda keeps the flag flying

HARYANA Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda knows exactly how to keep the Congress party boss- es happy. No job or distance is too...

Bric a Brac

Sheila redux

sandeep keeps mommydearest’s bounce alive Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dixit is once again in regal command. She has survived the gamut of...

Reflections

Culture of crisis

The first two pages I look at when The Economist arrives every week are the last two, the ones that carry the global...

Mandrin Matters

Do we need a tight upper lipped Indian bureaucracy?

The State of Gujarat has been thrust in the news by some of its IPS officers. It all began probably when RB Sreekumar,...

Governance

The good earth

Acquiring land, whether for public or private purposes, is not easy. There are conflicts galore and the political climate is hot. Yet, if...

CHANGING SCENE

The currency of post

India has a postal system more than two centuries old and it once had the enviable record of delivering letters and parcels to...