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First StirringsDestiny’s child
It was Pluto who said that refusing to participate in politics means you are willing to be governed by your inferiors. I had...
BooksEQ unravelled
This book, Emotional Intelligence At Work: A Professional Guide, by Dr Dalip Singh, a senior IAS officer, has earned international acclaim. It tells...
Global ScanPomp and circumstance
The first overseas tour of President Pratibha Patil was marred by unprecedented goof-ups, protocol glitches and controversy which regaled television audiences and newspaper...
Talk Time‘Incentives, subsidies have been announcedto encourage investors in tourism’
Belonging to the 1992 batch, M Rajaram is a postgraduate in law, English and education. He also holds a doctorate in human resource...
Talk Time‘Police personnel are perceived as personal armies of state governments’
Vijay Shanker is an IPS officer of the UP cadre (1969 batch). Before becoming Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he...
DefenceLambs in the arms bazaar
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)’s report has observed that defence acquisition is “a cross-disciplinary activity requiring expertise in technology, military, finance, quality...
Special ReportUP bureaucrats on auction
Despite Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati thundering, “The transfer business has come to an end” soon after assuming office on May 13 last...
MastermindA keeper of secrets
Guess this personality by the clues given below. He’s the longest serving Member of Parliament’s Upper House but has no base, no constituency...
Defence‘We are going to offer F-16s to India’
Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin India Pvt Ltd Douglas A Hartwick is a former diplomat who was Assistant US Trade Representative for...
First StirringsSomewhere over the rainbow
As a young student of history, I was always interested in travelling and adventure and knowing the cultures of other countries. My father...
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