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GovernanceBring an end to teaching shops
Last year, as a non-technical member of a corporate campus selection panel, I asked a third-year graduate engineering student the difference between the...
GovernanceUrban cowboy or arm of the law?
The occurrence, and routine acceptability, of encounter killings stem from both politicization and a colonial legacy An Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate has held that...
Cover StoryGovernanceOrganized anarchy
Lumbering along in its unique way, India has progressed but not on the social front At 62, India is hardly a senior citizen...
Cover StoryGovernanceThe making of insurgency
Gun culture, illegal arms and sanctuary in neighbouring countries is feeding militancy in India Two former chiefs of Bangladesh’s espionage agency – the...
Cover Storynational securityHow safe are we? And how safe do we feel?
Our handling of security and foreign policy will change only if our perception of them does Though the people have voted a Congress-led...
Global ScanDragon breathing down India’s neck
Our foreign policymakers must react to Chinese clout with the US and our neighbours, besides other realities The global economic downslide triggered by...
Global ScanTiger country
Time to correct the drift in India’s strategic interests in the island nation The Sri Lanka security forces are poised to end the...
SecurityIs terrorism just an ‘unlawful activity’?
That’s only one of several aspects of the new legislation Management guru Peter Drucker once said, “Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is...
SecurityIntelligence is everyone’s business
Making intelligence agencies the scapegoat is myopic The daring terrorist raids in Mumbai, when a small number of jehadi terrorists held the city...
SecurityDangerous bush games
The unconventional warfare involved in tackling insurgents brutalizes the hapless soldier Armies face a thankless task if they are called upon to fight...
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