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Coming Together of Young, Bright and Passionate Minds
IT seems just like yesterday, when on August 19, 1990, I boarded the overnight bus from ISBT Delhi to Mussoorie. The journey, though...
Look behind as well as beyond
THERE were many attachments during the 56th Foundation Course (FC). While we were in the midst of villageattachments spread over northern India, we...
Delhi in disarray
Right through May and early June, the confrontation between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung held centrestage. Editorials, prime-time...
The importance of being Arvind Kejriwal
THE recent developments in Delhi are a textbook case study of how a Union Territory should not be administered. The ‘shock and awe’...
Shivraj’s retinue
ADMITTEDLY, it isn’t too difficult to figure out the 10 favourite bureaucrats of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. All the key IAS officers in...
Vyapam woes for Shivraj
MADHYA Pradesh has been no stranger to political swindles that shook successive Chief Ministers since the state was formed in 1956. But the...
Bose: pioneer of planning in India
CONTRARY to popular belief, the now deceased Planning Commission was not a legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru. The blueprint for this institution was outlined...
Niti Aayog or Atithi Aayog?
WHEN I first heard the policy pronouncement of the new government that the Planning Commission was going to be abolished, I felt like...
