IT’S either the biggest fraud in financial history or the biggest revolution in human civilisation. In a few years, it will either trade...
ByAlam SrinivasJanuary 26, 2018TWENTY-FIVE years ago, when Palaniappan Chidambaram was the Commerce Minister, he claimed that he was the bigger and better reformer than Manmohan Singh,...
ByAlam SrinivasOctober 14, 2017Lateral hiring may sound like an exciting concept, but it is a flawed one for several reasons. For one, it will destroy what...
ByMG Devasahayam and Prabhat KumarAugust 19, 2017WRITING in the March 2011 issue of gfiles I had raised a poser whether there is hope for civil services to survive and...
ByMG DevasahayamAugust 19, 2017WHEN we write about governance in the country, we should try to be absolutely honest, and realise at the same time that it...
ByPrabhat KumarAugust 4, 2017AVENUE Supermarts’ business model seems to be on a shaky ground by its own admission; there seems to be some form of a...
ByAlam SrinivasJuly 9, 2017CLAMOUR for peace is the buzzword when it comes to discussing Kashmir situation in the midst of current spate of violence. It has...
ByAnil AnandJune 13, 2017KASHMIR’ has been and, in all probability, will remain India’s perpetual ‘work-in-progress’ in the foreseeable future. Lack of political imagination/will, both in New...
ByMohammad Sayeed MalikJune 13, 2017TODAY, more than ever before, people are asking the million dollar question: Can India retain Kashmir? And it is strange that the question...
ByMK KawJune 13, 2017THE ELEVENTH Civil Services Day celebrated on April 21, 2017 changed the dynamics of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration....
ByAnil TyagiMay 10, 2017