THE 1980-batch IRSME officer, Ashwani Lohani, has been appointed new Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Air India Limited (AIR). He is known for his outstanding...
ByTeamSeptember 7, 2015Imust confess that this piece has been triggered by a newspaper report. Smriti Zubin Irani, our intrepid Minister for Human Resource Development, is...
ByMK KawSeptember 6, 2015THE most important postulate about parliamentary democracy is that Parliament is between the government and the people. The government is accountable to the...
ByMURLI MANOHAR JOSHISeptember 6, 2015“If a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous; if it agrees, it is superfluous.” – Abbé de Sièye, political philosopher...
ByBN UniyalSeptember 6, 2015THE year 1965 saw a war in which many military veterans of today fought fiercely against Pakistan to save India’s honour. Fifty years...
ByMG DevasahayamSeptember 6, 2015GOVERNANCE is the main mantra of any government. As bureaucracy is the main agency of the government, it won’t be wrong to say...
ByArun KumarAugust 10, 2015RECENTLY, the HRD ministry put up in the public domain a hugely significant report that bids fair to rewrite the educational status of...
ByMK KawAugust 10, 2015WAY back in February 2002, I wrote an article in The Hindu titled “Is India drifting to ‘kleptocracy’?” It was in the context...
ByMG DevasahayamAugust 10, 2015ON the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, BJP margdarshak LK Advani dropped a bombshell. In his no-holds barred interaction with...
ByMG DevasahayamJuly 9, 2015TALKING about corruption is a favourite Indian pastime. It is a topic that never seems to turn stale, or tire or bore anyone....
ByBN UniyalJuly 6, 2015