Governance

Governance

Take off time for Lohani

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...

Governance

Junk jargon, take action

Imust confess that this piece has been triggered by a newspaper report. Smriti Zubin Irani, our intrepid Minister for Human Resource Development, is...

Governance

The question of the Question Hour

THE most important postulate about parliamentary democracy is that Parliament is between the government and the people. The government is accountable to the...

Governance

Bicameral incongruities

“If a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous; if it agrees, it is superfluous.” – Abbé de Sièye, political philosopher...

Governance

India’s civil and military Will the twain ever meet?

THE year 1965 saw a war in which many military veterans of today fought fiercely against Pakistan to save India’s honour. Fifty years...

Governance

Resurgence of civil services?

GOVERNANCE is the main mantra of any government. As bureaucracy is the main agency of the government, it won’t be wrong to say...

Governance

The turmoil in technical education

RECENTLY, the HRD ministry put up in the public domain a hugely significant report that bids fair to rewrite the educational status of...

Governance

Is India a ‘kleptarchy’?

WAY back in February 2002, I wrote an article in The Hindu titled “Is India drifting to ‘kleptocracy’?” It was in the context...

Governance

Ghost of Emergency

ON the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, BJP margdarshak LK Advani dropped a bombshell. In his no-holds barred interaction with...

Governance

Modi’s Gambit

TALKING about corruption is a favourite Indian pastime. It is a topic that never seems to turn stale, or tire or bore anyone....