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ControversyGovernanceMandrin MattersUPSC Final Interviews: Merit or Caste?
Despite reservations, caste and economic backwardness cannot supersede merit. This is why the Union Public Service Commission’s latest decision to share the Caste...
Global ScanGovernanceMandrin MattersH1B Visa: Are Indians are going to benefit from the US visa renewal process?
With the debate over H1-B VISA holders, who are in large numbers from India, being drummed up to a crescendo by Republic (GOP)...
Mandrin MattersSunset for the Chogyal
Iwas having lunch when I got a call from Kewal Singh, the foreign secretary, asking me to report to him immediately. It was...
Mandrin MattersDiplomacy extraordinary
THE assignment to Fiji has been hazardous to Indian envoys at the best of times. For historical reasons, the envoys are looked upon...
Mandrin MattersA singular summit
SUMMIT meetings have become a standard feature of international diplomacy in the twenty-first century. Leaders meet each other with a frequency which is...
Mandrin MattersSteeling the frame
The Executive is not only an integral part of the governance set-up but a wing of the Constitution. The government, in its day-to-day...
Mandrin MattersHow UTI-64 was saved (for a while)
On June 1 this year, Business Standard had a story headlined “Unit Scheme 64: RIP” with a slug saing “India’s first MF scheme...
Mandrin MattersAsleep at the wheel
Why is it that some of the boldest and most significant steps being taken by President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka in trying...
Mandrin MattersThe spoiled SYSTEM
IN taking stock of the state of the civil services, it has to be conceded that the “bamboo” frame, despite hiccups and occasional...
Mandrin MattersGUILLOTINING TRANSPARENCY!
THE Prime Minister has on numer ous occasions stressed good gover nance and accountability and that there should be more professionalism and transparency...
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