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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...
Cover StoryMandrin MattersIn the service of the public
India’s civil servants need to go beyond the call of duty but the reality is just the opposite At a felicitation in Pune...
GovernanceMandrin MattersFreedom from political talons
The Civil Services Bill, 2009 will liberate babus from the tyranny of transfers, among other vital changes A few days after UPA II...
Mandrin MattersShaping up a shake-up
Three years’ discussions have yielded some praiseworthy proposals to improve the civil services, but will they be allowed to work? The just-released Administrative...
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...
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Missing the wood for the trees
How can the industry think waiver of the $35 visa fee will lure more tourists? If there was a prize for the most...
ByNIRANJAN DESAIMarch 3, 2009