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Mandrin Matters
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 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...
Mandrin MattersBrouhaha over ‘bounty’
The panel must heed market realities in recommending salary hikes The Sixth Pay Commission is expected to turn in its report soon so...
Mandrin MattersI WAS a babu, but am no longer one. Having spent about four decades in the corridors of government, I may have become...
Mandrin MattersD-D—ouble-Digit D-D—Development–for whom?
The Formidable FoursomeManmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and C Rangarajan – are firm believers in the “GDP growth-trickle down” philosophy. Based...
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