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The dying media powerhouse

My interactions with Doordarshan started back in 1989, almost 25 years ago. I was a Senior Media Planner with Mudra Communications and it...

The boiling cauldron

THE chorus for repeal of Prasar Bharati, the autonomous body that supervises Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR), suddenly seems to have...

A hegemon in the making

IT was clear from the very beginning of this election campaign that NarendraModi is not a leader from the traditional mould. His rise...

Dawn of a Naya Daur

JUNE 26, the day the Modi governmentcompleted a month in office, was also the 39th anniversary of the beginning of the darkest period...

India’s ‘Modi’fied governance

WITHIN four days of taking office, 10 priorities, 100-day agenda, no FDI in retail but 100 per cent in defence! This is what...

‘4C and 1R’ syndrome

DESPITE the mandate for change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not going to find it easy to contain price rise, inflation, fiscal deficit...

The ‘Single Directive’ and after

EVEN at the cost of stating the obvious, it must be reiterated that, in a democratic set-up, the political executive must take decisions...

A challenge for Modi

A new government with new polity, new priorities, new hope and new promises, with ‘Governance for Development’ as its guiding principle, has assumed...

Will Modi break the policy paralysis?

Taking the plunge

THE debate is on: should civil servants looking to join politics soon after retirement or quitting service be allowed to do so without...