WHAT should be the retirement age in the government? This is being fiercely debated, in the context of the 7th Pay Commission’s possible...
ByTeamOctober 9, 2015EVERYBODY—from multi-tasking staff (MTS) to the Cabinet Secretary—is waiting for the 7th Pay Commission report to be tabled on December 31. The 7th...
ByTeamSeptember 5, 2015T“wenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do....
ByTeamAugust 10, 2015THE capitals of countries can be compared to a well-appointed drawing room which indicates the level of maturity or lack thereof. Unfortunately, a...
ByTeamJuly 4, 2015Governing a state is an altogether different operation, compared to the central government. And, lately, with the Chief Ministers (CMs) becoming absolute power...
ByTeamJune 5, 2015THERE is popular discontent on the issues of farmers and their lot, land acquisition and proper utilisation of available land. All political parties...
ByTeamMay 5, 2015THE arrival of 2015 observed a new churning on the political horizon of India. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP outfit captured the throne of Delhi...
ByTeamApril 5, 2015EVERYBODY was surprised when the Prime Minister of India landed at Safai in Uttar Pradesh last month. Narendra Modi takes every step very...
ByTeamMarch 4, 2015I met a senior Secretary in the Government of India last year. Belonging to a middle-class family in Uttar Pradesh—his father was a...
ByTeamFebruary 8, 2015ATITHI Devo Bhava’ or ‘A guest is akin to God’ is an ancient Indian credo. India will have the most powerful personality of...
ByTeamJanuary 7, 2015