Governance
Who is going to back Ukraine for the US peace deal — Security guarantees from the US and Europe.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who sent a letter of apology to US President Donald Trump for the Oval office fiasco, wants Security guarantees....
Railways – Sarkar or Vyapar ?
WORKING in the Modi government is definitely a different experience. There are no undue pressures or threats, no expectations of anything other than...
AFSPA – A law that needs to go
While exercising draconian powers there is bound to be misuse. In a July 2016 verdict, the Supreme Court ripped open the cloak of...
A case of an FIR and an award
IT is ironical that on the eve of the 72nd Indian Independence Day, the Supreme Court of India should be witness to hearing...
Development Agenda for New India 2022
THE NITI Aayog was expected to introduce the draft development agenda for New India 2022 at the June 17 meeting of its Governing...
Time to cash in
INDIA is undergoing a period of prodigious change, things are being looked at from a whole new perspective and rural India, is today,...
UN against illicit tobacco trade
Illicit cigarette smuggling has over the years created a multitude of problems for India. It negatively impacts financial health resulting from tax arbitrage;...
Governance by fear : Signs of failing State!
INDIA just observed the 43rd anniversary of Emergency. Civil Rights stalwart Rajni Kothari described the period thus: “It was a State off-limits, a...
Gandhian dilemma in military leadership
Imay be laughed out even before I answer the question. However, I grew up in a family conditioned by Gandhian thoughts, when my...
Black elephant
Abitter criticism of the UPA Government before it lost the elections in 2014 was its failure to check the continuing growth of black...