Governance
The turmoil in technical education
RECENTLY, the HRD ministry put up in the public domain a hugely significant report that bids fair to rewrite the educational status of...
Is India a ‘kleptarchy’?
WAY back in February 2002, I wrote an article in The Hindu titled “Is India drifting to ‘kleptocracy’?” It was in the context...
Ghost of Emergency
ON the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, BJP margdarshak LK Advani dropped a bombshell. In his no-holds barred interaction with...
Modi’s Gambit
TALKING about corruption is a favourite Indian pastime. It is a topic that never seems to turn stale, or tire or bore anyone....
Modi’s endgame
One word is often enough to sum up the entire life and career of a man, whatever his sphere of activity. Just one...
The Modi milestone
THE BJP-led NDA Government’s completion of its first milestone has been termed ‘Modiversary’ by a leading national daily! Not without reason, perhaps. Maybe...
Money has no colour
In para 102 of the Budget Speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a new comprehensive law on black money to specifically deal with...
Pension jolt
After being dubbed anti-farmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government faces the prospect of being branded anti-labour as serious discontent is brewing in central...
Will Kindle curb spying?
HISTORY seems to be repeating itself in the corridors of power in New Delhi. Three decades back, as Rajiv Gandhi was trying to...
Baby and the bath water
THE needs of the country and people are centred mainly on security issues (internal and external, food, water and power), social welfare programmes...