Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto says, “If the right way of political administration is realised, I think, Japan can still take a position as a leader in Asia or in the world.” This statement seems to be relevant to all countries, India in p
Corporal Punishments have been banned by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in 2000. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE Act) further reiterated this ban through Section 17, thereby providing an assertion to
Until one-and-half-years-ago when the panchayats were not in place, there were only 87 people in Jammu and Kashmir holding Indian constitutional flag in their hands. These people were called MLAs (Members of Legislative Assembly). But after the pa
Arvind Kejriwal deserves credit for his undeterred resolve in whatever he believes in; ‘opportunism and power’ as his opposition shouts, ‘political’ as former friends whisper, ‘incorruptible’ as new friends boas
Complacence to realisation, Uttar Pradesh’s socialist government’s great leap forward in child rights falls short. Uttar Pradesh is the largest state with more than 200,000,000 inhabitants and the second highest GDP in the country. If
Do we need different time zones for states?It refers to the panel formed by union government (ministry of energy) for suggesting change in time-zone for the country. A country like India with so much illiteracy and lack of awareness is not fit to
As one glances through the huge media coverage of health reforms in the US, one is amazed at the way the heath care issues are debated. The debate is more focused on insurance, drugs, medicare and medicaid complexities, billing by hospitals, use a
So much exercise is being done for the Lokpal Bill and to educate the people about the usefulness of RTI power, but if the common understanding of having a power to have a SAY in the election and selection of the politicians or candidates are not
It has been noted that there are many bogus Facebook accounts. So it is correct to say that Facebook encourages bogus users and discourages bonafide users in order to give a wrong impression that it is socially very strong. But the fact is, it pra
I have a very simple and cheap solution to root out any type of corruption: If we are against any minister for his misdeeds or not delivering goods to the satisfaction of the people, who have democratically elected that minister, the voters should
It cannot be denied that both justice and injustice are liked, practised, meted out and preached by the public, we, the people of India. It is the greed or need of the people which makes them either to go for justice and injustice, or like and dis
I want to share something, which may change your perception. Let us just assume that our country is facing 10 problems every day, and the same number of problems get added every day. First day, 10 very good, honest, a
On August 27, 2011, the parliament of India pulled a fast one on Ralegaon Siddhi’s most famous resident Anna Hazare, the ever perplexed Team Anna and the millions of Indians who were watching Lok Sabha TV, waiting with abated breath for Anna
“Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.” – Euripides Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop thr
The decline in the share of agriculture in India’s GDP has been rapid in the post-liberalisation era; despite the fact that the growth of agricultural income during the 1990s has been marginally better than the corresponding rate of growth i
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contem
Union sports ministry should make it clear if it was India as a nation which won the glorious World Cricket Cup in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev with Kirti Azad also as a member of the winning team, or it was a team hosted by a private cri
RJD supremo Lalu Yadav has advocated to abolish the princely practice of providing post-retirement government-accommodations to former presidents, vice-presidents, prime ministers. Several former presidents never availed this facility and spent th
It is indeed surprising and indecision on part of the Union government that national award winning film ‘Dirty Picture’ was suddenly stopped from being telecast during prime time by a TV channel despite the film having been given U/A c
