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Education should cultivate “civilized mind”...

Truth and existence may not be always coterminous, but at the same time truth can not be conceived outside and away from existence. In that sense it is all pervasive in the universe; it pervades all forms, dimensions and entities. These multifa

Who`s to govern the media?

Media, since a long time, contributed immensely to independence and development of nation state and continues to do so. In recent times, it has, inter alia, tirelessly focused on and succeeded in introducing corporate governance and regulatory bod

Vibrant Gujarat`11 planned with Modi`s BIG 2020 in mind

One of the most industrialised states of the Indian sub-continent, Gujarat has always been at the forefront of Indian life. The state means business in every way. Gujarat ranks among the top five states in terms of industrial development, contribu

A brief discourse on television media in India

Media and journalism has undergone and experienced a dynamic transformation over the last 20 years or so. Ever since the arrival of the satellite television network the move has been towards widespread entertainment from previous trend of informat

Growth, redistribution and the Garib Kalyan Melas

OPINION Rajiv Gandhi once said that out of every rupee spent by the government on poor people only 10 paise actually reach their intended beneficiaries. In case you have not heard, the Garib Kalyan Melas

RTI query seeks reasons behind exclusion of shareholders` from company-boards

I am a Share holder of Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, and Hindustan unilever.  My Client ID is 1202980000093429.The Board of Directors names are mentioned in their Annual report and also Website where I found that there is

Rejig corporate restructuring laws

Corporate restructuring, not unlike medical surgery, involves transformative treatment based on professional diagnosis. It is a corporate management term that refers to the act of partially dismantling and then reorganising a company for the purpo

DU must have semesters for under-grads

I, a first-year student of Economics Honors at the Delhi University, strongly feel that the semester system should be introduced at the under-graduate level. I would like to mention a few reasons to support my stand. When compared with the annual

DU semester system: Boon or bane for students?

It’s official! Twelve science courses will finally be taught in the Delhi University under the semester system from the coming session. But some questions remain. Is it required? Are we ready for it? Can the infrastructure of this university

Road to Chadwick Falls no picnic

The most popular place to go out in Shimla is the Mall and this time, the kids said a big no for it. So last weekend, we decided to take them for a picnic to Chadwick Falls, a place which we had never been to earlier, but had read about it in the

Plastics ban: Mumbai locality`s lessons for India

Last Saturday, I got the opportunity to observe the “Zero Plastic Bag” campaign at Vile Parle that I had only read about or seen in the print and electronic media.   The initiator of this revolution is the BMC’

Back-lane gated for private use

Back-lane of plots, numbering C-14 to C-20, Mansarover Garden situated behind Asia’s largest furniture market-next only to Gonju in China-is slowly and steadily becoming a storage space for generators and open kitchen to prepare and serve fo

Police brutality on protesting DTU students

On Wednesday morning a delegation of students visited Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal to seek his help but he didn`t entertain us and said that this was a state government matter and we should approach law-courts. This is despite the fact t

Why DTU students are on protest path

I and my fellow students from the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) have been protesting since March 4 against its conversion into Delhi Technological University (DTU). We demand that if DCE could not be brought under the control of Delhi Univers

Colleague kills cop, widow gets job, but nobody gains nothing

This is a story of how even well-meaning government schemes can lead to misgovernance, even if only at the individual/family level. Public Reporter Jennifer Sheppard

A farce in the name of security

The rattling of my window panes reverberates even today. For many in Sarojini Nagar, even after five years, a sound of a cracker brings back to memory the dreaded pre-Diwali blasts that rocked the market in 2005 turning the festive season into a m

51 laws to set up a nursing home!

The decline in public investment in health and absence of credible social insurance have caused a precarious situation in medicare. The  unpredictability of illness requiring substantial money at short notice is impoverishing an estimated 3.3

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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