The moment you get down at Bhubaneswar airport, the change in the weather hits you. It is warm and humid -- a sharp contrast to Delhi where a withering winter still retains a nip in the air. But what is curiously evident is the change in the polit
For the handful of market watchers expecting another rabbit being pulled out of a hat, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan’s first bi-monthly monetary policy announcement on Tuesday came as a complete bummer. In line
The world’s largest and most vibrant democracy has one of its most exciting elections coming up. But sorely missing in the electoral fervour, speeches and promises, debates and issues is the environment. Strange, for it is one issue that imp
For nonagenarian DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, retirement from active politics does not seem to be near as his younger son MK Stalin, to whom Karunanidhi wants to hand over the baton, is yet to prove his mettle to lead the party. It has bee
This is the story of a marriage. A successful union of woman power with the power of institutional banking. In several villages of Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district, otherwise famed for its Kanjivaram silk sarees, the two have come together
I was in Washington and my deputy editor at Reader’s Digest took me to a dinner party. He did not mention to the hosts who he was bringing along
Afghanistan is preparing for its presidential election slated for 5 April, this election is very crucial for the country as well as its neighbours including Pakistan, Iran and India. Any development in Afghanistan will be directly linked to its ne
The supreme court holding the Akhilesh Yadav led Uttar Pradesh government “prima facie” guilty of failing to prevent the Muzaffarnagar communal riots has underpinned the accusation being labelled on the state government ever since the
Helicopter politics preceded the electoral politics in Bihar. Chief minister Nitish Kumar became its casualty. In fact, the agency that has been providing helicopters to JD(U) all these years is primarily under contractual obligation with the BJP.
“Be what you would seem to be – or, if you’d like it put more simply – Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you
The Medical Council of India (MCI) is facing yet another controversy – this time for its move to dilute the code of ethics for doctors. The apex body monitoring medical practice in the country proposes to reduce its own jurisdiction
BOTH OF BIHAR`S MOST important barters for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections concern first-time contestants. One is Chirag Paswan, the 32-year-old son of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who famously broker
Arthur Dunkel, the architect of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), would have hardly known Bihar and its charismatic leader Lalu Prasad Yadav. In the nineties, he was a household name in Vaishali district as Lalu made a villain out of the former
Last week Medha Patkar, the well-known social and politician activist who recently made news as AAP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Mumbai’s North East, was on a padyatra around Tagore Nagar slums in Vikhroli East. Along the way she greeted
Misa Bharti, the eldest daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, derives her name from a draconian law imposed during emergency (Maintenance of Internal Security Act) to curb citizen`s right. She was born when her father was jaile
Her children off to school, husband at worksite and household chores completed by noon, Seema Yadav, 24, finally finds time for a very important task that needs to be addressed the same day. She needs to go to the bank. Having received Rs
Pooran Bhatt is famous in Kathputli Colony, and he is famous in the many countries where he has performed. But between this informal settlement and the international art circuit, he is a stranger. In fact, for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
As public sector banks continue to be burdened by ballooning non-performing assets (NPAs), one of the bank unions has aggressively gone against bank defaulters who are likely to contest general elections. The Chennai-headquartered All Indi
“Deputy governors never retire,” Dr KC Chakrabarty had quipped when Governance Now asked him about his post-retirement plans in an interview this February. But it looks like he had already made his plans. Chakrabarty, arguably
In a candid interview with Srishti Pandey, Dr K C Chakrabarty tells why the financial inclusion passion continues to remain missing in some entities, how direct benefit transfer (DBT) has failed, and why public sector banks will h
