In Indian ethos, poverty is often philosophised. This is best summed up by a Hindi proverb “Mann changa toh kathauti mein Ganga (if you are pure of heart, the sacred river Ganga flows in your bucket!)”. This was philosophical com
Anger is a wasted emotion, a dear friend instilled in my mind. So let me try not to be angry about the conduct of the leader of India`s professional army, even as he refuses to reach Poonch blaming inclement weather. But how about Gen Bikr
Despite repeated reminders from the department of personnel and training, (DoPT), more than 200 officers of the central secretariat service have not filed immovable property returns (IPR) for the last financial year. The defaulting officer
In the backdrop of allegation of illegal sand mining that surfaced in the Durga Shakti Nagpal episode, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has constituted a committee to inquire into the adverse environment impact caused by it.
We are reviving this piece by our columnist in the light of the recent killing of Indian soldiers by the Pakistani army in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. And because of the implications it has for the peace process. From our archives.
The Indian media may like to think of itself as the alpha watchdog of the country but who’s keeping a watch on it? A panel of six – union minister for information and broadcasting, Manish Tewari, chairman of the Press Council of India,
All the babble on TV over the five murders of Indian soldiers in Poonch fails to address the basic question. Indians do not retaliate. We rail and protest and do our morchas but that is about it. The enemy knows that. So it wins every time.
Problems for the Indian cricket board do not end with the alleged spot-fixing in the money-churning Indian Premier League (IPL) and the purported sham of an internal probe it conducted to give clean chits to co-owners of two IPL teams. It extends
As expected, leading political parties shied away from supporting a campaign by RTI activists opposing a move to exclude these organisations from the transparency law. Only the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Aam Aadmi Part
At a time when people of Telangana region are tantalisingly close to realising their long-standing dream of a separate state, the torchbearer of the movement, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), is more worried about the safety of its president,
Appointed as the next Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday assured that challenges facing the Indian economy will be dealt with, and that the economy will return to a positive growth track soon. There is no "
A day after MPs of several political parties closed ranks to criticise the supreme court’s recent order against introducing reservation in appointments at specialty and super-specialty levels in medical institutions, including New Delhi&rsqu
In a significant development in the infamous fodder scam, the supreme court has reserved the order on transferring the case (RC 20 A/96) from the special judge of the CBI court at Ranchi following an effective and persuasive intervention by senior
It’s quite unfortunate that the anti-corruption movement that was started in India in the summer of 2011 finally dithered away. The movement galvanised young and old, managed to give a glimpse of hope to all sections of society, especially p
Transparency crusader Aruna Roy is right — the “opaque and hasty manner” with which the government has proposed amendments to the RTI Act to exclude parties from its ambit is a loss of a historic opportunity for the parties to be
Kanimozhi has been named as the leader of DMK in the Rajya Sabha. Her father, party chief Karunanidhi, wrote to the Upper House`s chairperson declaring her the leader of the party`s team of six members in the House. Kanimozhi is learnt to
Most people would consider getting into JNU a big achievement as JNU is undoubtedly one of the best educational institutions of our country. It’s a university known not only for its academic excellence but also for the vigour and rigour of i
A nondescript village getting along in the midst of hectic real estate development till just the other day, Kadalpur village in Greater Noida, barely 40 kilometres from the national capital, seems set to redefine the political an
At a time when more and more people are feeling that governance has touched a new low in India, Professor Dipankar Gupta, a preeminent sociologist of our times, offers a unique diagnosis and an ambitious remedy. In his latest work, Revolu
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) seems to have adopted the legislative strategy of ordinances to get its agenda through parliament. Latest in the line-up is the national food security ordinance 2013, promulgated on July 5. This o
