There is an element of tautological rhetoric in India`s claim to be an Information Technology superpower all set to enter the era of ubiquitous digitalisation. It has all the visible bells and whistles of an electronics giant, from software revenu
Economist prime minister Manmohan Singh is not unfamiliar with history. Not long ago, he presided over a function at his residence which saw the release of an authoritative and scholarly book on Indian history authored by his daughter, Upinder Sin
As an insider to the sanctum sanctorum of power, the cabinet secretary, India’s senior-most civil servant, has post-retirement sinecures for the asking. BK Chaturvedi, who was the first to serve in that position when Manmohan Singh t
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the Aam Aadmi Party emerged, more or less, unscathed in the confidence vote on Thursday (January 2). But this occasion was more than just that: apart from installing Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister of D
Question: Why did the robot score over Manmohan Singh when asked ‘who is more robotic among the two of you’? Answer: In acting robotic, the prime minister failed to press the buzzer in time.
Friends, First, let me wish you all a very happy New Year. Let me say at the outset that I do believe we are set for better times. The cycle of global economic growth is turning for the better. Many of the steps we have taken to ad
Aadhaar seems to be all controversy and no clarification. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) came up in 2009 – without any legal backup, which was to come with the passage of the National Identification Authority of India B
Many Information Technology (IT) companies are unhappy with the way e-governance projects are being executed under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The less than satisfactory implementation of the projects and lack of timely payments, t
Something, to misquote the prince of Denmark, is strange in the state of Odisha. While chief minister Naveen Patnaik is seeking `4,59,839 crore from the newly constituted 14th finance commission for 2015-20 and making an aggressive pitch for great
Hey, Happy New Year. Symbolically, a new year ushers in a renewal, and it is in the belief that you can reinvent yourself and aspire to be the person you want to be at the start of every year that we all embark on our respective resolutions. Me to
For perhaps the first time in 11 years, the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi discusses the 2002 Gujarat riots in a blog entry. We reproduce the blog: Satyameva Jayate: Truth Alone Triumphs My dear sisters and b
Chetan Patel, a young farmer from Kosmadi village, was once happy to see the nearby city of Surat grow fast. It gave him the best of both worlds. On the one hand, he could grow sugarcane, because water has never been a problem thanks to a highly f
By ordering a probe into the snooping of a woman by Gujarat police, the union government has apparently walked into the trap laid out by Narendra Modi. There is little doubt that the whole exercise would yield nothing more than salacious de
It was five in the evening on a cold December evening. At a time when most people prefer to stay indoors – the day being a Sunday – a motley crowd of around 300 gathered around a small stage near a milk booth in Vikas Kunj, a residenti
Indicting the Odisha government for indulging in serious procedural irregularities and rampant violation of norms in the allotment of mines, the M B Shah commission has recommended a CBI probe into the multi-thousand crore scam. The steel
April 1, 2014 would usher in not only a new fiscal. It would also ring in a new dawn for nearly 2.40 million people infected with HIV/AIDS. Having been kept at an arm’s length by most sections of society, including sections of the sta
It’s a Monday morning, and Patricia, bright and fresh, is busy monitoring her catering business at her 12 food outlets across Chennai. Thanks to CCTVs, Patricia, 55, supervises the work from her home in Velachery, south Chennai. As s
The advanced version of the low cost tablet, Akaash, is all set to be a reality by January 2014. “The tenders for Akaash 4 have been floated with Directorate General for Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) and would be finalised in January 20
Kapil Sibal, union minister for communications and IT today launched a comprehensive programme in Delhi to make one person e-literate in every household. The programme has been aptly named ‘e-inclusion’ project, as digital knowledge to
“Can they hold the assembly meeting at the Ramlila Maidan?” retorted a senior BJP leader when asked if the success of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the austere lifestyle of its leader Arvind Kejriwal would set an example for the nation
