Politics is a nonlinear equation. It defies conventional wisdom. But the strange phenomenon that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has turned out to be is more like a complex puzzle than a mathematical equation. Contrast the past image of Modi
When I started off a pre-election survey in March this year, for me, Delhi was one colossal city sandwiched between Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. By the time I ended (in August), I discovered numerous Delhies. A rural Delhi comprising 364 hamlets, sm
Two students of class eight from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) have been selected to attend ‘US Cultural Immersion Institute-2014’ organised for teachers and students of ‘English Access Micro-scholarship Programme&r
The apathy of the Indian babus knows no bounds. You give them an architectural marvel that has stood the test of time for over seven centuries, and they would, more likely than not, see it gather dust, moss, decay and finally crumble in about as m
As public sector banks continue in their struggle to keep the ship from sinking with non-performing assets shooting through the roof, it is the corporate houses that have emerged as the major culprit with fifty companies contributing to around 25
India’s first all-woman bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) is all set to reach out to every state in the country as it gears up to open a branch in every state by the end of this fiscal, finance minister P Chidambaram has said. "I assure you that
Shedding its reputation for voter’s apathy, the national capital this time broke all records. The voter turnout in this crucial assembly elections was a record 67% (the precise figures being worked out), breaking its previous record of 61.75
As many as 56,000 villages that are not covered by mobile communication services will soon taste the benefits of the telecom revolution, prime minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday. A proposed scheme will give priority to the uncovered vil
The absence of credible census data in the country has left children belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged communities deprived of government aids and services, a study undertaken by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has
Christmas seemed to have come to Delhi exactly three weeks ahead of schedule. Or so it seemed as the city-state’s jig with democracy continued till late in the evening of December 4 – well past 5 pm, the official time to wind up pollin
That the world economy is still grappling with the 2008 crisis triggered by unhealthy lending practices of large financial institutions in the US is a well-established fact. And the idea of maintaining proper risk-assessment and risk-tackling meas
There is a general impression that Article 370 of the constitution is the tenuous thread thanks to which Jammu and Kashmir is held together with rest of the Indian union. If the thread is broken, the state will secede. Perhaps nothing is f
Few cricket fans see Sachin Tendulkar as anything less than a national icon, but it seems the election commission (EC) sees him as a Maharashtrian first. “The conferring of the honour of Bharat Ratna on persons belonging to n
The statehood strife returned to Andhra Pradesh once again today. But this time, the baton of agitation switched from Seemandhra to Telangana. Protests erupted across the 10 districts of the Telangana region and state capital Hyderabad over the UP
State owned NTPC has been ranked number one independent power producer and energy trader in the world by Platts 250 for the year 2013. It has also been ranked 384th overall on the Forbes Global 2000 list. As on 31.03.2013, NTPC group has
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy made a forceful argument to the centre against dividing the state. He painted a scary picture of the law and order situation in the proposed state of Telangana, almost saying that it was an open invi
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy made a forceful argument to the centre against dividing the state. He painted a scary picture of the law and order situation in the proposed state of Telangana, almost saying that it was an open invi
The well-known scholar Chritophe Jafferlot referred to the political assertion of Dalits in the Hindi-speaking states in 1990s as India’s silent revolution. Murmurs of something similar happening can be heard in the portals of Indian politic
Online vigilance has made marketing wizard Suhel Seth return an honorary doctorate conferred upon him by Rai University. In his letter to the Gujarat-based university, Seth wrote, “While I must thank you for bestowing an Honorary Doc
While the country is debating the possibility of a NaMo vs RaGa battle in the 2014 general elections, the likelihood of projecting a third alternative candidate for the prime minister’s post from what can loosely be described as a ‘Thi
