Sarvesh Kaushal

Events

Celebrating Indian Ethos at DC Model School, Panchkula

Lecture on ‘Social Equanimity’

Seminar

Bogus voters are criminals, not victims

One Nation One Election

keynote address on ‘One Nation One Election

Educational Outreach Programme of Kaushal Foundation

Celebrating 550th Anniversary Of Sri Guru Nanak Dev

I have started celebrating the 550th anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji by reading...

‘Elected’ vs ‘Selected’ – a turf war turning ugly

The turf war between the ‘elected’ and the ‘selected’ representatives of the people is turning...

Jago Sarvesh Jago

That’s what my politically confused wife said while holding a cup of bed tea precariously...

The State must ensure ‘Ease of Living’ for all citizens at any cost. Citizen-centric governance is the ultimate end.

The State should be absolutely citizen-centric and go all out to make people’s lives comfortable...

A point of view – with an open mind ‘Eating the flesh of your dead brother’?

Backbiting is one of the negative personality traits which almost all the humans suffer from....

India : Role of Governor in stressed federal structure – The Constitutional mandate

Acrimoniously juxtaposed political dispensations ruling the States and the Centre at the same time tend...

Should manifesto be justiciable?

Manifestoes have increasingly been used in the recent past for seeking votes by promising moon...

Indian Economy : The Challenge Ahead

Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian economy passed through various challenges. On the...

I want to be myself, not what you want me to be!

I want to laugh, I want to cry. I want to feel good, I want...

COVID-19 PANDEMIC : Need To Clear The Indian Sky Of Publicity Vultures

Epidemics are not for political theatrics or for nesting the publicity vultures feeding on the...

Post Covid-19 Indian Economy :PSU Reforms for Revolutionary Upturn

India has almost left the COVID-19 behind. It is now a challenge to synergise all...

India : Role of Governor in stressed federal structure – The Constitutional mandate

Acrimoniously juxtaposed political dispensations ruling the States and the Centre at the same time tend...

Indian Economy – The Challenges Ahead

Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian economy passed through various challenges. On the...

‘Elected’ vs ‘Selected’ – a turf war turning ugly

The turf war between the ‘elected’ and the ‘selected’ representatives of the people is turning...

India’s Response To Covid-19: ‘Gold Standard Governance & One Nation’

Before a mid-term evaluation of India’s response in the face of COVID-19 pandemic, it is...

Covid -19 Pandemic : Managing Migrants’ Needs – India Shows The Way

In a country like India, where the total migration touches a figure of about 40...

From pigs to sausages – the judicial delays

There is an old saying on the delays in judicial system :

Celebrating 550th Anniversary Of Sri Guru Nanak Dev

I have started celebrating the 550th anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji by reading...

Litfests

Litfests here, Litfests there!

The Parasites

The acid test of a mature political leader is getting rid of the clever parasites...

Democrazy

‘Democrazy’ : When public opinion is driven by crazy anecdotal impulses.

The New Zealand Massacre

The New Zealand massacre is once again an example of bleeding human values. Let us...

Global campaign against ethnocentric intolerance

For curing global terrorism based on accentuated intolerance, there should be a worldwide educational campaign...

Sikh genocide cases -Injustice, or the price of justice: A horrible choice

34 years of delay in Sikh genocide cases once again proves that police investigation is...

Welcome Indo-Pak peace initiative

Past is frozen in time.

A bird free to flutter

When did I talk to myself last? When did I laugh at myself last? When...

Unity in diversity

What if I am not a Sikh myself, I am certainly a human, and, therefore,...

Liberation

Liberate me from a culture……

Preventive diligence a must for festivals congregations

Keeping in view the increasing trend of festival celebrations becoming a show of local political...

Editing your own story

Editing a book or a paper is simple. The blue pencil’s tip scores off the...

The State must ensure ‘Ease of Living’ for all citizens at any cost. Citizen-centric governance is the ultimate end.

The State should be absolutely citizen-centric and go all out to make people’s lives comfortable...

Sarvesh Kaushal briefing Mr Ram Jethmalani in SYL related cases in Supreme Court of India

Briefing Mr Ram Jethmalani was for ever a challenge for me because of his incisive...

Buddy outreach for drugs control

Sarvesh Kaushal motivated educationists at the invitation of STF during Training Course for Master Trainers...

Sarvesh Kaushal makes a presentation before National Legal Services Authority

Sarvesh Kaushal making an in-depth presentation as Chief Secretary on behalf of State of Punjab...

Weekly gossip column is sewage drain of a newspaper

Weekly gossip column is the sewage drain of a newspaper.

Heroes and villains

It’s a pity that the heroes of one community are often villains for the other...

Rest in peace, Your Excellency!

One of my wonderful memories with Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Hon’ble Prime Minister,as he...

Long Live Atal Ji

Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee is a living legend. I had the rare honour of having...

Do not exaggerate your reactions

It’s not wise to exaggerate your own reactions. In my long career, I have noticed...

A Pawn Wakes Up Yet Again

A pawn wakes up yet again to play the nature’s game of dusk and dawn,...

THE SENSE OF RUMOUR

There were times people had ‘sense of humour’, There are times people have ‘sense of...

The Art Of…….being natural

I want to laugh, I want to cry. I want to feel good, I want...

THE SUNDAY SUNDRIES

The other day, while interacting with officer trainees in Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public...

NOSTALGIC FIND

Felt nostalgic to find in Panjab University electronic catalogue my grandfather Professor Paras Ram Kaushal’s...

International Women’s Day – A day of pensive introspection : Dr Anita Kaushal, Ph.D.

Dr Anita Kaushal, Ph.D is Dean & Associate Professor in Post Graduate Government College for...

Should the manifesto be made justiciable?

Manifestoes have increasingly been used in the recent past for seeking votes by promising moon...

“Jago Sarvesh Jago”

That’s what my politically confused wife said while holding a cup of bed tea precariously...

Administrative Reforms – The reality byte

Friends, if we do not deliver, we shall perish. For saving us as a class...

‘Eating the flesh of your dead brother’?

Backbiting is one of the negative personality traits which almost all the humans suffer from....

Let’s preserve the flickering flame …

Civil Service is exposed to whimsical experimentation and retribution like no other institution in our...

THE INCONSEQUENTIAL ANGELS

A stage comes in a bureaucrat’s life when creativity gets buried under the dunes of...

The cock crows on ….

I had named it ‘Good Morning’. A Gurkha family living in the servant quarters of...

The Chandigarh ‘Sukhna’

After almost two decades, I have an occasion to walk across the bank of Chandigarh...

United we fell …

I combat the dilemma of putting my thoughts either to the test of spontaneous subjectivity...

Freedom of the Press and Freedom from the Press

With the much valued media freedom having reached its acme and even extended itself to...

All for transparency

It is a fashion amongst the naive to wrongly perceive and lambast civil servants as...

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS

Terrorism has found its niche in the political scene worldwide. It has of late found...

Strive collectively to excel individually..

Annual confidential reports, with the passage of time, are no longer annual or confidential, or...

DEALING WITH FEMICIDE

Rather than striking at the roots of the problem, there is of late an increasing...

Women’s due : a wake up call

The divine word pertains to the world of the heart and the soul, and not...