July 17, 2024
Moderated by Sarvesh Kaushal India, a land of vibrant diversity, constantly grapples with the tension between national priorities and regional aspirations. The two sides of the coin, viz; localisation of national issues and nationalisation of local issues makes an interesting food for thought. Localisation of National Issues refers to adapting national policies to suit […]
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May 17, 2024
Backbiting in our service has been the traditional play field of a few high-fly socialite tattlers. It has also been the prerogative of egotist seniors notifying themselves, through comparisons with their predecessors and contemporaries, as the only privileged repository of ultimate wisdom, expertise and integrity. For a few upstarts, it has been a crude megaphone […]
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May 14, 2024
There is no provision in our laws to ensure that a manifesto is not only a promise bank, but a responsible document having the required degree of sincerity, accountability and commitment as its foundation. A manifesto has two facets; in one way it deprecates the ruling party for the flaws that they have not […]
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May 6, 2024
The Indian economy adopted different models for development over the years. During the 1950s, the main emphasis was on having a planned economy/mixed economy. Industrialisation began mainly in the public sector, and efforts were made to become self-sufficient in food grains production. Owing to those efforts, in agriculture India is surplus in food grains production. […]
Read MoreApril 6, 2024
I want to laugh, I want to cry. I want to feel good, I want to feel bad. I want to love, I want to hate. I want to enjoy, I want to suffer. I want friends, I want enemies. I want to curse, I want to praise. I want to read, I want to […]
Read MoreJune 8, 2021
Epidemics are not for political theatrics or for nesting the publicity vultures feeding on the global reputation of their own nation, their own motherland. In the face of a highly unwarranted, cynical and demotivating criticism forming the basis of an utterly false narrative from certain quarters pursuing their private agendas at the cost of Indiaâs […]
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2021
India has almost left the COVID-19 behind. It is now a challenge to synergise all positive economic forces for a revolutionary upturn in Indian economy. It is the time for path-breaking administrative reforms, pump-priming entrepreneurship, innovation and production processes in Indian economy through liberal financing, cutting the red-tape, delays and regulatory corruption. It is the […]
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2021
Acrimoniously juxtaposed political dispensations ruling the States and the Centre at the same time tend to stretch the Constitutional strings binding the federal structure of India, with the office of Governor becoming its epicentre. One of the oft repeated irritants that triggers debates is the question of Constitutional propriety of a Governor seeking reports directly […]
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2020
Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian economy passed through various challenges. On the eve of independence,the size of its population was 360 million, and the literacy level was just around 12 percent. Presently, the population has touched 1.35 billion, and literacy level has jumped to 74 percent. Its GDP in 1950 was around […]
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