Silence Is Not Consent, Inequity Is Not Closure
The day justice is postulated on the same premise as elections- viz. that the preferences of the majority must prevail – is the day…
Put The ‘Eco’ Back Into Economics (Part – II)
Sloth, indulgence and hedonism have become second nature to us and have spawned many industries to cater to them, all of which have reached…
Put The ‘Eco’ Back Into Economics (Part – I)
A fair number of my friends are economists, though none of them has won the Nobel prize yet, nor is any one likely to….
M.K. Kaw — The Last Of A Vanishing Breed
Last week another tenuous link to a glorious past was broken. MK Kaw, a retired IAS officer of the 1964 batch of the Himachal…
Aarey’s Night Of The Chainsaws – Time For The Judiciary To Get Off The Fence
If you’re still wondering why India ranks at 177 out of 180 countries in the World Environment Performance Index (we were at 141 in…
IAS Resignations — Much Ado About Nothing ?
A recent spurt in resignations by some IAS officers is attracting media and political attention. A BJP leader has advised these officers to go…
The Underwear Files
Traditionally, for untold decades, the Indian male’s staple of conversation has been the movement of his bowels, or the lack of it. Go to…
The Ghost Of ADM Jabalpur Still Haunts Us
Under emergency provisions no one could seek the assistance of any court in India to try and save his life, liberty and limb. Supreme…
This Winter Search For Your DNA
“Satire”: ( noun) ridicule, irony, etc. used to expose folly. [ The Little Oxford Dictionary.] Art Buchwald ( Washington post columnist):” You can’t make…
One Week In Blunderland
You’re not going insane, dear reader, the world (more particularly, India) is. It needed the prescience of a Lewis Carrol to express our current…