The Missing Fundamental Right
The Indian Constitution gives us six Fundamental Rights: right to Equality, right to Freedom, right against Exploitation, right to Freedom of Religion, Cultural and…
Who Says Beggars Can’t Be Choosers?
“Slumdog millionaires”
Anger Management, Lemmings And Honey Badgers
Even the most rabid of Mr. Modi’s detractors would not grudge him one thing: that he is an orator par excellence with an acute…
The Lowdown On NPAs, Haircuts, Bear And Bunnies
I seem to have developed a fascination for Economics this autumn, or at least for what passes for Economics in the land of the…
The Little Known Sub-cadres And Rohangiyas Of The IAS
The week before last I had written an article for the New Indian Express disagreeing with the government’s move to introduce lateral induction in…
The Economic Principles of Nudging, Fudging And Shoving
Remember, you can pull on a string but you can’t push on it!
Some Thoughts On The Pious, The Wealthy And The Plain Stupid
Unlike the Congress, the BJP does its homework thoroughly. It has realised that its development plank of 2014 will not work because it has collapsed under the weight of too many hasty “reforms”
Last Rights
Notwithstanding the hundreds of babies who die every year in hospitals of the Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad variety, rates of both infant and maternal mortality…
Fifty Shades Of ‘No’ ?
In our days there was never any doubt when a woman said “No.” In fact she rarely had to articulate these dreaded words: the…
Life Beyond Prime Time News
Taking a break from the bedlam and super heated sauna that is Delhi these days, I have just returned from ten tranquil days spent…