Following One’s Conscience ? Or The Gravy Train ?
Bureaucratic misdemeanours can be corrected by the judiciary, similar malpractices by the latter are much more difficult to remedy.
The Aadhar Judgement: Flattering To Deceive
There are times when there is more honour and glory in defeat than in victory. And so it is with the Aadhar judgement of…
To Err Is Human, To Confess Divine
Confessions are dicey things, as that poor lady from Kerala found out recently: she confessed her peccadilloes to her priest, who then used them…
Hands Off My Religion–We Have A Patent On It !
Falsehood always has the initial advantage over Truth: as someone said, the Lie was up and running even as Truth was still tying its boot laces.
The Red Carpet For Mallya ? Make Him Pay For It
So the Indian govt. has succumbed to the blackmail of Mr. Mallya and the British govt.’s exaggerated and misguided sense of human rights. The…
Debriefing A Joint Secretary
Before I joined the govt I thought “debriefing “ was something you indulged in with a lady on a lonely beach, a-la James Bond…
Worshipping False Gods In God’s Own Country
They are still doing the maths in Kerala, and will for some time: the number of dead and displaced, houses and public property destroyed,…
What Is The Legacy Of Atal Behari Vajpayee ?
It is a tragic irony that Mr. Vajpayee’s first and preeminent legacy – that of a noble human being – has been squandered by those who followed him and all that is now left of it is a tattered rag or two, hanging limply in a Devil’s wind.
Hang On Guys, There’s A Goat Here !
I guess it was bound to happen sooner rather than later, given the country’s appalling sex ratio and the increasing number of rapes. It…
The National Citizens Register Or A Schindler’s List ?
The BJP. it would appear, has just hit upon the mother lode of votes for 2019. I refer, of course, to the final list…