‘OROP – the long and short of it’
byAmongst all the hullabaloo about Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement ruling out annual revision of pensions, his snide remark that Jawans were getting less…
Opinion
Alien Invaders – II
byThis one, it is said, came in a pot as an ornamental plant for the Calcutta Botanical garden in 1809. No sooner had the…
Blackmail Simpliciter — More Bitter Truths About OROP
byI may be out of step with the times, but I am convinced that what has been happening at Jantar Mantar in Delhi over…
Alien Invaders – I
byWe have heard of (and known) the Congress. All of us know about grass or weed, though not much of the type you smoke. …
OROP – A Fresh Approach
byThe One Rank One Pay (OROP) issue for the armed forces has become a balloon that is being inflated continuously and is now close…
Honour, Dignity and Military
byHonour, Dignity and Military are words synonymous to each other albeit the connection between the three are not only little understood by some in…
The bitter truth about OROP
byThe current debate about OROP (One Rank One Pension) has become infused with too much passion, emotion, recriminations, frustration and downright prevarication. This, though…
The OROP Jinx – An open letter to the Prime Minister
byDear Mr Prime Minister, I just came across a piece of information via ‘What’s Up’ messaging that back room talks on grant of ‘One…
India’s Parasitic Political Glitterati
byThe parliament house building in New Delhi is a masterpiece as far as architecture and design is concerned. It is an imposing structure in…
India’s dysfunctional legal ecology cannot support capital punishment
byThis is not an article about the religious, moral, retributive or utilitarian basis for opposing the death penalty. This is also not about Yakub…