Good Governance – An Uphill Task
byWe have all heard the term ‘Good Governance’ very frequently in last couple of years since Mr Narendra Modi first stated it during his…
Opinion
The ACR of Governance
byThe organisational structure of a typical governmental (bureaucratic) organisation has been famously visualised as a tree with officials perched at every level on it….
OROP & the Dengue Mess
byIt is a fact that the state of Delhi gets a serious dose of Dengue Fever every year from around July to end October…
OROP–The Mess Gets Bigger
byIn my thirty-five years in government I have rarely seen an explosive issue being mismanaged as amateurishly as the OROP conundrum has been –…
Five Per Cent Water Sources In Himalayas Have Dried Up
byDehradun: Climate change alone may not be the reason, but it is a matter of grave concern that almost 70 per cent of the…
Dor (2006) – a film about female solidarity
byDor is one of the better films to come out of Hindi cinema. It was a sleeper hit and much appreciated by discerning viewers….
A road by any other name……………( With apologies to the Bard)
byHistory, it is said, is written by the victors, and therefore Mr. Modi probably feels justified in rewriting the history of India, or (to…
OROP – is it really granted ?
byFlanked by the three Service Chiefs finally came the Defence Minister’s press briefing on OROP on afternoon of September 5. The media was agog…
‘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…
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…