Time To Move Over A New KYC ( Know Your Crook ) Process ?
byKYC stands for Know Your Customer but trust me, the Bank has no interest in knowing you, only in fingering your money and passing it on to our growing tribe of NPA billionaires.
Opinion
Dard Aryans – Custodians Of A Unique Trans-Himalayan Culture
byDard Aryans claim themselves to be the last descendants of Aryan race who came to this region from Gilgit Baltistan about 2,000 years back. Also known as Brokpas, they represent the agro-pastoral, endogamous tribal community of Ladakh.
Delhi High Court Drafts A Magna Carta For The Disabled
byThis order of the Delhi High Court is a game changer for 2% of India’s population- it goes beyond the relief sought. It opens the doors for tens of millions to now avail of health cover, will compel ALL insurance companies to offer health cover to all Persons With Disabilities and puts govt. agencies on notice that their casual and insensitive attitude to the vulnerable will not be tolerated by the courts.
The Great Underwear Exodus
byWhy are so many well heeled people leaving India in droves, a kind of reverse migration since the Neanderthal man (along with a few women to give them the correct directions) came here from Africa and Europe?
Elections And The Brighter Side Of Black
byElections, through the instrument of black money, achieve what most govt. policies have failed to do for the last fifty years – the redistribution of wealth from the rich to the not so well off.
Choppers Over Uttrakhand
byFlying has been associated with freedom of thought of the imagination; the symbolism of levels and superiority. There was a long wait of over…
Congress 2.0 Holds Sway In Himachal
byThe new government can be termed as Congress 2. O government in Himachal Pradesh as the power shifted away from Holly Lodge after almost four decades.
Himachal Can Be The Launching Pad The Congress Badly Needs
byI am sure most people can’t remember the last time the Congress won a state election, even a by-poll. In this context, the 8th…
Expecting A TN Seshan In Naya Bharat Is A Pipe Dream
byT.N.Seshan was the stuff legends are made of. By his own confession at a press meet he “ate politicians for breakfast”; he made himself completely independent from the government, even asking the Law Ministry not to address letters to his office as ” Election Commission of India, Govt. of India” as he was not part of the govt. but a separate entity.
The Final Word
byIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. And then God committed one of his periodical goof-ups, the second after…