False funding policy
The Indian diamond industry has been in the grip of an unprecedented liquidity crisis, the likes of which not seen for the last 50 years.
New models needed for conflict resolution
Early last month, the Kosi Kalan town in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh witnessed wide spread communal violence.
Terrorists on the table
In the three-decade-long insurgency in north east India, many players have been coopted in the Indian system, yet the fact is that Assam has been at the front gates of all insurgency in the region.
Restructuring the answer to all problems
In order to understand the future needs and the linked restructuring of the Armed Forces, we have to analyse various security challenges that India is facing at present. India is in a two front situation with China to the north and Pakistan to the west.
Budget a cosmetic exercise
Every year in the month of February we have this huge colossal exercise taken by the government of India to present the total outlay plan and the expenses of the Indian government in the Parliament of India which is known as the general budget and the rail budget.
Roses in December
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay (not Mumbai, yet) will soon complete 150 years of its existence. This court had tried the cases of Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi.
Erudition and wit
In June 1967, when I loitered into the century-old Indo-Saracenic style building as a law apprentice, I was only partially aware that I was entering not just a historic but also a vibrant institution identified with administering justice of a larger Madras Presidency before reorganization of states and of present of Tamil Nadu.
Initiate legal reform
Calcutta High Court has its glorious past. There were judges who were considered legendary. Before Partition, there were lesser number of cases but it has increased for various reasons. Now, the Calcutta High Court has the highest number of cases.
Some changes, but more needed
One of the critical dilemmas facing the bureaucracy is this: who are they accountable to, the Centre or the State
There is still good news
Despite the corruption, a majority of officers work hard, fearlessly and without publicity, says former Union Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramaniam
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
