Month: July 2014

Governance

‘Development’ for the poor The subaltern perspective

PRIME Minister NarendraModi’s governance agenda, unveiled by the President in his address to Parliament on June 9, 2014, gives prime position to pro-poor...

Cover Story

A hegemon in the making

IT was clear from the very beginning of this election campaign that NarendraModi is not a leader from the traditional mould. His rise...

Silly Point

Silly Point : Governance, Modiishtyle

NARENDRA Modi is rewriting all the established theories of governance. He started by coining the moolmantra for his ishtyle as “minimum government, maximum...

My Corner

Lost somewhere in between!

HERE is what the 29-year-old Jaipur boy, Gaurav Agarwal, who topped in the UPSC exams in 2013, had to say when media persons...

Mandrin Matters

Sunset for the Chogyal

Iwas having lunch when I got a call from Kewal Singh, the foreign secretary, asking me to report to him immediately. It was...

Mastermind

Simplicity defines her

MEET Sumitra Mahajan, 71, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Indore in Madhya Pradesh and the second woman Speaker of the world’s...

Cover Story

Dawn of a Naya Daur

JUNE 26, the day the Modi governmentcompleted a month in office, was also the 39th anniversary of the beginning of the darkest period...

Bric a Brac

Files on hold

WHENEVER regimes have changed in the last 67 years, the transition has been smooth, especially for facilitators. The BJP has come to power...

Bric a Brac

The ways of Kamal Nath

VETERAN Congress leader Kamal Nath was not only the Urban Development Minister in the UPA II regime but also was virtually the de...

Bric a Brac

New system of governance

THE process of governance by NarendraModi has begun. There are certain norms and procedures under which the Government of India works. The most...