Month: January 2015

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Book Review

Book Review Parliament : A political institution and not merely a debating club

THE genesis of the United Front (multi-party alliance) politics in India and the strategy to successfully manage the dialectic associated with such eventuality...

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Bric a Brac

Gujarat shines on

Vibrant Gujarat is a flagship event of the State government and was launched by Narendra Modi when he was Chief Minister of the...

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Bric a Brac

Legend of Rajesh Pilot

IT was May 15, 1999, when Sharad Pawar, PA Sangma, Tariq Anwar and the late Rajesh Pilot met at Pawar’s residence to debate...

Bric a Brac

Now playing

RADIO can be a very powerful weapon to reach out to the masses at minimum expense. Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands this and...

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By the Way

62 to 58!

The government was honest enough while replying to the Rajya Sabha question of Mahendra Singh Mahra regarding the increase in retirement age from...

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By the Way

Federal freedom

What is the power of the central government when it deals with the States? The central government manages the finance, defence and foreign...

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By the Way

Its Dhesi in Haryana

Finally, after a long struggle, Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar has appointed DS Dhesi, a 1982-batch IAS officer, as the new...

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By the Way

Lateral appointments

Bureaucrats in the government are a worried lot nowadays. Their concern is not due to the change of the government or hectic schedule...

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Cover Story

RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE

ADDITIONAL Secretary in the Union Coal Ministry AK Dubey proudly remembers an incident involving his friend and Kerala cadre colleague KM Abraham, now...

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First Stirrings

First Stirrings : I joined the army to fight the Nazis

HE hails from a family that migrated to India some 200 years ago and he proved himself a great warrior. One of the...