FIFTY-ONE years after the birth of Haryana State, on November 1, 1966, it is time to take stock of where it was, where...
ByAnil TyagiDecember 10, 2017ON November 1, 2016, a gala event was organised at Gurgaon, now Gurugram, marking the Golden Jubilee of Haryana’s creation. Prime Minster Narendra...
ByMC GuptaDecember 10, 2017I was Deputy Commissioner Hissar when Haryana was formed in 1966, and thus was with Haryana from the very beginning. My colleagues who...
BySK MisraDecember 10, 2017NOTWITHSTANDING that Chaudhary Devi Lal’s ambition to be the Prime Minister was thwarted—he ending up as Deputy PM under VP Singh and Chandrashekhar—Haryana...
ByShubhabrata BhattacharyaDecember 10, 2017I was named by my mother, who was very religious. She named my brothers Sri Bhagwan and Ved Bhagwan. After one of them...
ByVishnu BhagwanDecember 10, 2017AS a student of Economics in the 1950s at the southernmost tip of India, I was fascinated by the ‘Idea of India’ development...
ByMG DevasahayamDecember 10, 2017WHEN Haryana, or what was then known as South Punjab, was made a separate State on November 1, 1966, it hardly had anything...
ByNarendra KaushikDecember 10, 2017THE idea of a career in the administrative services was not mine. I was barely 13 years old and about to give my...
ByMC GuptaDecember 10, 2017THE people of Haryana have so far lacked good healthcare facilities; either they had to go to Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and...
BySadia RehmanDecember 10, 2017IT was Allahabad’s infectious pull for civil services that put Sharda Prasad, son of unlettered farmer parents in Alampur Geria village of Fatehpur...
ByNarendra KaushikDecember 10, 2017