Month: December 2018

Society

Ayodhya through the ages

Ayodhya is the Jerusalem of Eastern religions. This ancient city is the ‘Promised Land’ of Ixvakus. The children of Ixvaku established Hinduism, Buddhism...

Bric a Brac

Will Sonia contest?

SONIA Gandhi is 72 years old and she has been very active till now. Insiders reveal that her health condition is worrisome not...

Gfiles Awards

Daring Challengers

THERE was a consensus among central ministers with previous experiences in civil services, and former and serving civil servants that the mainstream media...

By the Way

IAS forum takes up cause

Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta (1971 IAS), KS Kropha (1982 IAS) and KC Samariya (1993 batch IAS) have been sentenced to jail in...

Governance

Invisible enemy

India is at war with an invisible enemy. This adversary in none other than smuggling and counterfeiting, which are together termed as illicit...

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From the Editor

From the Editor

Who will win the 2019 Parliamentary elections? The BJP or Congress? Will either of them get an absolute majority or will there be...

Book Extract

Misuse of reproductive technologies The making of the PCPNDT act

It was in 1975 with the Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India (CSWI), ‘Towards Equality,’ that the issue...

Corruption

From Raj to Rafale  4 : Mahatma and Millionaires

Today, a whiff of crony capitalism, i.e. a politician helping a businessman or vice versa, results in a scandal. But in the pre-Independence...

Eyes wide shut

Unwelcome Change

Strange are the ways of the government at times. For instance, in the beginning of the twentieth century, the government of Madras Presidency...

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By the Way

Son rise in North Block

What happens when a civil servant becomes a secretary of the government in North Block, the power hub of India? Obviously, he or...