Month: November 2015

Governance

MPs maange more!

STUNG by public criticism over MPs determining their own pay packets, the government is evidently setting up an independent Emoluments Commission. The All...

Governance

Smart cities: just real estate

IN 2005, responding to India’s urban challenges, the Government of India (GoI) established the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Reams can...

Big Boss

Man with the Midas touch

HAVE you seen the Bollywood movie, Gangs of Wasseypur?” I ask. “Yes,” replies the Coal Secretary, Anil Swarup. “Does the movie portray the...

Cover Story

A judge who wields the sword and speaks his mind

AN unconventional judge who wields the sword and is not afraid to speak his mind–this, in a nutshell, describes Justice Tirath Singh Thakur,...

Bric a Brac

Bihar polls stretched BJP

The Bihar electioneering is over and the dust has settled in New Delhi. Most of the BJP ministers from the Hindi belt returned...

Bric a Brac

Delhi sun always shines on suits

No matter which party comes to power in Delhi, industrialists are never out of favour or circulation. They keep mingling with the ruling...

Bric a Brac

Hooda dreams of a comeback

Bhupinder Singh Hooda ruled Haryana like an iron man for 10 years, in the process finishing the Congress, but he remains very ambitious....

Bric a Brac

Lessons in ‘good governance’

To learn ‘good governance’, just visit any district of Uttar Pradesh. The Akhilesh Yadav government has evolved a unique formula for faster growth...

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From the Editor

From the Editor

The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can...