Month: January 2016

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Book Review

Book Review : Making of a mass leader

THESE three opening sentences of the book sum up the entire life of the man. Born to a woman of tremendous force and...

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Book Review

Book Review : Roles and responsibilities

AT the Service of a Billion Plus is a recently published, very insightful and interesting book on Group ‘A’ Civil Services (CS), particularly...

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Bric a Brac

Catch-22 situation

THESE days, it is learnt, the RSS is a concerned organisation. First, they fought to get the power and, after achieving it, the...

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Bric a Brac

Congress in leadership deficit

THE Congress party has to immediately decide on two important issues. First, the party has to select the Deputy Leader of the Lok...

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Bric a Brac

Keeper of promises

JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did the aarti in Varanasi along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit in December. One...

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Bric a Brac

Speaking to the nation

THE demands of television have created a furore in every political party. Every TV channel needs a party spokesperson on its evening show....

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By the Way

Bumping out BSNL

Is the government in the mood to wind up public sector institutions? There is no formal directive regarding this but the way some...

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By the Way

Caught in Kejriwal’s war

Devi Lal, former Chief Minister of Haryana, used to say that whenever one is at a low ebb in politics, he/she should start...

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By the Way

Search for foreign secy begins

The search for the new Foreign Secretary has begun as the incumbent, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is superannuating this year. So, who will be the...

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By the Way

Waiting for Pandora’s box to open

The implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission report is a Pandora’s box for the states. The babus in the state bureaucracies are...