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Sensitising the police

A progressive, modern India needs a progressive, modern police.  It is tragic that we are still saddled with the colonial police structure, which...

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EVMs? Trust Deficit!

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. – George Orwell. SO, what is the truth about the dark...

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No Ball

IN the shaded lanes, winding through the labyrinths of the Walled City in Old Delhi, the FIFA World Cup turned out to be...

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Trivial, knee-jerk

THERE is a consensus among the scholars and public administration professionals that the Indian Civil Services in the state and union governments need...

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Treading on dangerous ground

A news report of May 21 noted that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) wanted a major change in the policy regarding allocation of...

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Lateral Entry, Big Deal

LATERAL Recruitment in Senior Positions in Government’ is the headline of the advertisement by which Central Government has invited 10 ‘outstanding individuals’ who...

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Fly-by-Sire – Yes, Mr Minister

GORDON Gekko has emerged as one of those movie characters that some people love, but hate to love. The rest, of course, loathe...

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Public loss, private gains

A civil servant, generally, is a Master (pardon the gender bias) of Manipulation. She (bias corrected) is, generally, adept at the art of...

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Rafale deal – Mess by Politicians

For hundreds of years, and even today, wars are strategised and fought in the boardrooms of the large industrial-military complexes, mostly privately-owned. Such...

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Army – ill-equipped to fight a war

MANY years ago during the height of pro-Khalistan insurgency in Punjab, a senior police officer interrogating a captured militant received the greatest shock...