Category: Politics and Governance in India

Getting obsessive about Arunachal…

Some of you may think I am getting obsessed with Aruncahal Pradesh, China or the North-East…but this issue deserves far more attention that it ever gets… As I said in one of my previous...

Of Rs 50,000 and loss of credibility…

This is a sad story of what happened to a meeting arranged with a sense of purpose and responsibility by Vigil in Chennai to discuss Gautier’s exhibition and the administration’s response to it. Against the...

The other side of Kandhamal…

Came across this very well-researched article last week that looks at the other side of the story of Kandhamal. It is written by Shri P Chand Dogra, a retired IPS officer who personally spent...

The path to becoming a “super-power”

I recently came across this excellent article by Capt Bharat Verma on How India can acquire great power status. Unfortunately, knowing the way our politicians thinks and our system works, this analysis is likely...