Category: Politics and Governance in India

Do we need to re-invent the wheel?

In conversation after conversation following the attacks in Mumbai, the one thing that invariably comes up at some point is the need for “ordinary” people (or to be more accurate non-professional politicians) to get involved...

The nonsense about “non-state actors”

In a widely reported statement, Pakistan’s PM President* Asif Ali Zardari said recently that India should not let rogue “non-state actors” push the two countries into a confrontation, thereby implying that non-state actors were solely...

In defense of MMS, Shivraj Patil and others

In other words, Stop blaming the politicians . Namrata Goswami, Associate Fellow at IDSA quoted in rediff: …A start…can be made if we stop blindly condemning politicians or, at least, suggesting that they are...

Skype Conference Call Tomorrow 530pm-700pm IST

Following my earlier post, I would like to initiate the first of a series of conference calls on “Ideas for Political Reform and Governance in India” tomorrow (2nd Dec) at 530pm IST. The single...