Category: Politics and Governance

“Jaago Re!” and ADR – Two Excellent Initiatives

Last week, I was alerted to two excellent initiatives: Jaago Re! and ADR. Jaago Re!’s focus is to get India’s one billion voters to register and participate in the electoral process. Its uniqueness lies in...

Are politicians irrelevant in the post-modern era?

In a recent TIME magazine article, Michael Elliott suggested that Japan’s experience may be a clue to a post-modern era in which “…politics, something that we have assumed for 200 years was the wellspring...

Alaskonomics and Bihar – Part I

I chanced upon this article in the latest issue of TIME magazine. It has some very interesting data about taxes and spending in Alaska. After about an hour of google search today, I found...