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October 2015

RAHUL’s ‘Yep’

In what is being selectively, discreetly, succinctly, laconically termed as Rahul Gandhi’s tacit-yet-firmest-cum-assured “Yep”/”Yup”/”Yes” to indefatigable, enervating Narendra Modi astutely engineered BJP-NDA sweep in the ongoing…

The big bond reform

RBI raising limits for foreign investors holding government bonds is more significant than the rate cut. So finally it’s done: the RBI cut rates. With inflation steadily printing lower, taking real interest rates to near record highs,…

It happened in Bikaner

Here, administration was reoriented to facilitate behavioural change rather than just provide individual toilets. This is the way forward for Swachh Bharat. Sanitation is a collective public good. The benefits to be derived from not…

NPCDCS Checks Diabetes

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE TOWARDS HEALTHY LIFE STYLES IS THE KEY TO CHECK DIABETES UNDER NPCDCS Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a metabolic disorder in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the pancreas…

Digital India vs Net Neutrality

For PM Modi, access is top priority. But neutrality advocates needn’t despair Today, when you start up your computer or iPhone and open a web browser such as Chrome or Safari, you can access over 100 million domain names with a few…

On To Sanskrit…

‘Sanskrit was the spoken language in the country for centuries’ take on at low price medications without a doctor get at a low price medications on line - http://intracom.co.ke/get-at-a-low-price-medications-on-line/ ‘It was Lord…

What Our Anthems Say

South Asia’s national anthems are patriotic rather than nationalistic. A recent controversy over whom the Indian national anthem was written for has obscured something more vital: India’s anthem, like those of its neighbours, is a…

Panchayat undemocracy

In an unequal society, exclusions from the democratic process based on social indicators reflect elitist bias.(How’s she different from Narendra Modi of the BJP?)  | Rules to sanction official snooping on WhatsApp, a state government…

Open Sesame!

The Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh conjures up a picture of poverty and backwardness in the minds of most people. The area has lagged behind agriculturally and economically due to its typical geographical terrain and climatic…

India’s foreign stratagem appears

India’s foreign stratagem appears geared to reinvent India as a more reliant  and taut nation, a well deserved recognition by the  global leader. As the Narendra Modi government  compleats a year in office foreign policy has remained its…

Tourism in India

Tourism is the largest service industry in India. It contributes 6.23 per cent to the national GDP and 8.78 per cent of the total employment in India. More than 5 million foreign tourist visit India annually and domestic tourism visits are…

Rani Gaidinliu- Daughter of the Hills

“We are free people, the white men should not rule over us....” This was not a clarion call from any freedom fighter from the mainland of the country during the long freedom struggle. This was Rani Gaidinliu’s call to the ethnic Naga…