Manmohan Singh’s qualities as a human being outshone both his successes and failures as an administrator. He was, at the very core, a thorough gentleman, unlike most political animals, someone who ...

That kind of thing no politician would do! …When people talk of integrity, I say the best example is the man who occupies the highest office.” ( significant to point out that when this particular book ...

The nation had the tragic coincidence of a huge nature being struck to it when it was about to celebrate in a big way the Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi having completed 100 years of his presiding over ...

I knew about Dr. Manmohan Singh as a brilliant economist, an OX-Bridge product and a faculty at the Delhi School of Economics. He made significant contributions in the area of Trade and Development, ...

I like to indulge in some broad reflections on the lessons of the year that is ending. My focus is largely on the political arena with some thoughts expressed on the direction of the economy, ...

Well known are the dubious motives of Union Steel Ministry to weaken RINL, gradually eroding its financial strength to privatise it finally in bits and pieces. Recently plant’s blast furnaces are shut ...

Talks about a Hindu Code Bill had emerged since the 1920s itself. Congress seriously took up the issue after the historic Karachi session. The first efforts at reform came when Har Bilas Sarda (the ...

Judge Loya died in the mysterious circumstances in the early hours of 1 December 2014. A new judge, MB Gosavi, resumed the hearing on 15 December, and concluded it two days later.

Contract labour, temporary staff, gig employment have contributed to this phenomenon. The net result is that real wage levels in the US stagnate today at 1975 levels. For certain sectors, it is even ...

The interlinking of rivers (ILR) is ill-conceived, ruinously expensive, technically questionable, ecologically devastating, and socially disruptive. Here’s why ILR needs to be scrapped, and integrated ...

Of course, no reasonable man will expect that Municipal Socialism, any more than Co-operation, could solve to any extent the Social problem. What is being done, and this is all that can be done, is ...

The only half-way positive aspects of the UPA-I period of governance such as the establishment of the RTI and NREGA programmes were the price Manmohan Singh had to pay to stabilise coalition rule, ...