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Spurt in social discord?
As ambitions and the pursuit of wealth take precedence over older values like affection and respect, social cohesion is the casualty In a society that is rapidly getting less real and more virtual, a festival like Diwali comes as a great boost to our social cohesiveness. The country remains hooked on...
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Contemporary parallels
02 November 2018 | Navneet Anand -
Improving India’s tax compliance
26 October 2018 | Navneet Anand -
Give Bt Brinjal the go-ahead
19 October 2018 | Navneet Anand -
Parenting our future generations
12 October 2018 | Navneet Anand -
Tribute to Gandhi, the journalist
05 October 2018 | Navneet Anand -
Police reforms remain a pipe-dream
28 September 2018 | Navneet Anand -
Following Sikkim’s environment trail
21 September 2018 | Navneet Anand
Dismantling roadblocks to governance
Citizen-centric initiatives of the Government prove we’re progressing from the archaic mindset of lower-level bureaucrats towards good governance My father is a retired professor in his mid 80s and one of his biggest challenges is the annual ritual of proving to the State Bank of India that he is alive so...
End bickering over demonetisation
Forget the usual debates about demonetisation being a hit or a miss. It has achieved its stated objective, the formalisation of the Indian economy, in large measure In the wake of the demonetisation brouhaha over its alleged failures, one is reminded of Sweden which once suffered a spate of robberies. So...
Country that dares to dream and achieve
looks like good days for Indian sports have finally arrived as the nation is set to alter its cricket-only nation tag. Asian Games demonstrated just that Anyone who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, in the pre-television era, would vividly remember the modulated voice of Sushil Doshi, unarguably India’s first...
A model to contain myriad problems
Kerala received an outpouring of goodwill and support from people across the country. How wonderful it would be if this becomes more common For many days in a row, floods in Kerala hogged the limelight and raised the nation’s consciousness. People displayed exemplary compassion, thanks to mass media and social media...
North-East: The new engine for growth
The BJP-led NDA’s march into the North-East has seen the region leverage its untapped potential to emerge as one of the fastest growing markets Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis on the North-East during his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort could hardly be missed. Proudly, he spoke...
Wage war on corrupt NGOs
The idea behind NGOs has lost sheen over the years; most have become synonymous with corruption. There is a need to restore their credibility Brajesh Thakur and Girija Tripathi are rapacious vultures. Disgraced managers of two shelter homes for girls in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria respectively, they represent a...
Staring at a future without water
Isn’t it bizarre that in the same country where cities are inundated during the monsoon, there is a danger of massive water scarcityij For at least 20 years now, every year since 1997, this writer has been witnessing one compelling visual during the monsoon — a near-drowned bus or a car...
