PERSPECTIVE
A threat to humanity
Once a wraith shrouded in the mists of the future, climate change has emerged as a threat to humanity that...
Robots have arrived
About fifteen years ago less than a hundred robots were made for industry in India, however now that figure stands...
A path-breaking book on pauperisation of peasants
Perhaps the most prolific ICS officer of the nineteenth century was SN Banerjea’s batchmate RC Dutt. His first book was...
Artificial Intelligence and unparliamentary expressions
The future is rushing in upon us like an unpredictable avalanche, fast and furious. At the root of this calamitous...
Tareekh pe tareekh…
Speedy trial is a fundamental right implicit in the guarantee of life and personal liberty, enshrined in Article 21 of...
Scholar administrators are witness to an era
Memoirs written by the ICS officers have become classics and standard reference material for the concerned period’ because unlike professional...
The Kingdom of Rama
On 21 November 1947, Gandhi began his prayer meeting speech in Delhi by extolling the virtues of cows’ milk. He...
India-China: mixed feelings
Ever since India became independent, Indians have regarded China with a mixture of admiration, envy and apprehension. In the early...
‘Big Bull’ with a golden heart
With a net worth of $5.8 billion, among India’s richest men; India's Warren Buffett, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passed away recently at...
Lead by example
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), identified and propagated by the United Nations, have enormous potential for changing lives all over...
