Money is ever poor compensation for the physical, mental and psychological trauma suffered by the victim of an assault, more so in cases of sexual assault. It is therefore no surprise that the apex court should see insult being added to injury by the Madhya Pradesh government’s paying a miserly compensation of Rs 6,000 or […]
(This appeared in one of the most independent journalism platforms in India named The Wire and the featured article has huge worth for students who want to understand the great leader and the first prime minister of India- CSS Editorial) My dear Jawaharlal ji, Greetings from an India you loved and which loved you immensely in […]
I shall be failing in my national duty if I did not speak up even now against the mess the finance minister has made of the economy. I am also convinced that what I am going to say reflects the sentiments of a large number of people in the BJP and elsewhere who are not […]
A month before the Brexit vote, the Ipsos Mori polling firm discovered that the British public was systematically misinformed. For instance, Leave voters believed that EU immigrants comprise 20 per cent of the UK’s population. Remain voters estimated 10 per cent. The truth is about 5 per cent. Both Leave and Remain voters vastly overestimated what percent […]
When India attained freedom in 1947, its people were not familiar with the democratic system. Democracy was once described by Abraham Lincoln as a system “of the people, by the people and for the people’. But, such a definition hardly mirrors the reality of politics. It implies, ultimately, the existence of a system of Government […]
Corruption is worldwide phenomenon. Earlier it was considered to be an Afro-Asian-Latin American phenomenon in the least developed economies, but now even the developed countries are facing the hydra headed problem. Corruption has engulfed all the arenas of life- politics, business and governance. Is it appropriate to conclude that there is a marked decline in […]
Who will outright assert that digitalization of economic transaction or services is bad? And who would say that for each small transaction swiping your debit and credit card is a convenient option. There is no dilemma in deciding how to carry our economic transactions. Both the systems-cash transaction and digital transaction- have their own advantages […]