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February 17, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Celebration, People, Place

The Year of the Dog: Chinese New Year 2018

We celebrated Chinese New Year yesterday (Friday, Feb 16). Legend has it that ‘Nian’, a monster used to terrorise the people of a village. Everyone would leave their houses...

February 15, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Economy, Politics

Do Corruption and Democracy go Hand in Hand?

The funding of political parties in India is kept a largely secret affair, thus, the chances of the influence of policy or rules by fund giver is a big...

February 6, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Three H and my Favourite Professor

A renowned professor, a pioneer in the field of quizzing and one who had been associated with the government for imparting training to aspiring civil servants had not received...

February 1, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Akhilesh May Come to Rajya Sabha

Here’re political snippets from around the country, for Different Truths. Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav may enter Rajya Sabha as the party’s nominee when elections are held to the...

January 31, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Economic Survey: What Will Jaitley Choose Between Prudence and Populism?

The Survey, authored by the scholastic Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, is right in claiming that it strives to “combine rigor with readability,...

January 30, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Potpourri

Losing Out the Loved Ones…

Life is about moving on. Hemashri shares the transient world of love and affection, working in different offices, in the inward-looking realisation. Here’s the weekly column, exclusively for Different...

January 29, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Business, Economy, International Relations

China Factor in Trade and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Essential for Economic Growth

Thailand’s ambassador to India and a key official convening the ASEAN-India summit this week, Chutintorn Sam Gongsakdi said before the media that India needs to focus on the China...

January 24, 2018
Mariyam Zafar
Cinema

Revisiting Rafoo Chakkar: Villainy, Crossdressing, and Chuckles Enliven the Comedy

At a time when men – Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) – dressing up as women wasn’t a comedy norm, the mere transformation of both the actors is hilarious. Not...

January 23, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

It Does Not Cost extra to be Polite!

Most senior officers in the government service are full of themselves. They do not have the courtesy to offer seats to juniors, anguishes Hemashri, in the weekly column, exclusively...

January 9, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, People, Potpourri

Idiosyncrasies of the Administrator

No amount of agitation, street theater, or NGOs can accomplish what one civil servant who is ‘civil’ and believes in ‘service’ can. So the time and energy spent in...

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