The website of the Indian Parliament[1] is poorly designed and written and important site features do not work.

Here are some page titles: index, new page 2, p16, A meeting of the Executive Committee of…

The India Environment Portal[1], a clearinghouse of information about issues relating to the environment, links to a story in the Indian Express about Himachal Pradesh’s rolling out of its energy savings scheme[2]. The objective of the scheme is to save electricity by giving four Compact…

Have you ever wondered why some laws have parts of their names in parentheses? Take the case of the Financial Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill of 1955, or the Rural Areas (Electricity Supply) Bill of 2000, or the doubly parenthesized, The Union…

Dr. Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council, spoke at Brookings on Friday, March 13, 2009. If you are not familiar with his background, Martin Bailey, a Senior Fellow of the institution introduced Dr. Summers thus. ‘Larry earned his Ph.D. at Harvard…

You might be surprised that there are institutions such as the Coffee Board and the Tobacco Board. They are autonomous bodies under the Ministry of Commerce[1]. One of the primary functions of the Coffee Board is “promoting coffee consumption in India”[2]. The Tobacco Board isn’t…