Currently the governmental roles of policy making, regulation and service delivery are combined within a single entity in the Indian…
Prices of stents — tiny wire mesh tubes used by doctors to unclog arteries and prevent heart attacks have been capped by the government. While many people are applauding the efforts of the government for taking this “bold” step, is it a long-term solution for…
This week marks the uneasy centennial of the Bolshevik Revolution, also known as the Russian Revolution and the October Revolution. The take-over by the Bolsheviks was part of a larger turmoil that had electrified the Russians since…
Today marks the 112th birth anniversary of Minoo Masani, an Indian liberal politician and thinker. A member of the Indian independence movement, he participated actively in the Civil Disobedience, and was a member of the Constituent Assembly and subsequently…
In our last venture, we had left the Russians on the brink of a new beginning. Lenin and his Bolsheviks had ‘stormed’ the Winter Palace and had freed the Proletariat from the crony ‘government of the banker’. Lenin…