We should use criticism constructively instead of getting offended, says Faisal Kidwai India has so many problems on so many levels, but guess what gets us worked up? A perceived or real criticism......
There are two major impact of a "transfer raj".First, criteria other than merit often determine the assignments of bureaucrats to specific positions.So the most important positions may not always......
I do not know if Narendra Modi is personally responsible for the killings and rapes of hundreds of Muslims -- that is for the courts to decide -- but I do know that being the chief minister he is......
'Politicians make hundreds of promises, many of them false, to trap Muslims,' Abusaleh Shariff, member, Rajinder Sachar Committee, tells Rediff.com's Faisal Kidwai. "Many Muslims are illiterate......
Uttar Pradesh, unlike almost any other Indian state, is ruled and run on caste.In some ways, caste is a bigger player in the state than either religion or national issues, says Lucknow native......
India has decided to pay Iran in gold for its oil purchases, writes Faisal KidwaiIndia has decided to pay Iran in gold for the oil it purchases, according to a report carried by an Israeli news......
India's tax system favours the rich and the middle class, says an economics professor at MIT.Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts......
People in rural India are spending more than those in urban areas, according to a study by Accenture, a multinational management consulting, technology services and oil company.There is no question......
People in rural India are spending more than those in urban areas, according to a study by Accenture, a multinational management consulting, technology services and oil company.There is no question......
The government has promised subsidies for so many things, but it does not have the revenues to fund them, says Shikha Dalmia, a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles-based think......