4 trusted Gujarat babus to join Team Modi

  All the Gujarat officers have one thing in common. They do not need Modi's 'informal interactions' and advice because they are from the 'Modi school of governance.' They know Modi well......

'Our enemy is not Pakistan or China; it is our babus'

'There were tears in my eyes when I parted with my medals. I thought was it for this moment did I become a soldier?'   In 2008, Captain H Balakrishnan (retired) of the Indian Navy returned all......

The people are silent

We’re behaving like frogs in warm water. We swim around untroubled, cooled by our faith in Indian liberal democracy. We are blind to the bubbles popping around us, the bubbles warning of......

Modi@1: Exclusive interview with Amit Shah!

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP president Amit Shah. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters. On the occasion of the Narendra Modi government completing one year in office, Sheela......

BJP upset over Swamy's tirades against Jaitley, top babus

There is concern in the organisation and the leadership over the unbridled criticism aimed at the Finance Ministry.  IMAGE: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks at ‘Invest in......

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

'The promises of netas and babus and new laws, however well-meaning, mean little.''What matters is implementation on the ground.''Every law is finally implemented by a vast army of officials,......

Capital infusion won't fix PSBs

Those behind recapitalisation are neither aware nor do they care. After all, they have no skin in this game.And the Lok Sabha elections are round the corner.That's what they care about, points out......

Hard times for babus, as Modi stops 1st class travel

Unveiling an austerity drive to trim fiscal deficit, the government has banned first class air travel for bureaucrats, meetings in five-star hotels and purchase of cars while freezing new......