When the British replaced Persian with English as the administrative language in 1837, they uprooted a seven-century tradition that had become, in every sense, Indian.
The comparison between Korea Development Institute and NITI Aayog is not really about two organisations. It is about two theories of how knowledge relates to national development.
Before attempting to answer whether the Rozgar Melas are working, it would be useful to take a look at the performance of the Modi govt on this front since it was formed in May 2014.
Security of Saudi Arabia is something that Pakistani armed forces have committed themselves to for a long time, even before the September 2025 agreement.
A court has narrowed the legal fight over the estates of the last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, to his descendants. But such long-running feuds often take a toll on Hyderabad’s historic buildings.
No one suggests Punjab should hide genuine gains in canal rehabilitation. But there is a difference between reporting gradual improvement and projecting a breakthrough.
By portraying growth as somewhat defensive, Chinese commentary downplays how a defence budget of 1.91 trillion yuan may influence global strategic calculations.
The Gen Z movement was a serious wave that RSP and Balen together managed to capture—the first milestone reflecting the relevance of issues-based politics.
With an 85.5 kWh battery, the sedan has an incredible tested range of 792 km, which has been possible due to its extremely slippery shape and a very efficient motor.
A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our reticence is not exactly an outlier.
India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.
In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
Mr. Jaithirth Rao…a notable who intellectually pleads for a fictitious right-wing while politically supporting the expediently unhinged…bludgeons the reader with another of his over-stuffed, ill-formed, imperious rants.
As always, his opinion piece is peppered with summary observations and warped truisms, like: “It is universally acknowledged that Indian civil servants love these jobs. A person of unquestioned competence and integrity like the late Dr Manmohan Singh had opted for such a job.”
(Disclosure: I would love to own a super yacht.)
There are also a few wallops of jargon pertaining to the purported design of our EVMs currently in use, which we all are expected to swallow fully, with blind faith and obedient nationalism. This, from the founder of a company in the tech industry where any purported capability, any given assurance, and any delivered activity are all expected to be substantiated by an armful of third-party certifications, independent reviews, and repeated audits.
One can’t help but wonder why such an eminently public opinion-maker and corporate-figure argues that it suffices for an activity/service…as crucial, significant, massive, and expensive as a state or national election…to be conducted with much poorer assurances than those for a comparatively trifling corporate service contracted by a foreign firm.
The author further continues regarding the same: “…our EVMs are simply the ideal election machines for anywhere in the world. We should actively try to export them.”
To imagine that other countries would purchase our EVMS, remarkable though they may be, without first seeking design details, demonstrations, provision for conducting extended penetration tests…along with the host of certifications, third party validations etc. already alluded to, as is the norm!
The reality is this. For export orders to come, BEL and ECIL will need to provide far greater transparency and assurances to the world-at-large than what is being currently demanded by sceptics within the country.
Are exports of our sensitive military weapons burgeoning solely because of promotions in which tantalizing titbits of product information get revealed in the form of dulcet Urdu couplets?
The justification that gets conveyed in this stentorian article for the establishment’s misdeeds this week seems to be of the same unoriginal essence which is repeatedly used, ad nauseum, by the brethren that rules. Whether it be in the unquestioningly published web pages of ThePrint or be in the sessions of our hallowed Parliament.
Birds do it, bees do it
Nehru and the Congress could not help but do it
Now, it is our turn to do it.
So, the subjects should continue to live with it,
Even the Supreme Being better approve of it:
For we deem that it is righteously Hindu of us to do it.
(Hmm…Dr. Manmohan Singh has now become the paragon of integrity.)
Mr. Jerry Rao…IIM graduate., and thereafter…crooked banker, venal businessman, crony-capitalist, lower-rung oligarch…again bludgeons the reader with another of his over-stuffed, unbalanced, imperiously delivered opinions.
As always, his judgement is peppered with whiplash rebukes and ill-fitting observations, like: “It is universally acknowledged that Indian civil servants love these jobs. A person of unquestioned competence and integrity like the late Dr Manmohan Singh had opted for such a job.”
(Disclosure: I would love to own a super yacht.)
His Eminence has also added generous wallops of jargon pertaining to the purported design and deployment of our EVMs currently in use, which we all are expected to fully swallow, with brimming faith and nationalism. This, from the founder of a tech company in an industry where any purported capability, any given assurance, and any delivered activity are all expected to be substantiated by an armful of third-party certifications, independent reviews, and repeated audits.
Won’t it be natural to wonder how that company, under such leadership and in those times, ever managed to gain trust and fairly obtain any decent, above-board overseas deal? Or alternately wonder why an activity/service as crucial, significant, massive, and expensive as a state or national election in India need be conducted with much poorer assurance (practically…none) than that for a comparatively trifling corporate service contracted by a foreign firm?
For the reader whose brain is likely to have seized midway while labouring through the discursive, stentorian article…the gist of the justification given in it for the establishment’s misdeeds this week is the same unoriginal essence which keeps getting repeatedly used, ad nauseum, by the brethren that rules. Whether it be in the unquestioningly published web pages of ThePrint or be in the sessions of our hallowed Parliament.
Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Nehru and the Congress could not help but do it
Now, it is our turn to do it.
So, the subjects should continue to live with it,
Even the Supreme Being better approve of it:
For we have deemed that we act for all Hindus
and it is righteous of us to do it.
(Hmm…Dr. Manmohan Singh has now become the paragon of integrity.)
Incidentally, if the suggestions emanating from Travancore-Cochin had been accepted, it is quite possible that Kanyakumari today may have been part of Kerala, and not of Tamil Nadu. Something to think about.
Mr. Jaithirth Rao…a notable who intellectually pleads for a fictitious right-wing while politically supporting the expediently unhinged…bludgeons the reader with another of his over-stuffed, ill-formed, imperious rants.
As always, his opinion piece is peppered with summary observations and warped truisms, like: “It is universally acknowledged that Indian civil servants love these jobs. A person of unquestioned competence and integrity like the late Dr Manmohan Singh had opted for such a job.”
(Disclosure: I would love to own a super yacht.)
There are also a few wallops of jargon pertaining to the purported design of our EVMs currently in use, which we all are expected to swallow fully, with blind faith and obedient nationalism. This, from the founder of a company in the tech industry where any purported capability, any given assurance, and any delivered activity are all expected to be substantiated by an armful of third-party certifications, independent reviews, and repeated audits.
One can’t help but wonder why such an eminently public opinion-maker and corporate-figure argues that it suffices for an activity/service…as crucial, significant, massive, and expensive as a state or national election…to be conducted with much poorer assurances than those for a comparatively trifling corporate service contracted by a foreign firm.
The author further continues regarding the same: “…our EVMs are simply the ideal election machines for anywhere in the world. We should actively try to export them.”
To imagine that other countries would purchase our EVMS, remarkable though they may be, without first seeking design details, demonstrations, provision for conducting extended penetration tests…along with the host of certifications, third party validations etc. already alluded to, as is the norm!
The reality is this. For export orders to come, BEL and ECIL will need to provide far greater transparency and assurances to the world-at-large than what is being currently demanded by sceptics within the country.
Are exports of our sensitive military weapons burgeoning solely because of promotions in which tantalizing titbits of product information get revealed in the form of dulcet Urdu couplets?
The justification that gets conveyed in this stentorian article for the establishment’s misdeeds this week seems to be of the same unoriginal essence which is repeatedly used, ad nauseum, by the brethren that rules. Whether it be in the unquestioningly published web pages of ThePrint or be in the sessions of our hallowed Parliament.
Birds do it, bees do it
Nehru and the Congress could not help but do it
Now, it is our turn to do it.
So, the subjects should continue to live with it,
Even the Supreme Being better approve of it:
For we deem that it is righteously Hindu of us to do it.
(Hmm…Dr. Manmohan Singh has now become the paragon of integrity.)
Sigh.
Mr. Jerry Rao…IIM graduate., and thereafter…crooked banker, venal businessman, crony-capitalist, lower-rung oligarch…again bludgeons the reader with another of his over-stuffed, unbalanced, imperiously delivered opinions.
As always, his judgement is peppered with whiplash rebukes and ill-fitting observations, like: “It is universally acknowledged that Indian civil servants love these jobs. A person of unquestioned competence and integrity like the late Dr Manmohan Singh had opted for such a job.”
(Disclosure: I would love to own a super yacht.)
His Eminence has also added generous wallops of jargon pertaining to the purported design and deployment of our EVMs currently in use, which we all are expected to fully swallow, with brimming faith and nationalism. This, from the founder of a tech company in an industry where any purported capability, any given assurance, and any delivered activity are all expected to be substantiated by an armful of third-party certifications, independent reviews, and repeated audits.
Won’t it be natural to wonder how that company, under such leadership and in those times, ever managed to gain trust and fairly obtain any decent, above-board overseas deal? Or alternately wonder why an activity/service as crucial, significant, massive, and expensive as a state or national election in India need be conducted with much poorer assurance (practically…none) than that for a comparatively trifling corporate service contracted by a foreign firm?
For the reader whose brain is likely to have seized midway while labouring through the discursive, stentorian article…the gist of the justification given in it for the establishment’s misdeeds this week is the same unoriginal essence which keeps getting repeatedly used, ad nauseum, by the brethren that rules. Whether it be in the unquestioningly published web pages of ThePrint or be in the sessions of our hallowed Parliament.
Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Nehru and the Congress could not help but do it
Now, it is our turn to do it.
So, the subjects should continue to live with it,
Even the Supreme Being better approve of it:
For we have deemed that we act for all Hindus
and it is righteous of us to do it.
(Hmm…Dr. Manmohan Singh has now become the paragon of integrity.)
Incidentally, if the suggestions emanating from Travancore-Cochin had been accepted, it is quite possible that Kanyakumari today may have been part of Kerala, and not of Tamil Nadu. Something to think about.
Can Jerry Rao be requested to kindly explain this