Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
There are reports that the amount that may be transferred will be about three trillion, spread out over three years. More importantly, it will be used to pay the government’s own bills for tea and biscuits. For that matter, even if it had been used for bank recapitalisation, it would still have been a salvage operation for the fisc. Converting gold into dross. 2. Saw a year old TEDx talk by Dr Viral Acharya, a sort of basic lecture for students on banking. What came through was simplicity, clarity of thought, a capacity not to dissemble. Not qualities much in demand nowadays.
There are reports that the amount that may be transferred will be about three trillion, spread out over three years. More importantly, it will be used to pay the government’s own bills for tea and biscuits. For that matter, even if it had been used for bank recapitalisation, it would still have been a salvage operation for the fisc. Converting gold into dross. 2. Saw a year old TEDx talk by Dr Viral Acharya, a sort of basic lecture for students on banking. What came through was simplicity, clarity of thought, a capacity not to dissemble. Not qualities much in demand nowadays.