Another Parliament session has come to an end. When Congress was ruling it was the turn of BJP to disrupt the Parliament. This time it was the Congress Party that assumed the role. BJP had...
One year back Narendra Modi came to power in India with the overwhelming support of the media and the corporate sector. These two elements continue to extend its support to the government though the former...
Amma as Jayalalitha is fondly called by her followers was brought into politics by her mentor, MGR who was a legendary film hero of Tamil Nadu. Jayalalitha used to be his heroine in many blockbuster...
Several new trends are now visible on the Indian political landscape. Rahul Gandhi is back in the saddle. The Congress Party is rejuvenating itself. There are changes visible in other political formations as well. CPI(M)...
The revision of the base year for estimating GDP of India has dramatically transformed the way we look at our economic growth rates. According to the new estimates, the year 2013-14, the last year when...
The scale of AAP victory in Delhi elections was beyond everybody’s expectations. The BJP’s tally was in single digits and the Congress party failed even to open its account. The AAP won about 60 per...
As the government gears itself to present a full-fledged budget in a few weeks, the policymakers will have to do the balancing act of giving a boost to the economy along with getting the budgetary...
The Planning Commission has been abolished and in its place the NITI Aayog has been created. Most observers see this only as a cosmetic change where a new title has been given to an old...
The year 2014 was notable as the election year when the BJP government came to power at the centre with a clear majority. Expectations about a Modi government had sky rocketed soon after the government...
In the recent months gold prices have plummeted. Gold as an asset class has been losing its shimmer. So, what has changed in the recent past to pull down gold prices? The unfolding of macro-economic...
As a child I was born and brought up in Kerala. I had my education in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. I joined central government service in 1980. I have remained in the same service ever...
When I first joined college I had a desire to study Sanskrit as second language. But in my college Sanskrit was not taught to beginners. It was being taught at a slightly advanced level to...
