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    • urban-mirror
    • September 23, 2023

    BJP MP’s anti minority hate speech in Lok Sabha is highly condemnable

      The comment that qualified hate speech was worrying as it indicated disturbing trend that has roiled the country in recent times. It is not only poisoning minds and polarising...
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    • urban-mirror
    • September 8, 2023

    Bharat versus INDIA tug of war aimed at serving unprincipled political interest

      The Opposition parties alliance named as INDIA has been stitched together with the same old tattered faces, tainted to the hilt, dyed with lack of integrity, devoid of morality...
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    • urban-mirror
    • September 2, 2023

    Adani saga: Politicians-corporate nexus pushing India to brink of financial disaster

      When political parties and politicians start spending billions of rupees to win elections, their proximity to money bags is the obvious outcome of this greatest sin in democracy. Hence ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • August 31, 2023

    Parity in competitive exams and education system must to get positive results   

      The central and state Governments, in the light of the observations of Parliamentary standing committee, should immediately take corrective steps to bring the pattern of all the competitive exams...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • August 21, 2023

    The Blame Game  

      The culture of the blame game is all pervading. In the Parliament the opposition targets the government and blames it for the wrong policies being followed creating unrest, unemployment,...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • August 15, 2023

    Politicians responsible for India’s despicable condition after 70 years of Independence

      Even after seven decades of independence we remain bracketed in the category of corrupt nations and have failed miserably to provide clean, honest and efficient delivery and governance system...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • August 2, 2023

    With an eye on 2024 LS poll directionless alliances coming up to mislead people

          The unfortunate part of our nation’s life is that it remains deeply mired in all pervasive corruption and the worst sufferers consequently are the poor and marginalized...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 23, 2023

    Wrong, lopsided policies in competitive exams and admissions pushing education system to disaster

      Anti student policies in admissions have pushed our education system to the brink of disaster and students are forced into the dragnet of flourishing coaching classes to qualify by...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 18, 2023

    Words without end

    Blowing hot and cold in the debates on supposed interference in religious precepts and practices, as well as, creating disturbances at the drop of a hat, on imagined affront to...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror

    Delhi fake appointments scam once again exposes rampant corruption in AAP govt

      The scams of the Delhi government exemplify the selfsame brazen looting. The story of 400 plus fake appointments by the current Delhi government is an astounding saga of lies...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 9, 2023

    Jest and Justice

      It is said that law is blind but in India, it appears, that it is colour blind. It recognises only black silk gowns and nothing else. There are any...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 7, 2023

    Stop spending tax payers money for self publicity

        The Kejriwal Government has spent Rs 1106.02 crore on advertisement, in the last three financial years which include Rs 297.70 crore in 2020-21; Rs 596.37 crore in 2021-22...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 5, 2023

    Maharashtra Guru Dakshina: Chela Ajit Pawar plays “Charkha daon” against Guru Sharad Pawar

          Those castigating the current defection saga in Maharashtra need to reflect whether they were not, once upon a time, skilfully playing the same game of power grabbing....
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 2, 2023

    Scrap nonsensical screening tests to segregate serious-nonserious, evaluate caliber not guesswork

            The preliminary examination of civil services exams conducted by UPSC has reached such a level of absurdity that now experts call these exams a kind of...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 26, 2023

    Impartial approach in controlling Manipur ethnic violence must

      In the ongoing violence in Manipur, the time has come to  expeditiously  end  the violence by acting impartially and taking stringent steps. Strong signals have to be sent to...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 15, 2023

    Private medical sector immensely harming govt health facilities

      While working in Uttar Pradesh, I came across several instances of medical college buildings built with hundreds of crores of rupees lying vacant. They had become the refuges of...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 5, 2023

    Railways miserably fails to adopt available technology to avert train mishaps

      Despite availability of these technological tools, it seems the system failed to adopt them to the optimum. This horrifying collision shows that the work on adoption of these technologies...
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    • urban-mirror
    • May 26, 2023

    BJP’s Pasmanda politics seems to be aimed at fragmenting Muslim electorate

      The leaderless Muslim community under the control of Mullahs has already been politically marginalised during the last ten years and further caste division, as is evident glaringly, is threatening...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 21, 2023

    India needs rightly-guided socio-economic policies and not just empty slogans for development

        The hackneyed slogans of garibi hatao , sarvajan hitaye, sabka vikas have failed to deliver to the populace which has been reduced to subsisting on doles and freebies...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 9, 2023

    Karnataka polls: Caste, religion, freebies take centre-stage as good governance, performance pushed aside

      In the ongoing Karnataka election campaigns of contesting parties, it is back to caste, religion and freebies. Instead of debating the policies and programmes mentioned in their manifestos and...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 3, 2023

    Women participation in India’s workforce extremely inadequate

        Today's Indian women are more literate and educated. They're enrolling in schools and colleges in greater numbers and staying in school longer than previous generations did. But that...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 30, 2023

    From Delhi to Patna it is Mafiosi-turned politicians all the way!

        In a highly criminalized electoral politics the pampering of criminals-turned politicians has assumed serious dimension with almost all political parties opening floodgates to criminals for electoral gains. In...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 15, 2023

    Plan to increase age-limit of 35 years in civil services exam for women to go a long way in boosting their prospects

        Increasing the upper age limit for women candidates for competitive exams like Civil Services Exams etc to 35 years would be a first step in this direction which...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 13, 2023

    Appeasement and after

        The incompetence and inefficiency of the police administration is always blamed for such turbulences when the fact is that the police administration can control any situation if allowed...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror

    India needs honest, principled governance and not spurt in history rewriting

      The unfortunate part of “history rewriting spree” is that it doesn’t serve national interest in any way. Ignoring true history and distorting it to serve the narrow political ends...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 28, 2023

    Democracy mired in corruption, dishonesty as tainted Netas pushing country to the brink

    Corruption preponderates in our governance system and  taints public life. Our nation is governed  by the “rule of law” but in practice, it remains limited to being  on paper only....
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 11, 2023

    Dementia and delirium

      Rahul Gandhi has contented that the opposition is not allowed to raise issues in the Parliament and he is not given a chance to speak. The parliamentary records speak...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 6, 2023

    Country needs to rise above communal, caste and muscle power politics to serve needy people

    There is an urgent need to take corrective steps to change the deplorable conditions. For that it is essential that principled leaders start working indefatigably in the interests of the...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 22, 2023

    Politicians callously disregarding people’s interest after grabbing power

        The irony is that most of the leaders who have occupied prominent positions in our country have been so self- centered that after attaining power they have negated...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 21, 2023

    Supreme Stupidity

    With the high and the mighty, transgressing the approved and accepted framework of law, laid down rules, regulations, and, procedures, wrong signals go to the common people. And, soon enough...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 8, 2023

    Decoding democracy

      The bed-rock of democratic governance is discipline. And, if the bed-rock, the very foundation, is missing all the structures, the legislature, the executive, and, the judiciary collapse, like a...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 5, 2023

    Doles of doom

      To win elections the political parties find it easier to raise emotions and promise sops rather than put forth concrete program of development and outline the formidable efforts required....
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 1, 2023

    Licence to lie

      Opposition for opposition’s sake has been the guiding principle of political parties, and, frivolous, half true, and false statements, their main tools to create mountains out of mole hills....
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • January 18, 2023

    Despite growth in economy gap between rich and poor is widening in India

        The yawning chasm between the rich and poor in visible everywhere in our country. It is callous that our ruling class and the well to do in our...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • January 14, 2023

    Pathan, The wrong issue, Freedom of expression, et al

      To destroy a nation all one needs to do is to destroy the youth. The impressionable young minds can be easily programmed to accept illusion for reality, and perceive...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • December 7, 2022

    Politics continues to degenerate as cowards, dishonest, spineless rule the roost

       Any system of governance which is devoid of truth and morality is bound to aggravate the misery of the people whom they govern. This all-pervading amoral culture of mal-...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • December 1, 2022

    Media mischief

        As the state of the nation supervisor, the media has immense responsibility since every wrong reporting, can and does, more often than not, lead to grave consequences soon...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 27, 2022

    Control, out of control

    In recent years, there has developed the common perception, that the guardians of the constitution, the Hon’ble Courts,  seem to be over reaching the functions and powers enshrined for them...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 24, 2022

    Beating about the bush

    For the last several decades saving the environment has been the burning topic of the day, and, one international conference after another is being held in one country or the...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 23, 2022

    Inertia, Entropy, and, India

      A minuscule of officers dispose off the files in time, and, answer letters in time, however, the majority sits on the files, does not answer or even acknowledge letters...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 21, 2022

    Abolition of scientific awards, fellowships to scholars, researchers unjustified

      Stopping such Fellowships and such other rewards and fellowships will certainly demoralize deserving youth and deprive them of the consequential monetary support and adversely impact the nation’s march towards...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 14, 2022

    Burying the hatchet

      History is a chronicle of man’s deeds and misdeeds, achievements and failures, kindness and cruelty. The only purpose of the study of history is for the people to learn,...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 13, 2022

    Revival, not regression

    Maha Upnishad, holds that, the world is a family and Brihadaranyaka  upnishad prayer is, lead me from darkness to light. These, and, any number more, are the nuggets of gold,...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 1, 2022

    Morbi bridge collapse: Another example of rampant corruption in govt construction

       The country has failed to recognize that the all-pervading corruption in all kinds of construction activities is at the root of these problems. Bridges do not fall on their...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • October 30, 2022

    Dismantling of politician-bureaucrat- Mafiosi nexus must to improve hunger index and HDI in India

       The unholy nexus and its octopus like grip over the nutrition supply system under ICDS is so formidable that several efforts by activists to elicit information regarding the contract...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • October 20, 2022

    Hunger report paints gloomy picture of widening rich-poor gap in India

      During my tenure in HRD ministry a paper on neighborhood school concept was prepared and a former Union Education Secretary was tasked to study this scheme and come up...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • October 14, 2022

    Flawed economic policies, inept leadership push nation to brink of disaster

        The decades of inept leadership which has mired this great nation in the cesspool of corruption, poverty and deprivations of all kinds. These incompetent, visionless, corrupt, avaricious leaders...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 26, 2022

    Anti -Hizab movement, a major challenge to Iran’s Islamic fanatics

      Anti Hizab movement is fast spreading in entire Iran. Thousands of women are on the streets.They are against the moral policing in the country.The protest was ignited after the...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 25, 2022

    Economic empowerment, alleviation of poverty can only turn India into vibrant global power

        History’s lesson for humankind is that there are no friends when it comes to international relations. Its only self-interest which comes in the garb of “friendly relations “....
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 24, 2022

    Muslim intellectuals, Imam meeting with RSS chief: Beware of Lutyen Lobby

      The meeting of prominent five Muslim intellectuals who have served under different governments in the past and a Delhi Mosque Imam, should not be given much importance, writes senior...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 21, 2022

    Padyatra politics in India: From Mahatma Gandhi to Rahul Gandhi

    Going back in Indian history there were a number of yatras organised by different people to achieve their political goals. In 1983 actor turn politician Late NTR had organised a Chaitanya...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 4, 2022

    75 years of Independence: Successive Indian govts fail to come out with all-inclusive policy to uplift poor, downtrodden

        In India, the poor are nearly half the population and even after 75 years of independence are lacking the essentials of a civilized existence- food, potable water, education,...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • August 25, 2022

    AAP govt’s “Delhi Model” based on deceit, misinformation

         The official data analysis shows that the much-publicised ‘Delhi Model’ of AAP government is a blatant attempt to deceive the public through misrepresentation and misinformation with help of...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • August 12, 2022

    India has to go long way to become so-called “Vishwa Guru”

    There are multifarious achievements which make us proud as a nation. But there are some slippages on some fronts, and these need to be ironed out before we announce attainment...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 25, 2022

    Delhi Excise scandal badly exposes Kejriwal’s anti-corruption fight

        Undoubtedly Kejariwal will be crying foul- as he has done in the past claiming that he is being framed to stop his march towards enlarging his political domain....
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 22, 2022

    “Revari culture” has dangerously undermined India’s democracy

        Political largesse, from public funds, to further their selfish electoral ends has reduced the garib janata (poor people) to being a mendicant rather than a rational citizen exercising...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 13, 2022

    Lankan uprising is globally a strong message to inept, corrupt rulers

         The Lankan people have sent a powerful message for all those ruling various countries across the globe. Every ruler needs to remember that they are there only to...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 7, 2022

    Corporate controlled Indian media has lost its vital role in democracy

        In the volatile and vicious environment that prevails, hate speech and a polarised discourse has gained humungous popularity. TRPs rule the roost and journalists are coerced into propagating...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • July 1, 2022

    With no morality and honesty defection is in DNA of Indian politicians

      Once politics is purged of honesty, morality, ethics and integrity then oligarchs, crony capitalists, corrupt, sycophants, self-seekers, middlemen, dalals and even mafia dons, freely enter the public arena, writes...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 25, 2022

    “Jawans on contract” could prove ruinous for armed forces

      The Government should put Agnipath scheme on hold and continue with the old recruitment system till such time it succeeds in allaying all the fears and apprehensions of the...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 17, 2022

    Make in Media

    A newspaper now, is no longer a service, but, a business which must make money, so the ads have to have priority, writes Prof H C Pande    At one...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 12, 2022

    Elimination of divisive hate agenda must for modern growth of the country

      Hate speech, which has become the norm in our public discourse recently, has no place in our philosophical/spiritual thought, writes former IAS officer V S Pandey   The ruling...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 6, 2022

    Back to square one

    The Russo-Ukrainian war, getting hotter, more destructive, and the hatred becoming colder, more extensive, with every passing day, write Prof HC Pande   Some say the world will end in...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • June 4, 2022

    Killings in Punjab indicate fast crumbling law and order under AAP govt

        The culture of corruption has led to poor law and order, a corrupt jail system has become heaven for criminals and gangsters, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey  ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 23, 2022

    Neither “saffronized” nor “secularized” Indian history needs to be written truthfully, honestly

      Nations who fail to record their history truthfully, live to regret their mistakes. Currently many nations are falsifying their history and will face the perilous consequences, write Dr. Smita...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 22, 2022

    Words, words….….ad infinitum

    Gyanvapi Masjid matter is an example of ignoring facts and stretching issues for no reason other than not being able to shut up, writes Prof HC Pande   Since verbal...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 17, 2022

    The freedom of expression, and, the expression of freedom

       In an organized world, not only nations, but, communities, and, individuals as well, are closely connected. In this situation any action at one point, can result in reactions everywhere, writes...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 8, 2022

    Urgent need to dissolve state of Delhi to stop bickering with the central govt

        In view of continuous tussle, the central government should undo the 69th constitutional amendment, dissolve the Delhi assembly and revert back to the pre 1991 situation. This is long...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • May 1, 2022

    UP PF scam: Denial of permission to CBI to quiz three UP IAS officers unjustified

      Why has the UP government denied the CBI permission to question the three IAS officers over their alleged role in the Rs 2,267 crore PF scam is inexplicable, argues...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 29, 2022

    Shah Faesal case: IAS officers resorting to immoral, irresponsible behaviour

      There are innumerable cases in Uttar Pradesh and other cadres , where IAS officers willfully  played truant  and  joined lucrative jobs without seeking any permission from the government, writes...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 27, 2022

    Time to review Governor’s questionable powers in appointing VCs of state universities

        In the light of the Punchhi Commission report and the existing constitutional provisions, powers of Governors to appoint VCs in state universities should be curtailed, writes former IAS...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 22, 2022

    Cut down “sound” of faith to control noise pollution in India

      The decision of the UP Government to ensure that loudspeakers  are no longer a public nuisance and similar strict instructions regarding regulation  of religious processions deserve appreciation and should...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • April 17, 2022

    Communal polarization, vote bank politics serious threat to Nation’s unity, integrity

        Communal incidents are a wake-up call for the people to start the process of cleansing the divisive political system based on caste, religion, language, which is thriving on...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 29, 2022

    With money and muscle power Indian democracy is in shamble

      Today’s political culture of hate, divisiveness, money and muscle power   will lead our country to doom sooner than later, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey   From time immemorial,  wisest...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 26, 2022

    Parties politicizing national icons to serve their vested interest

      Indian politicians are adept at using names of national icons only to camouflage their misdeeds and cover their lack of integrity and honesty, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey  ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 21, 2022

    Corruption-ridden Indian bureaucracy needs complete overhaul with  transparency, efficacy

    Indian bureaucracy mired in inefficiency, apathy and a culture of non- performance, which needed urgent changes to improve governance, writes V.S.Pandey The elections to five states are over and the...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • March 8, 2022

    Ukraine crisis: Reorganization of UNSC has become necessary

      Ukraine crisis has thrown open the contradictions in international relationships, treaties, groupings on one side and individual country’s self-interest on the other, writes former IAS officer V S Pandey...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 25, 2022

    Our Democrazy

               We have adopted the system of governance, prevailing across the seven seas, without understanding the possible pit-falls, writes Prof.             ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 17, 2022

    Indian Media urgently needs to reshape its priorities in nation-building

      The steep fall in the journalistic moral standards has seriously jeopardized democracy and if media is to remain free, self-regulation is the only option, writes former IAS officer V...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 12, 2022

    Union Budget: Country’s economic model is highly lopsided

      The increasing chasm between rich and poor is testimony to the fact that rulers have erred terribly in deciding the economic model, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey   Recently...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 7, 2022

    Union budget fails to reflect the aspirations of people

      Generations have passed waiting for governments to remove the scourge of corruption which has created an octopus like grip over our governance system, writes former IAS officer V S...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • February 1, 2022

    Corrupt, incompetent politicians have pushed nation to disaster

    No country can prosper where the political class and governance system despise integrity and honesty and viciously hound those who speak truth to power, writes V.S.Pandey   It is very...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • January 18, 2022

    Closure of educational institutes during Covid-19 surge is ill-conceived

        When other sectors were allowed to resume their normal activities post the corona surges, schools should have been asked to come back to their normal routine also, writes...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • December 22, 2021

    Real accused in UP mining scam and Noida land loot go scot-free

        Despite CBI report in UP’s mining scandal and CAG observation in Noida land scam, there is no action against the real culprits who looted huge money from the...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • December 8, 2021

    To support agriculture, India must be self-reliant in production of urea

      Agriculture being the mainstay of nearly 70 per cent of our population, any shortfall in supply or increase in the price of critical input like fertilisers is bound to...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 19, 2021

    Searching for research 

                   Our policy makers, with their clerical mind-set, would always think of numbers and nothing better can be expected from them. So     ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 17, 2021

    The Powerless Power Board

                The transformer burnouts are generally due to inadequate,improperly rated,over-load safety devices in place,as also due to poor               ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 16, 2021

    Supreme Court warns Delhi govt to order audit of ads on pollution

      Despite a road map laid out by the IIT Kanpur study to bring down the pollution levels in Delhi and NCR, very little was done by way of implementation...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • November 3, 2021

    Delhi govt blatantly misusing tax-payers money on ads, publicity

      I had the opportunity to serve as head of the information and public relation department of Uttar Pradesh for several years. I cannot recall even one instance when advertisements...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • October 9, 2021

    Selective and partial use of law harming country immensely

        Unless the role of money power, mafia elements , use of caste and religion is  curbed in politics, things will remain as they are and country will remain...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • October 5, 2021

    Political class least interested in public interest only pursuing its vested interest

    After lapse of several decades we are still chasing minimal targets and  are still trying to  fulfil the minimum needs of our population, writes former IAS officer V.S.Pandey    ...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 24, 2021

    What  ails  NEET ?  

      The time has come for the central government  to unshackle the medical education system from the  avaricious  clutches of the vested interests whose only interest is pocketing billions at...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 10, 2021

     Is Left, left in India?

       Is Left, left in India? The point is, why perpetuate the fraud of leftism, when, in reality, all that is left, of left, is pure and simple, self-centrism, writes Dr...
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  • Articles
    • urban-mirror
    • September 9, 2021

    Taliban imbroglio: India needs to develop strong defence system

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    • August 23, 2021

    India needs to be guarded in response to its dealing with Taliban

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    • August 12, 2021

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    • August 1, 2021

    Pegasus snoopgate: dirty, unethical, dishonest way to cling to power

    Since most of the political parties are neck deep in filth, dirt, corruption, immorality, untruth and falsehood, then snooping on others is the least of crimes they are capable of...
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    • July 25, 2021

    Democratic governance and the administrator

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    • July 20, 2021

    Opposition to Central Vista illogical, directionless

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    • July 16, 2021

    Change needed as corrupt political parties have only served their vested interests

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    • July 9, 2021

    Booming stock market a fallacy as Indian economic crisis worsens

    The bottom line is that the stock markets are totally out of sync with the performance of the economy and its poor health. Clear signals are emerging that something is...
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    • July 5, 2021

    Incompetent advisors have landed governance in a mess

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    • July 4, 2021

    The freedom of expression and the expression of freedom

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    • July 3, 2021

    Covid-hit people worst victim of economic slowdown

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    • June 30, 2021

    A few thoughts on Higher Education system in India

    Education is not filling a pail but lighting a fire and higher education is more so. Higher education programmes therefore are not merely degree awarding exercises but meant to enhance...
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    • June 29, 2021

    Country needs to get rid of political dinosaurs

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    • June 26, 2021

    Let there be light!

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    • June 23, 2021

    Transparency needed in fixing of Covid vax prices

    The cost of any product is based on the cost of production, licensing cost, expenditure on setting up the additional facilities, if any, required for manufacturing the product and such...
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    • June 19, 2021

    Draft education policy 2019 indicates a balanced approach

    The scholarly report reflects sincere idealism and deep erudition.The only question is whether the ground truth of the problem has been understood so that a realistic solution can be attempted?...
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    • June 14, 2021

    Akhilesh, Mayawati mull caste combinations to sail through in 2022

    Since Kurmi community is in dominant position in Purvanchal and central UP, moves are afoot in SP to bring it to SP fold as it was during days of Beni...
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    Judiciary’s role vital in protection of democracy

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    • June 12, 2021

    Information society has turned into a misinformation society

    The level of noise in the news-media, both print and electronic, has continued to increase over the past few decades, and, now it appears, that, the noise has overpowered the...
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    • June 11, 2021

    Tuning democratic governance– One possibility

    If the democratic governance in India has to be effective it is well past high time that responsible citizens be involved in overseeing the working of public institutions in a...
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    Any Baba and many thieves

    The elected have been changed from time to time but it seems to have made little difference. The reason is not hard to seek. From time to time Ali Babas...
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    • June 8, 2021

    Politicians, bureaucrats responsible for flawed democratic governance

    The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused and when aroused how to prevent them from being harmful to himself and his...
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    • June 5, 2021

    Gairsain as Uttarakhand summer capital is directionless idea

    The very idea of two Capitol establishments for Uttarakhand is not only senseless, but, an invitation to administrative and economic disaster. A summer capital for the resource starved state is...
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    • June 2, 2021

    Freebies leading to free fall of Indian economy

    Political shenanigans have clouded the fact that honest wages, for honest day's work, across the board, is the only key to national development and not any number of political promises....
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    • June 1, 2021

    Power drunk class has pushed governance to disaster

    Today, in the name of freedom of speech & expression, individuals mouth obscenities, slap unfounded charges, circulate fake news, indulge in character assassination, and, tell lies of every color, whenever...
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    • May 30, 2021

    SP brand of socialism is a mockery in UP

    The Samajwadi Party talks about concept of socialism but whenever it came to power in Uttar Pradesh it was far away from real concept of this ideology and its style...
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    • May 29, 2021

    India ranks high globally in income inequality

    All societies governed by rule of law have left very few choices to their people as laws themselves have clearly demarcated the boundaries between do’s and don’ts and specified the...
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    • May 27, 2021

    The Suez transform

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    • May 22, 2021

    Stop empowering dishonest and corrupt politicians

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    • May 13, 2021

    India urgently needs proper vaccination management

    The problem of Covid-19 vaccination can be tackled with proper planning and efficient execution. We have both -the resources and the capacity. V.S.Pandey Currently the second covid wave is still...
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    Jerusalem, the unfolding tragedy

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    • May 12, 2021

    THE BITE OF THE BUILDING BUG

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    • May 11, 2021

    Short-circuiting has become our way of life

    Jumping the Queue is our national habit which is nothing but plain & simple short-circuiting. Clearly, when it comes to our own interest, fair or foul, we short-circuit our conscience...
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    • May 6, 2021

    Sports: A Tool Against Negativity

    The mental fatigue and hopelessness created by Covid-19, needs to be checked and the negative trend needs to be corrected at the earliest. The sports is the best way out....
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    • May 4, 2021

    Alarming surge of virus in rural areas, village hosps ill-equipped to tackle menace

    The recent surge has started consuming the lives of people in villages. According to information in the absence of tracing and testing majority of deaths are being attributed to “fever...
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    Covid management: Atamanirbhar plan lies in tatters

    The process of online registration for vax has to give way to house to house vaccination plan, as used to be the case earlier. We have enough trained manpower for...
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    • May 3, 2021

    Cornering the cat and the Delhi disaster

    The Delhi government is solely responsible for the mess it has created in treatment of covid patients including the supply of oxygen. Prof H C Pande The death toll continues...
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    • April 30, 2021

    Covid management: Nation cannot further afford to ignore healthcare system

    The governments and health care system will have to work indefatigably to organise all the essentials and ensure that people have easy access to the basic facilities. V.S.Pandey The second...
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    • April 28, 2021

    Covid mismanagement: Government’s negligence has pushed country to disaster

    In fact, elections and the Kumbh became the mega super spreaders of covid 19. But the leadership slept and woke up as late as January 2021. BK Singh brij.singhht@gmail.com Was...
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    Delhi govt fails to solve basic health issues of the masses

    A populist government in a developing country would always fail to address the basic issues and AAP is no exception. Prof. H C Pande Rousseau, over 200 years ago, had...
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    • April 24, 2021

    Covid management: Proper advance planning must to defeat virus before it peaks

    Top bureaucratic apparatus has failed to show the initiative, drive and commitment to handle the situation arising due to the current covid surge. V.S.Pandey The Country is at present facing...
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    • April 18, 2021

    Corona crisis mismanagement: Ruling parties owe an explanation to nation

    With the current surge, our health system has crumbled, leading to panic. These shortages are all man made and should have been overcome without much difficulty. V.S.Pandey India is at...
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    • April 14, 2021

    Honest, transparent “new politics” needed to take out country from abyss

    The nefarious politics of money power, criminalisation, deceit and demagoguery has to be eliminated. Ethical people must come forward to fulfill the dream of our constitution makers. V.S.Pandey The nation...
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    • April 3, 2021

    Corruption, poor implementation failed all poverty eradication progarmmes

    Lack of vision, integrity and transparency led to failure in implementation of government schemes to uplift the poor people. V.S.Pandey Since 1970s, almost all the political parties have been riding...
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    • March 29, 2021

    Mumbai case exposes national nexus among corrupt babus, politicians and Mafiosi

    Former Mumbai police chief has all the rights to move the court, but the core issues is rampant degradation in governance in our national life, which civil society is silently...
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    • March 21, 2021

    Mehta’s resignation indicates total decay in political system

    Our Governance has reached such a pass that honest officers in the system are useless, corrupt and pliable are welcome. V.S.Pandey Mr.Pratap Bhanu Mehta, newspaper columnist and public intellectual while...
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    • March 8, 2021

    Farmers need protective price mechanism and not illogical three farm laws

    In the free market system there is no ethics or morality, higher margins are the only driving force behind every action or practice. V.S.Pandey The farmers agitation is continuing, strongly...
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    • March 3, 2021

    Scratching the surface hasn’ helped. It is time to strike at the core issues

    India's administrative structure led by All India Services such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS) adopted an approach of 5% vs 95%. VS Pandey...
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    • February 28, 2021

    Nexus between corrupt politicians and bureaucrats have failed the Nation

    Elimination of corrupt elements from governance is only way out to establish rule of law and restoration of honesty and integrity in the system. V.S.Pandey A few days back Prime...
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    • February 21, 2021

    Farmers have firm ground to oppose Farm Laws

    It is high time that either NDA government should convince the farmers about the utility of the three laws or withdraw them in larger national interest V.S.Pandey The farmers agitation...
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    • February 15, 2021

    Solution to farmers’ problems must to ensure overall national growth

    It is high time for the Modi government to undo the mistakes of previous governments, listen to the farmers and take immediate corrective measures. V.S.Pandey Even after 80 odd days,...
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    • February 9, 2021

    Country’s political class has failed hapless farming community

    There is need to examine the prevailing situation in the agricultural sector in the larger context of the direction of economic policy framework. V.S.Pandey The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while...
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    • February 2, 2021

    A directionless, cheerless Union Budget for Covid-hit common man

    An impractical budget which doestnot provide any road map for welfare and overall development of country V.S.Pandey Yesterday the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the annual budget for the...
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    • January 27, 2021

    Visible sites must for peaceful demonstrations to pressure govt

    The People have every right to demonstrate to press for the acceptance of their justified demands and want themselves to be visible while doing so, so are hapless farmers. V...
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    • January 22, 2021

    Honesty, transparency and not cowardice, boot-licking pave for good governance

    Welfare of people in right direction is impossible if dishonest and selfish advisors occupy the high position. They are basically curse on the system. V S Pandey Good, honest, benevolent...
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    • January 17, 2021

    Three farms laws to prove disastrous to farmers

    These farm reforms are going to cause more pain than relief to millions of poor farmers across the country. V S Pandey, Akanksha Pandey The farmers agitation is going to...
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    • January 12, 2021

    Caste combination and not issues plays dominant role in UP elections

    M Hasan Lucknow, January 11: With forthcoming panchayat and 2022 UP assembly elections almost all political parties have resorted to sewing up winnable caste combination in the state. The issue...
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    • January 8, 2021

    Free vaccination is fundamental right of the people

    While political row over Covid vaccination drive is unfortunate, the government of India should launch it free of cost and without further delay. V S Pandey For past several days...
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    • January 2, 2021

    Country victim of lopsided and directionless policies

    The nation has been paying heavy prices for ill-conceived policies and lack of clarity in decision-making over the decades. The three farm laws, which are no different, also show same...
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    • December 29, 2020

    Farmers stir: Govt evading reply to basic questions on controversial farm laws

    While farmers have genuine apprehensions over farm laws, it is paramount duty of the government to reply satisfactorily to their grievances. V S Pandey and Akanksha Pandey Farmers agitation has...
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    • December 25, 2020

    Bridging of digital divide must to improve education sector

    Governmental slackness in filling the rural-urban gap in online education has adversely affected the students. Further delay would only worsen the situation. Er. Akanksha Pandey These are COVID times. Lives...
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    • December 24, 2020

    Farmers Protest: MSP not just panacea, problems are manifold

    The central government should sympathetically look into the grievances of farmers to resolve them in the larger interest of the nation. V S Pandey Soon the farmers agitation is going...
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    • December 19, 2020

    Civil services need to be above politics to protect federalism

    With the Centre and West Bengal Government heading for a show down over transfers and postings of officers of civil services it is necessary to resolve the issue within the...
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    • December 13, 2020

    Scrap three farm laws to contain animosity with farmers

    With sheer lack of trust between the agitating farmers and the NDA government, it is advisable to shelve the controversial farms laws. V.S.Pandey Democracy is all about looking after the...
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    • December 11, 2020

    New Parliament Complex indicates directionless priorities

    HC Pande Notwithstanding a thousand & one national development projects unable to take-off due to insufficient funding, the government has planned a spending spree to the tune of Rs.10,000 Crores...
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    • December 4, 2020

    Farmers Agitation: piecemeal reforms unlikely to solve agriculture crisis

    With trust deficit towards leadership, half-hearted farm sector reforms are unlikely to benefit the farmers and help solve their problems V.S.Pandey Farmers agitation is hitting the headlines for past several...
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    • November 28, 2020

    Political illiterates have failed the democracy, Nation

    If the country is to realize its unlimited potential, then time has come to embrace ‘new politics’ – a paradigm shift in the way politics is conducted in the country....
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    • November 24, 2020

    INDIA NEEDS TO ORIENT ITS POLITICAL SYSTEM TO DELIVER ON GOVERNANCE

    The best bowling of the finest ideas is ineffective on a dead pitch. Our representatives are neither philosophers nor moralists, and can resist, in the words of Oscar Wilde, anything...
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    • November 18, 2020

    ‘Relationship reassessed’: Joe Biden and Saudi Arabia relations

    Analysts suggest Biden administration could end the near-unconditional support that Riyadh has enjoyed over the years. Abubakr Al-Shamahi US President-elect Joe Biden has made his position on Saudi Arabia and...
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    • November 11, 2020

    People need to raise the bar for politicians

    How seriously corruption in our system has influenced our lives is an issue that has not been documented properly. VS Pandey Even as India is passing through multiple crises, the results...
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    • November 9, 2020

    Bureaucratic overhaul needed to weed out rampant corruption in Govt

    Nitin Gadkari’s ire against NHAI officers is just tip of iceberg V S Pandey The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari recently blasted the bureaucrats of National...
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    • October 3, 2020

    Economic uncertainty looms after Kuwaiti emir’s death

    Kuwait faces a wave of bankruptcies as the COVID-19 crisis wreaks havoc on the emirate’s economy, which is in desperate need of reform. Al-Monitor Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...
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    America Needs to Lock Down Again: The Only Way to Slow the Coronavirus Until the Arrival of a Vaccine

    By Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker (Foreign Affairs) In our essay “Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold,” for the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs, we described the struggle against COVID-19...
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    • October 2, 2020

    On Iran, the Next Administration Must Break With the Past

    Neither Pressure Nor a Narrow Nuclear Deal Can Succeed on Its Own By Elisa Catalano Ewers, Ilan Goldenberg, and Kaleigh Thomas (Foreign Affairs) Only nine months ago, the United States...
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    • September 30, 2020

    The end of the Saudi era: Saudi power is on a decline and not even Israel can change that

    Marwan Bishara (Al Jazeera) As we approach the second anniversary of the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia continues its retreat, losing direction and influence in the...
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    • September 28, 2020

    India needed labour law reform. Now implement them

    The labour reform bills that replace archaic labour laws with codes have been pending for a long time. V S Pandey Nobel laureate Douglass North wrote that institutions are made...
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    • September 25, 2020

    The Endless Fantasy of American Power : Neither Trump Nor Biden Aims to Demilitarize Foreign Policy

    ANDREW BACEVICH In this year’s presidential election campaign, candidates have largely sidestepped the role of armed force as an instrument of U.S. policy. The United States remains the world’s preeminent...
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    • September 24, 2020

    The farm reforms are good but there are other problems as well

    The three farm reform bills are structured on the recommendations of a state agriculture ministers panel that submitted its report in 2013 V S Pandey Farm sector reforms such as...
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    • September 17, 2020

    An agenda for India’s New Deal to fix the Covid-infected economy

    The coronavirus pandemic has given us an opportunity to think afresh and take some major steps to turn the tide. V S Pandey India’s battle with coronavirus is on, with...
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    • September 20, 2019

    India’s children under pressure

    India has been ranked at 103 out of 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2018 with hunger level in the country categorised as serious. Unfortunately, the country’s ranking has...
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    • September 19, 2019

    Peaceful solution in sight

    Long cherished hopes of judicial settlement of the decades-old vexed Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute now appears in sight, as the Supreme Court has fixed October 18 deadline for both parties to...
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    • September 18, 2019

    NRC’s faulty approach

    Even as Assam continues to struggle with finalising and updating National Register of Citizens (NRC) where 1.9 million residents have been excluded, various BJP-led state governments are toying with the...
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    • July 7, 2019

    The business of education

    Dr HC Pande Lucknow: The U.P. Government has just come out with a proposed umbrella act to ensure that the standards of higher education are not diluted with the expansion...
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    • June 19, 2019

    Nehru’s Cabinet was no place for yes men

    At the apex of his political career, Nehru chose to induct two bitter critics of the Congress into his cabinet. And even if it were Gandhi’s call, it was an...
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    • May 26, 2019

    Muslim reconciliation unlikely without Ayodhya Temple construction

    M Hasan Lucknow, May 26: The newly appointed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for carrying the Muslim minority together is unlikely to be materialised without satisfactory resolution to the Ayodhya...
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    • May 21, 2019

    The rising wave of radicalism threatens the stability of Central Asian states

    By Rajan Kumar As Sri Lanka endeavours to overcome the enormity of the Islamic State (IS) coordinated terrorist attack which killed 253 people last month, there are reasons for the...
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    Millions to be affected as Google restricts Huawei’s use of Android after Trump blacklist

    Alphabet Inc's Google has barred phone maker Huawei from some updates to the Android operating system, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the US government has sought...
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    • May 12, 2019

    Iran seeks broader defence cooperation with Russia amid US pressure

    Alireza Noori (al-monitor) May 10 Amid rising US pressure, Iran and Russia appear to be gearing toward forging closer military and defence ties. Last week, the commander of the regular...
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    • March 24, 2019

    Participate or perish!

    Dr HC Pande On 26th January,1950 the people of India took a vow,that for better or worse,it is democracy or nothing.Now in the 72nd year of existence as a democracy,...
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    • March 22, 2019

    The Politician….make-up and reality

    Dr H C Pande With the general elections having been announced,the political haute-couture designer fraternity is having a field day,and,their order-books are over flowing.The Beautician,the Ghost-writer,and,the Ideology Bar-tender,are having whale...
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    • March 19, 2019

    The pitiable state of democracy in India

    Dr HC Pande It is said that the strength of democracy is the strength of the small man.In India,in its democratic scheme of governance,the small man is hugely conspicuous by...
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    • August 7, 2018

    Endless wait for righteous leadership

    Smita Pandey Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. While Naom Chomsky, the renowned  political thinker articulated the spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, Indian leaders...
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    • June 28, 2018

    India topping in bestiality against women

    Dr. Smita Pandey Our Constitution guarantees us  the Right to Equality which encompasses every conceivable freedom that women can aspire for the advancement and fulfilment of their immense potential. Our...
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    • June 26, 2018

    In-laws and Outlaws

    Dr HC Pande Plato has stated to the effect that if the people are good then no laws are needed, but if they are not, no laws will suffice. However,...
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    • June 24, 2018

    Honesty, fairness, competence vital to make ailing India fit

    (Yoga Day Special)   Dr. Smita Pandey   International Yoga Day was celebrated with much fanfare on May 21. Our much acclaimed leaders literally walked the talk and demonstrated intricate...
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    • June 19, 2018

    Why Iran won’t leave Syria just yet

    Beirut: Another layer in the battle for Syria has been evident for years yet has only now come to the world’s attention. To Iran and Israel, this battle lies at the...
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    • June 9, 2018

    Indians long wait at US doorsteps: a shattered dream

    Dr. Smita Pandey Indians account for more than three-fourths or 75 per cent of those highly-skilled professionals waiting in queue to obtain legal permanent residence status in the US, popularly...
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    • June 2, 2018

    India awaits freedom from unethical, immoral and corrupt politics

    Dr Smita Pandey Politics has become a byword for venality. Every party is unethical in its trajectory, looting and duping the gullible hapless public and enriching itself constantly. Apna vikas...
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