Rajesh Singh

He is former Opinion Editor of The Pioneer, Senior Political Commentator and Public Affairs Analyst.

He is former Opinion Editor of The Pioneer, Senior Political Commentator and Public Affairs Analyst.

Contributions

He could sting, but also give a healing touch: A tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee

August 20, 2018 Rajesh Singh

It was, if I recollect correctly, towards the end of 2002. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had arrived in Goa to usher in the New Year. I was then located in the State. Having taken a break from journalism a few months before, I had assumed charg...

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies, Article, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, NDA-I Government

The NRC process: Both Complex and Necessary

August 10, 2018 Rajesh Singh

If we disentangle politics from the ongoing process to prepare a National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, we will better understand the ‘what, why and how’ of the exercise, its enormity, and its necessity from both the State and the nationa...

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Illegal immigration, Assam Accord, NRC

Founding of a ‘Higher Education Commission of India’

August 06, 2018 Rajesh Singh

The Union Government’s decision to abolish the University Grants Commission (UGC) and replace it with a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), has been widely welcomed by experts in the education sector. Though some of them have expressed res...

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Higher Education Commission of India, Higher Education Reform

Understanding MSP’s Role in Boosting Agriculture

July 16, 2018 Rajesh Singh

Earlier this month, the Union Government made an important intervention to ease agrarian distress across the country. The Cabinet announced an increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) for 14 crops ahead of the Kharif season, which works out to a ...

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies, Article, Minimum support prices, Farming crisis, MSP concerns

India’s Looming Drinking Water Crisis

July 06, 2018 Rajesh Singh

NITI Aayog has warned of a crisis that must make policymakers and the rest of us act now, and not later, because later could be too late. The danger the panel has spoken of has not been considered important enough for prime time television debates an...

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Looming water crisis, Water Management Strategy

Book Reviews

Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory, Aanchal Malhotra, Harper Collins Publishers, India, Pages 400, Price Rs 799/-.

November 13, 2017 Rajesh Singh

It was Elie Wiesel who had said, “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilisation, no society, no future.” The Holocaust survivor would know, as would those in India and Pakistan who went through the trauma of ...

Keywords : Book Reviews

Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India; Vinay Sitapati; Penguin Viking Books

July 28, 2016 Rajesh Singh

When Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao became the country’s Prime Minister, he came with few expectations. His track record as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (then undivided) and many years later as Union Cabinet Minister was mediocre. The party ...

Keywords : Book Reviews