Governance and Political Studies
Media’s Role in Covering Anti-Terror Operations

There has been a flurry of opinions and views in recent days in the media, both mainstream and social, on a ‘looming threat’ to the freedom of the Press in the country. The scare has been triggered by sections within the media and outside after t....

पानी के अधिकार पर धधकती आग

पखवाड़े भर पहले बेंगलूरु और चेन्नई में हिंसा भड़क उठी। लोगों की जानें गईं और आगजनी करने वालों ने क....

नए वित्तीय प्रशासन के अंकुर

पिछले कुछ समय से ये अटकलें लगने लगी हैं कि मोदी सरकार देश के वित्तीय प्रशासन में तीन उपायों के ज�....

Freebies and Good Governance

Background and Argument I have chosen to speak on a subject of contemporary interest and importance: ‘Freebies and Good Governance’. I deliberately withheld the umbrella in suggesting the title of the talk that provides both inspiratio....

Breaking The Caste Code In Uttar Pradesh

It is election season in Uttar Pradesh. The four major political parties in the fray are seeking to win the people’s affection on the promise of developmental governance. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’....

Vimarsha - Talk by Shri Prakash Singh, former DG BSF, on Police Reforms in India

Shri Prakash Singh, former DG BSF, delivered a perceptive talk, ‘Preparing The Central And State Police Forces To Deal With The Multi-Dimensional Challenges Of Tomorrow’, at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 15 Sep 2016, as part o....

Raging Fires Over Right To Water

A fortnight ago, violence erupted in Bangalore and Chennai. Lives were lost and public property worth millions of rupees was destroyed by arsonists. The trigger was a Supreme Court ruling of September 5, which ordered Karnataka to release 15,000 cuse....

न्यापालिका बनाम व्यवस्थापिका- शीघ्र समाधान की आवश्यकता

यह साफ नजर आ रहा है कि जजों की नियुक्ति के मामले पर केंद्र सरकार और न्यायपालिका के बीच का टकराव ज�....

Has the AIMPLB lost its Relevance?

Even as the dispute over triple-talaaq and polygamy amongst Indian Muslims rages in the society and in the courts, there has been an interesting twist to the episode. An advocate, Farha Faiz, who is also an activist for gender equality among Muslims,....

आसियान एवं आसियान सम्मेलनः ‘एक्टिंग ईस्ट’ के लिए अवसर एवं चुनौतियां

सितंबर 2016 की शुरुआत कई महत्वपूर्ण सम्मेलनों के साथ हो रही है। पहला जी-20 शिखर सम्मेलन है, जिसके बा�....

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