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Hopefully, two wrongs will make it a right
There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, is one of the most cynical formulations of Indian politics. As if to prove the adage, the BJP’s chief minister hopeful, …
‘Demand for Tulu statehood is alive and ticking’
ANANTH SHENOY forwards a self-explanatory report from Deccan Herald that opens up some evergreen questions: Is Karnataka too big for its own good? Are its politicians and administrators incapable of …
Should IAS, IPS officers play politics on the side?
Sixteen years ago, a tsunami broke out in chai cups when the columnist Praful Bidwai revealed that celebrations had broken out among IAS candidates undergoing training at the National Academy …
You are what you are repeatedly told you are
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha writes on an interesting study conducted by two economists in 2004, on the self-fulfilling nature of stereotypes, when people tend to behave unconsciously in accordance with the way …