In a democratic country like India, politicians make speeches, contest in the election, and occupy ministries, but when the time comes to create and execute policies, these politicians have a very limited role as the entire system is managed by the civil servants – bureaucrats. Bureaucracy is the engine of democracy; when it runs smoothly, […]
Category: Perspectives
Colonial Hangover Casts So Much Shadow
The Interlinking of rivers conceived on a gigantic scale may not been a reality, but no one is inimical of linking rivers as and where it offers possibilities in economic and ecological terms. Many such schemes have already been completed in the country in the past. These are: Periyar-Vaigai Scheme Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal Parambikulum-aliyar Project Bhakhara-Rajasthan […]
River Interlinking
The Interlinking of rivers conceived on a gigantic scale may not been a reality, but no one is inimical of linking rivers as and where it offers possibilities in economic and ecological terms. Many such schemes have already been completed in the country in the past. These are: Periyar-Vaigai Scheme Kurnool-Cuddapah Canal Parambikulum-aliyar Project Bhakhara-Rajasthan […]
Oxygen
COVID PATIENTS Hypoxia is a condition in which the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues is insufficient to meet the body’s total energy requirements. This is precisely the situation that occurs in ‘a Covid patient as a result of virus infection, and it has been a leading factor in the current crisis. Need Pressurised oxygen […]
India and Africa
Re-imagining India and Africa Delhi’s Strategy for Indo-Pacific needs to recognise the importance of the continent Although scepticism about the idea of Indo-Pacific endures, the new geopolitical construct continues to gain ground. In embracing the concept late last month, the Association of South East Asian Nations has taken a big step towards bridging the eastern […]
Saving the Hindu Kush
Humankind, have finally evolved themselves in such a manner that they are neither fit to call themselves as humans nor kind. And in the name of calling themselves as the most intelligent and evolved of all beings have only manipulated their own environment with an agenda to do degradation, rather than development. They have converted […]