Recently, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the highest body that funds and guides the social sciences in India, has initiated an in-house debate about the current state and the future prospects of such research. What is the quality of work that has come out of our universities and research institutes over the past 10-20 years? Which new areas of inquiry deserve more time, money and attention in the...
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It wasn’t my election to win, says Sheila-Atul Mathur
-The Hindustan Times Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said she is not to be blamed for the Congress’s defeat in the MCD elections and that there was a wave against the party in the Capital. “These weren’t my (Delhi government) elections. I wasn’t contesting them. The outcome is not my responsibility solely. I worked in these elections as a party worker. It is unfair (to blame me),” Dikshit told HT...
More »India's Westminster-type government is struggling with coalition woes-Pradeep S Mehta
At a recent meeting in Kolkata, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee threw up his hands for not being able to present a bold Budget because of coalition politics. Indeed, Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress, a coalition partner, has been a thorn in the side of the UPA. She enjoys a veto on nearly everything that the government wishes to do. If such are the compulsions of coalition politics, should we not...
More »Akhilesh Yadav becomes first UP CM to declare assets
-The Economic Times In a first for the state, newly elected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has publicly declared his assets worth 4.83 crore, setting the tone for his cabinet colleagues to come out and declare their net worth. Agency reports said that in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections when Akhilesh Yadav filed his nomination papers for Kannauj parliamentary seat, he had declared movable and immovable assets of more than 5.52...
More »UP CM Akhilesh Yadav declares assets
-PTI Setting a precedent before his cabinet colleagues, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has officially declared his assets and liabilities worth over Rs 4.83 crore. Akhilesh, 38, who uploaded details of his assets and liabilities on the official website of the state government, is the first Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to make a public declaration. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections when Akhilesh filed his nomination papers for Kannauj parliamentary seat, he...
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