Private Sector Archives - Different Truths

July 18, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Of Pizzas and Governance

Hemashri likens Domino’s money-back pizza policy to government departments. Sadly, no one is accountable for the giant delays, in some cases, of nearly 100 years. Two state governments, Madhya...

July 4, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, People

A Lesson on Life Management

Appearances are often deceptive. Hemashri tells us the story of Gitali, a cleaner in a government office. At a young age, life taught her much more than the books...

June 7, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

Manmohan Singh was a Real Reformer with Innovative Policies

Manmohan Singh enlivened the service sector by ceding several tax concessions. Software companies sprang up, placing the country a pivot for global software exports. Notwithstanding Modi’s slow pace in...

June 5, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Report Card of Modi Government: More Misses than Hits amid Hindutva Backdrop

Four years on, are people happy? Under Modi government, there has been some success, but many failures. Despite all its achievements, which has driven by a deeper political agenda,...

May 23, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Prayers, Process, and Reforms: Some Things do Not Change for Ordinary People

The state administrative service is rife with arbitrariness and discrimination. Hemashri recounts how her study-leave prayer for higher studies at JNU, New Delhi, was denied, while two other batchmates...

April 9, 2018
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy

The New Financial Year Ushers in Hope and Optimism

The past financial year was marked by the great disruption of the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST), a change which not just affected government revenues but...

March 28, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Governance

Will Things Ever Change for a Girl?

Here’s a case study of Maya (name changed) and her trials and tribulations in the office and at her in-laws’ place. Hemashri takes a serious look at this girl’s...

March 26, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Pandavas Metaphor of Rahul Gandhi Might Work: Congress Pitches 2019 as Mahabharata of Truth

The Congress, trying to come out of one of the worst crisis it has faced in its 133-year-long history, used the 84th plenary in Delhi to set an agenda...

March 9, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Health

Health Watch: Why Pharmaceutical Marketing Code Must be Mandatory

The NPPA, after hearing all the stakeholders, did not agree to increase the price of stents. No wonder it would have irked the industry, which would have lobbied intensely...

March 8, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Health, Politics

Government Stand on Primary Health Care Still Unclear

It needs to be recalled that for a country widely credited to have the benefit of demographic dividends with a robust youthful workforce it took 15 long years to...