Rewards or Recognition, Which Works Well?
Material rewards such as a hefty bonus or gifts just add up to the junk we have at home and we really do not have any memory left of...
Creamy Layer Turns Messy and Uncanny: Supreme Court Bench Skips Most Contentious Issues
The decision by a vacation bench of the Supreme Court in a case about reservation in promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes last week may not have been...
Yogi in Deep Trouble after Humiliating Defeats
Both Yogi and state BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey have been summoned to Delhi by party president Amit Shah to seek a firsthand report on the defeat. Both Yogi...
India among Worst Peaceful Nations: Terror, Instability, Internal Conflicts Affect Status
India is one of the most peaceful nations of the world, it has been declared 28th worst peaceful nation ranking 136th out of 163 nations measured for peacefulness by...
Tharoor in the Dock Kicks Up a Farrago of Emotions
Here’s a humourous, fictional account of Shashi Tharoor and the pending court case against him, for Different Truths. Jocko Street cut short the overseas call. “Shashi Tharoor is in...
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...
GDP Growth Looking Up, But Serious Problems Remain
The high growth does not reflect the whole story. There is significant jobless growth. Only 8 lakh new jobs have been created against the requirement of nearly 50 lakhs...
Thousands of British Citizens Trapped in High Debt: Social Care Cuts Hit Working Class Families
Despite an ageing population, the social care sector is rapidly decreasing, with figures released in 2017 suggesting that as many as 49 percent of frontline care jobs have vanished...
India is the Second Most Unequal Country, Globally
New World Wealth, a Johannesburg-based company, published a report where it claimed that India is the second-most unequal country in the world, with millionaires controlling 54 percent of the...
Foolhardiness: Government Tries to Pull the Wool over the Eyes of People
The problem with high retail prices is due to the fact that the government treats petrol and diesel as cash cows to make money. The retail price of petrol...