Boris Yelstin once said, “ We don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. Freedom is like that. It’s like air. When you have it, you don’t notice it.” These times during the Covid pandemic have been such. With the waves of the virus and its mutations, came the lockdowns and for once, we were bound to our homes with an invisible chain. The ‘lakshman rekhas’ so created encapsulated us within the concrete walls of our dwellings. Across social media handles, people shared their reminiscences of long walks out in the open, amid a scent of flowers, and their longing…

A brief primer on the current state of affairs

Article 1 of our Constitution defines India as a Union of States. This relationship between the Union and the State governments, is not only a constitutional necessity but also a prime contributor in the development of our nation and its states. The Constitution has laid out the framework for this relationship in Part XI, “RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE STATES” and is divided into two parts — Legislative Relations and Administrative Relations. In addition, Schedule VII contains the all-important division of policy areas under the Union List (List I), the…

On November 5, 2020, Haryana Assembly passed the ‘Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill’ that seeks to reserve 75 per cent of jobs in the private sector for its residents. With its adoption, Haryana has become the latest entrant to a new cult of ‘local member’s club’ that already count Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and to some extent Karnataka and Maharashtra.

This is a dangerous trend wherein state governments are trying to appease the citizenry through this carrot, in order to be less accountable for their inefficiencies and failure in creating avenues for growth and livelihood. …

31st July 2020 holds a special significance in the history of mobile communications in India. This year would mark the 25th anniversary of the first mobile call made in India. For enthusiasts and for nostalgia, this first call was made in 1995 by the then CM of West Bengal (Late Sh. Jyoti Basu) to the then Union Communications Minister (Late Sh. Sukhram).

In these past 25 years, the mobile phone or, better to say, the mobile connectivity has traversed the entire spectrum of being touted as an uber-luxury in its earlier days to now being termed as one of the…

On 5th July, the Prime Minister of UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced major changes in his government wherein he merged many of his existing ministries and created newer ones with focus on priority reforms, especially across the emerging technologies sector. This article quotes him saying that “Constant changes will remain the slogan of the coming period until we reach the best government model that keeps up in this new era and achieves the aspirations of the Emirati people.”

This important announcement serves as a glaring reminder of the fact that in today’s times “agile” is not only a software…