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It took India 82 years to transit from an opaque system of governance, legitimised by the colonial Official Secrets Act, to one where citizens can demand the right to information. The enactment of the Right to Information Act 2005 marked a significant shift for Indian democracy, for, the greater the access to information, the greater […]

Since your childhood, you must have been told about the importance of planning and playing safe. However, the talks of being enterprising in nature seldom turn into reality when you plan things too much in advance, not leaving anything to chance or luck. You may have seen your friends and other people who have it […]

The maxim of ‘Look before you leap’ advises that we should look deeply upon the matter and think over on how it is to be done, before we begin to act. It also warns that if we do not do so, we are in for trouble after having done it wrongly. The maxim is applicable […]

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” —Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the UN Knowledge is awareness of knowing about ‘what, why, when, where and how’ of anything. It is power. Power is of two kinds: one physical and the other intellectual. The […]

Introduction India has always been a source of great inspiration for the world at large for her fabulous wealth, abundant natural resources and her spiritual troves. It attracted both traders and invaders along with preachers and seekers in search of truth and salvation. All of them came through land routes by undertaking long and hazardous […]

Post-Liberalisation Era Prof. V.P. Gupta Director Rau’s IAS Study Circle, New Delhi – Jaipur – Bengaluru “I do not minimise the difficulties that lie ahead on the long and arduous journey on which we have embarked. But as Victor Hugo once said, ‘No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.’ I […]

The Constituent Assembly took more than two years to arrive at a final decision with respect to the provisions dealing with citizenship. This was mainly due to some special problems created by the Partition of India as well as the presence of a large number of Indians abroad. Between 1947 and 1949, millions of people […]

Mont Blanc-149 fountain pen is emblazoned with a ‘Union Jack flag’ on the body of its barrel likening the nib of the pen to an explosive rocket. The villainous Fatima Blush, a fictional spectre assassin and the secondary antagonist in the James Bond film ‘Never Say Never Again (1983)’, meets her end when a rocket […]

Flood is often branded as nature’s fury. Like the earthquake, volcanic eruption and avalanche, flood is the natural calamity which wreaks havoc in our lives, time and again. Not only do floods heap loads of untold miseries upon human and other living beings due to their recurrent occurring year after year, but also leave affected […]