Globalisation and the safai karamchari
We live in filth, surrounded by filth. Our cities are dirty, our towns even worse. Garbage removal and disposal, solid waste management, sewage and drainage are among the most important of municipal functions.



Agenda for the new army chief
At last the appointment of the next Army Chief has been made. Congratulations to Lieutenant-General Padmanabhan. He has a hard job, and I wish him good luck. He can do it if he follows the principles of leadership meticulously.



A little bit of Tamil in the north
Film industry is rightly outraged that the bureaucracy has taken the lazy option of recommending the closure of bodies like the Films Division, Films Society, NFDC, the National Film Archives, among others, instead of making them work.



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