Transformation gurus

Ambassador K Kesavapany, from Asia Research Institute at NUS, highlighted that Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi shares several of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s ideals in improving the lot of their people, and noted that in the realm of foreign policy, similarities of approach can also be found in the early initiatives of the two …

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Help needed to understand Budget

Mr K Kesavapany, who is from the Asia Research Institute at NUS, observed that measures in Budget 2015 will have an impact on the Indian community, and hence it is important that its contents be made widely known particularly to retirees and low-income families. Tabla!, 20 March 2015, p8 Tamil Murasu, 20 March 2015, p2

Friend to India

Ambassador K Kesavapany from the Asia Research Institute at NUS discussed the role played by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew in nurturing Singapore-India relations. Tabla!, 27 March 2015, p7  

The cost of democracy

This was an article contribution by Dr Ronojoy Sen, on election financing in India. He opined that the controversy over donations by dubious entities to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) shows up both the murkiness of election financing in India as well as the double standards of the major political parties. He also highlighted that …

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The View From Inside The Well

This was an article contribution by Dr Ronojoy Sen on the productivity of the Parliament in India. He noted that due to disruptions, ambivalent PMs and ordinances, Parliament is a reduced place in India today. However, there are some bright spots. Behind the scenes, the committee system, which was expanded in 1993 with the setting …

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Remaking in India

The debate over what Narendra Modi actually achieved in the US and in his first few months in power will continue. But what is certain is that there are few politicians who have engineered as dramatic a metamorphosis as Modi… The Times of India, 5 October 2014

Worst soccer team in a kickabout

India’s current world ranking is an abysmal 158. Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski in their bestselling Soccernomics identified India as the ‘worst soccer team on earth’ taking into account population, GDP and footballing experience… The Asian Age, 20 October 2014

The spirit of the Games

While India’s showing on the field in the Incheon Games was patchy, despite the stirring performances of the likes of Mary Kom and Yogeshwar Dutt, it can take solace in the fact that the idea of the Games originated in India…. The Asian Age, 03 October 2014