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 …
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 …
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
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
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
One of India’s oldest football teams, Mohammedan Sporting, is facing the threat of closure because of financial problems. Ronojoy Sen recounts the history of an iconic club… BBC News India Online, 24 October 2014
Prof Kenneth Dean has been appointed to head the Dept of Chinese Studies at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with effect from January 2015…. Lianhe Wanbao, 24 August 2014, p7
When the 16th Lok Sabha began its real business with the start of the budget session on Monday, it wore an appearance not seen in recent times. This is of course the first time since 1984 that a single party holds a majority in the Lower House. Even more unusual is the sight of Congress …
Dr Sun Jung, a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute says that the increase in Korean-Singaporean marriages here is in line with the increase in trans-national marriages globally thanks to globalisation and the increased trans-national flows of people and culture. The Sunday Times, 1 June 2014
This was a report on the roundtable on “The Indian Elections of 2014: Ramifications for India and Beyond”, which was organised by the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at NUS and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Tamil Murasu, 27 May 2014, p2
