The title of this write up ‘Government, Governance and Planning’ was the name of one the elective that I opted for in two my years at the Faculty of Planning and Public Policy at CEPT University, Ahmedabad for my specialization
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Truth always prevails....
Fire in the belly....
This post is about a podcast available on the BBC regarding the evolution of the internet. Listening to this great podcast was a pleasure, since the subject was concerning the emergence of the World Wide Web and the invention of
Try to see what is unseen.....unperceived....
This theme of working with a mad man is not just about the amount of effort and sheer patience that is required to work with a highly eccentric person, and it is not even decided as yet whether the protagonist of this
Pakistan-A Failed State?
While the Pakistani politicians and the ruling class leave no stone unturned to shed crocodile tears regarding how Pakistan itself is a victim of terrorism and therefore should not be labeled as a terrorist state, they conveniently ignore the highly
Love...
We perceive love in different forms, but love is a kind of emotion that manifests in our life at every stage, just the object of our love changes and the tone of affection becomes different. However, no one can deny
School of Building Science and Technology, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
The role of our educational institutions such as various universities and colleges in being the temples of learning for the young and the learning minds has long been established, where since ancient times the tradition of young lads going to gurukuls for
Certainly not me. Certainly not you. Certainly not our so called ‘civil society’. Who then has the right to cast the first stone? It is imperative then to understand that before the rights comes the duties that each and every
This post concerns my stint as a Research Associate at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, where courtesy my two great friends, both husband and wife now, gave me a chance to work for the project of documenting the arts
The Legacy....
A new social contract for man
For a billion plus Indians, the most populous democracy in the world, something has gone wrong. It is the utter failure of the social contract as envisioned by our founding fathers that has led to the state of the society
Today is National Voters’ day, and it is apt that I share my personal viewpoint regarding this power that every citizen of India has to shape up their individual destiny and the destiny of the nation as well. Specially meant