Posts Tagged with: "politics"

FDI In Retail and Political Decision Making

FDI In Retail and Political Decision Making

0 / Apr 11, 2012 7:44 AM

The decision of the Government of India to bring in foreign companies to retail has generated much heat, controversy and […]

The Purpose of Politics

The Purpose of Politics

0 / Aug 19, 2011 1:25 PM

In India the objective behind entering the world of Politics is greatly misunderstood but Sri Aurobindo tells a sadhak what […]

The Secret of Good Governance

The Secret of Good Governance

0 / Oct 17, 2010 4:58 AM

(Review of the book, Lee KuanYew: The Man and His Ideas by Han Fook Kwang, Warren Fernandes, Sumiko Tan, Singapore […]

The Taj Crisis

The Taj Crisis

0 / Jul 17, 2010 9:17 AM

There’s always something going on in this country… good, bad, ugly. In that respect one is always assured a subject […]

Looking the Storm in the Face

Looking the Storm in the Face

0 / Dec 15, 2009 2:50 PM

In May 1908, Sri Aurobindo was interned, along with thirty-eight revolutionaries, in the famous Alipore bombing case, but was released […]

To My Countrymen

To My Countrymen

0 / Dec 1, 2009 4:16 AM

(A hundred years ago, India was like a raft in a rocky sea in the middle of a storm — […]

The Dawn of Freedom

The Dawn of Freedom

0 / Aug 15, 2009 5:22 AM

(The following speech was made by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on the eve of taking a pledge on the night of 14-15 […]

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1 / Jun 14, 2009 1:51 PM

Recently an article appeared in the New York Times commenting on the “greatest show on earth” – the Indian elections. […]

Freedom is My Birthright

Freedom is My Birthright

0 / May 14, 2009 1:13 PM

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sentenced to six years imprisonment for seditious writing in 1908 and was sent to Mandalay jail […]

Science and Politics

Science and Politics

0 / Apr 14, 2009 12:35 PM

In the following speech made at the Indian Science News Association, Calcutta, on 21st August, 1938, Subhas Chandra Bose elaborates […]

Sage Advice

Sage Advice

0 / Jan 14, 2009 9:41 AM

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, the wise grandsire Bhishma gives a last lesson in administration and polity to […]

A World of Change

A World of Change

0 / Dec 17, 2008 6:27 AM

I have nothing to do with America other than the fact that some of my family resides there. I have […]

Young Guns

Young Guns

0 / May 11, 2008 7:23 AM

Recently, the ruling government in India inducted some fresh faces into the cabinet of which there were some celebrated more […]

Art, Truth and Politics

Art, Truth and Politics

0 / Jul 2, 2006 2:14 PM

In 1958 I wrote the following: ‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor […]

Bartering Silver for Gold

Bartering Silver for Gold

0 / Feb 3, 2005 11:49 AM

Prescriptions for restraint from the ancient Indian literature for leaders in headlong love with the microphone. Congratulating George Bush for […]

About International Relations

About International Relations

0 / Jul 27, 2004 8:23 AM

In recent years “international relations” have become a more and more complex issue. Governments are spending a considerable administrative and […]

An Aspect of Identity

An Aspect of Identity

0 / Jun 27, 2004 6:59 AM

Readers may pardon me for beginning with an anecdote that is probably known to some of them. Once an Englishman […]

A Wake Up Call

A Wake Up Call

0 / May 27, 2004 5:45 AM

“When Politics becomes lifeless, the triple Veda sinks, all the dharmas (i.e., the bases of civilization) (howsoever) developed, completely decay. […]

The Case of a Fatal Fascination

The Case of a Fatal Fascination

0 / Mar 27, 2004 4:12 AM

Once again the largest democracy in the world is going to elect a new government. That brings back into this […]

Right-brained Politics

Right-brained Politics

0 / Dec 26, 2003 8:23 AM

It has become a truism, even amongst much of the political class, that the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ are no […]