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  B.S. Raghavan
An IAS officer, Mr B.S. Raghavan has held leadership positions in the Government of West Bengal, the Central Government and the UN, besides being CMD of five major public sector enterprises.
The opinions expressed are his own.

  • Economists and financial crisis (November 16, 2009)
  • Print media at crossroads (November 11, 2009)
  • Economics or blind man’s buff? (November 09, 2009)
  • Nation expects transparency (November 04, 2009)
  • Tasks before new Law Commission (October 31, 2009)
  • Two below par are two too many! (October 26, 2009)
  • US firms back to their ways (October 21, 2009)
  • Inter-linking of rivers stillborn (October 19, 2009)
  • Maoists on the warpath (October 16, 2009)
  • Action on candidates’ affidavits (October 14, 2009)
  • Action on candidates’ affidavits (October 14, 2009)
  • Ending Tibetan impasse (October 12, 2009)
  • India’s stake in Afghanistan (October 09, 2009)
  • Salman’s salvo on salaries (October 07, 2009)
  • Onus on Finance Ministers (October 05, 2009)
  • Elderly people’s plight (October 02, 2009)
  • Management-labour relations (September 30, 2009)
  • Tea industry in hot water (September 25, 2009)
  • Constitutional balance (September 23, 2009)
  • Who is speaking for Congress? (September 21, 2009)
  • Stoking embers of linguism (September 18, 2009)
  • Chidambaram's signal service (September 16, 2009)
  • Mission behind the omission! (September 14, 2009)
  • Umpteenth austerity drive (September 11, 2009)
  • War of words over Pokhran II (September 09, 2009)
  • Fear of transparency (September 07, 2009)
  • Sibal’s impressive start (September 02, 2009)
  • Duty-bound to disclose information (August 31, 2009)
  • Opening up education (August 28, 2009)
  • Leader as a showman (August 26, 2009)
  • No clarity on unique ID (August 21, 2009)
  • RBI misses the bus! (August 19, 2009)
  • Assertive address (August 17, 2009)
  • After the recovery, what? (August 14, 2009)
  • Lure of public meetings (August 12, 2009)
  • Is IAS dispensable? (August 10, 2009)
  • Doing one’s duty makes headlines (August 07, 2009)
  • If a Gates Jr. incident had occurred in India… (August 05, 2009)
  • Timely warning from Bill Gates (August 03, 2009)
  • Clearing the air on 2G Spectrum (July 31, 2009)
  • VIPs in a democracy (July 27, 2009)
  • Blind spot of education (July 22, 2009)
  • Home Ministry should set the pace (July 17, 2009)
  • Nothing new in G-8 stand (July 15, 2009)
  • What did they do when in service? (July 13, 2009)
  • Turning around Air India (July 10, 2009)
  • Enhancing representation (July 08, 2009)
  • Chennai — future financial hub? (July 03, 2009)
  • Nilekani's problematic debut (June 29, 2009)
  • Pepping up public services (June 24, 2009)
  • Like father, like daughter (June 15, 2009)
  • Putting an end to hate attacks (June 12, 2009)
  • L’affaire Pinarayi Vijayan (June 10, 2009)
  • Misguided meddling (June 08, 2009)
  • Turnaround under Meira Kumar (June 05, 2009)
  • Regulating pay packages (June 03, 2009)
  • Reforms futile with servile mindset (June 01, 2009)
  • Selection of judges calls for change (May 27, 2009)
  • Collective responsibility (May 25, 2009)
  • Hopes centering around Rahul (May 22, 2009)
  • Politicians, beware! (May 20, 2009)
  • ECI must look ahead (May 18, 2009)
  • Maoists shoot own foot (May 13, 2009)
  • End of the voting marathon (May 11, 2009)
  • Obama: The dawn shows the day (May 01, 2009)
  • An election sans issues (April 29, 2009)
  • Spurt in Naxal violence (April 24, 2009)
  • World doomed to Sisyphean labour? (April 20, 2009)
  • Getting the best out of regionalism (April 17, 2009)
  • Utterly untenable contention (April 15, 2009)
  • No Olympic title for shoe throwing (April 13, 2009)
  • Common platform on freebies (April 08, 2009)
  • Gambles without gameplan (April 06, 2009)
  • Memories of an era long past (April 03, 2009)
  • Varun Gandhi and NSA (April 01, 2009)
  • Action plan for NGOs (March 30, 2009)
  • NGOs turn on the heat (March 27, 2009)
  • Did he, didn’t he? (March 25, 2009)
  • Levity and leadership (March 23, 2009)
  • Courts' duty to uphold law (March 20, 2009)
  • Strengthening the voter (March 18, 2009)
  • Policy making to policy planning (March 16, 2009)
  • Service delivery in TN (March 13, 2009)
  • Free run for ‘freeconomics’ (March 11, 2009)
  • Freebies, the name of the game (March 09, 2009)
  • Is America looking inward? (March 06, 2009)
  • The reverse brain-drain (March 04, 2009)
  • Bureaucracy in interregnum (March 02, 2009)
  • Is euthanasia the answer? (February 27, 2009)
  • Feat by Slumdog Millionaire (February 25, 2009)
  • Leadership in recession (February 20, 2009)
  • Wanted: New growth model (February 18, 2009)
  • Blowing hot cold on Pakistan (February 13, 2009)
  • Greed Inc. (February 11, 2009)
  • Obama must watch his steps (February 09, 2009)
  • Obama must watch his steps (February 09, 2009)
  • Averting layoffs (February 06, 2009)
  • Bonding with words (February 04, 2009)
  • Mission on India@75 (January 26, 2009)
  • Cool heads needed at Satyam (January 21, 2009)
  • Profiting from poverty (January 19, 2009)
  • Making politics noble (January 16, 2009)
  • Creating voter awareness (January 12, 2009)
  • Illusion of independence (January 07, 2009)
  • Who runs the show? (January 05, 2009)
  • Getting things done (January 02, 2009)


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