B. S. Raghavan joined the West Bengal IAS cadre in 1952 and was the Commissioner of various Departments. He also served as the Chief Secretary of Tripura. He was Director, Political and Security Policy Planning in the Union Home Ministry and the Secretary, National Integration Council during the period of the first four Prime Ministers. He was a US Congressional Fellow and Policy Adviser to UN (FAO), and Chairman of three UN Committees. He has been chief executive of four major public sector enterprises. He is now a columnist and author, connected with social service and educational organisations.
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How another CM kept to time
Statutory warning: Reading this may leave you with a smirk on your face!
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, was recently reported to have walked out of the National Deve...
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December 31, 2012
New Year vows for young politicians
Young politicians should resist the entry of criminals into politics. »
December 30, 2012
India diminished by rape victim’s death
It is not that only the girl has died. A part of all of us has also died with her.
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December 27, 2012
Is there anything called stress?
Angela Patmore became famous some years ago by writing a book The Truth about Stress by debunking all talk of stress. Her theme was that “stress phobia” was deliberately whipped up by the “s...
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December 25, 2012
JP should be living at this hour
Jayaprakash Narayan was categorical in asserting that if any illegal or unjust orders were given to the police or the military personnel it would be within their competence to defy them.He was categorical in asserting that if any illegal or unjust orders were given to the police or the military personnel it would be within their competence to defy them.
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December 23, 2012
Law breakers as law makers
The amendment of the law on rape will be coming before a Parliament, of which many members are themselves facing criminal charges.
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December 20, 2012
Meaning of Modi’s third-time win
There was never any doubt at any time in the minds of unbiased analysts of public affairs and political realities about the outcome of the Gujarat election. Only the bookies, for some inexpl...
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December 18, 2012
Deadly provision in US Constitution
The horror and savagery marking the cold-blooded shooting of innocent young children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut, on December 15 in the US have shaken to the core t...
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December 11, 2012
A world-class police station in India?
Do you see a single gun-toting, grim looking, menacingly strutting, commando near a Barack Obama, David Cameron, or Angela Merkel?
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December 9, 2012
Overseas Indians, India wants you
The inspiration for this column came from the account I heard of the encounter of an applicant for US visa with a US official at one of the consular offices in India. During the customary intervie...
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