Maira, a former member of the Planning Commission, is the author of Listening for Well-Being: Conversations with People Not Like Us
August 27, 2011 00:39 IST
Indias young people have shown they have the zeal to break a corrupt system. Now they must learn to build a better one.
July 28, 2011 00:37 IST
Second-generation reforms require a deeper conversation,within and outside legislative bodies
June 08, 2011 02:41 IST
Citizens must talk to each other better,between elections,to make an aspirational democracy work.
April 26, 2011 01:38 IST
We need to focus on improving tangible processes,rather than pore over numbers on paper.
January 26, 2011 02:22 IST
Dont have stale debates about socialism. Focus on the future and reinvent Indias public institutions.
December 22, 2010 02:08 IST
Dont pass off the messiness of public life as the music of democracy.
September 18, 2010 02:44 IST
Reforming the Planning Commission to be a thought catalyst.
March 14, 2007 22:59 IST
The Indian economy, now growing at 9 per cent, must do much more to provide the benefits of growth to sections of society with far less financial resources than the rich, and it must do this very quickly.
