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Arun Shourie

[caption id="attachment_2047118" align="alignnone" width="200"] Arun Shourie[/caption] The writer, a former Rajya Sabha MP from the BJP, was Union minister for communications, information technology and disinvestment.

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When the danger is imminent,loud and clear,our voice must be insistent,loud and clearSubscriber Only

May 26,2009 15:30:17 PM

Arun Shourie delivered a memorial lecture at the The United Services Institute in honour of their former Director,Maj. General Samir Sinha.

Tue, May 26, 2009

Bringing Indias money back to Indian shoresSubscriber Only

April 21,2009 15:31:21 PM

On the tax havens issue,the Congress is caught in its own web

Tue, Apr 21, 2009

Facing down the neighbourhood bullySubscriber Only

April 07,2009 15:34:01 PM

India must resist weak rationalisations of Chinas action in Tibet

Tue, Apr 07, 2009

Digging our head deeper in the sandSubscriber Only

April 07,2009 15:33:34 PM

India ignores the Tibet situation and Chinas widening influence at the borders to its own peril.

Tue, Apr 07, 2009

Responding to the Economic MeltdownSubscriber Only

March 19,2009 17:03:29 PM

Several features about the current economic crisis stand out. The first,of course,is the sheer scale of what preceded it,and the magnitude of what has happened in its wake...

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Bubble,bubble,toil and troubleSubscriber Only

March 04,2009 00:26:01 AM

With irresponsible spending and fantastical accounting,the governments word now means nothing

Wed, Mar 04, 2009

Paper promises and alibisSubscriber Only

March 03,2009 00:35:14 AM

Subsidies need to be sharply targeted,Chidambaram said a euphemism for saying that they were not reaching the intended beneficiaries. Hence,he took a decisive step: he announced another study of them

Tue, Mar 03, 2009

Half truths and whole liesSubscriber Only

February 28,2009 00:19:32 AM

A point-by-point expose of the governments shifty economic logic

Sat, Feb 28, 2009

The wages of derelictionSubscriber Only

February 27,2009 02:38:25 AM

This government has used the global economic crisis to cover up its own mismanagement

Fri, Feb 27, 2009

The General Theory of Revelations and ResponsesSubscriber Only

November 16,2005 00:00:00 AM

A large public meeting is in progress. The speaker is emphatic, he is shrill. The crowd is restless, disorderly. Some are talking away, in o...

Wed, Nov 16, 2005

‘Trust the judges’ — as of nowSubscriber Only

November 11,2005 00:00:00 AM

The ill-effects of populist judgments have been compounded by the fact that, whenever the Judiciary has tried to create some footholds for t...

Fri, Nov 11, 2005

The three limbs, and their inter-relationsSubscriber Only

November 10,2005 00:00:00 AM

The media often proclaims, “Confrontation between Judiciary and Legislature.” In legislatures strong words are used oftener still:...

Thu, Nov 10, 2005

A society and state in denialSubscriber Only

October 18,2005 00:00:00 AM

In his justly famous memoir, Encounters with Lenin, (Oxford University press, 1968) Nikolay Vladislavovich Volsky, who wrote under the pen-n...

Tue, Oct 18, 2005

Standard Operating ProcedureSubscriber Only

October 17,2005 01:35:05 AM

The weekly organ of the CPI(M), People’s Democracy, September 2005, declaims, ‘‘The Mitrokhin balloon of lies has been well b...

Mon, Oct 17, 2005

This way to accountabilitySubscriber Only

September 30,2005 00:00:00 AM

In a word, as convenient a sequence as anyone can contrive! The CAG asked the Congress-I Government of Delhi, ‘‘What is the basis ...

Fri, Sep 30, 2005

Accountability, my footSubscriber Only

September 29,2005 00:00:00 AM

Having seen the mysterious things that happened along the way while the Delhi Government was privatizing power distribution — how the D...

Thu, Sep 29, 2005

The Consultant and Advisor GeneralSubscriber Only

September 03,2005 00:08:22 AM

As against the claim of Sagar that the privatization of Delhi Vidyut Board was completely transparent, that it was a model privatization, we...

Sat, Sep 03, 2005

The Consultant and Advisor GeneralSubscriber Only

September 02,2005 00:00:00 AM

In his clever response, Mr. Jagdish Sagar, one of the key figures in securing those post-bid concessions for the single bidders in the Delhi...

Fri, Sep 02, 2005

Secretary (Petroleum) versus CAGSubscriber Only

August 20,2005 00:00:00 AM

Now that I have been goaded by the CAG and the Government to look over my notes of the disinvestment days, I am making many startling discov...

Sat, Aug 20, 2005

CAG versus CAGSubscriber Only

August 19,2005 00:00:00 AM

In his report on the Centaur Hotels, the CAG makes a fine point about the cost of capital having been put at 9.3 per cent instead of 8.5 per...

Fri, Aug 19, 2005

What holds for SC must hold for others tooSubscriber Only

June 27,2005 00:00:00 AM

Every step that was taken in every decision of privatisation was taken in accordance with prescribed procedures. These procedures were well ...

Mon, Jun 27, 2005

What SC said on BALCO saleSubscriber Only

June 25,2005 00:00:00 AM

All these facets — including the question of valuation; that of transparency — came up for review in the BALCO case.Disinvestment ...

Sat, Jun 25, 2005

Will the inquiry overturn SC order?Subscriber Only

June 24,2005 00:00:00 AM

The telecom sector was in the thrall of governmental monopolies. Its growth was being throttled by lack of competition, and the exclusion of...

Fri, Jun 24, 2005

Courting tenders the SC waySubscriber Only

June 23,2005 00:00:00 AM

Skipper Construction was a firm of builders. It constructed a multi-storey building of residential flats. The building was the envy of many....

Thu, Jun 23, 2005

One of the ‘conditions of employment’Subscriber Only

May 23,2005 00:00:00 AM

Reacting to the Government’s announcement that there will be an inquiry, Yashwant Sinha made three important points. • He drew att...

Mon, May 23, 2005

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When the danger is imminent,loud and clear,our voice must be insistent,loud and clearSubscriber Only

Bringing Indias money back to Indian shoresSubscriber Only

Facing down the neighbourhood bullySubscriber Only

Digging our head deeper in the sandSubscriber Only

Responding to the Economic MeltdownSubscriber Only

Bubble,bubble,toil and troubleSubscriber Only

Paper promises and alibisSubscriber Only

Half truths and whole liesSubscriber Only

The wages of derelictionSubscriber Only

The General Theory of Revelations and ResponsesSubscriber Only

‘Trust the judges’ — as of nowSubscriber Only

The three limbs, and their inter-relationsSubscriber Only

A society and state in denialSubscriber Only

Standard Operating ProcedureSubscriber Only

This way to accountabilitySubscriber Only

Accountability, my footSubscriber Only

The Consultant and Advisor GeneralSubscriber Only

The Consultant and Advisor GeneralSubscriber Only

Secretary (Petroleum) versus CAGSubscriber Only

CAG versus CAGSubscriber Only

What holds for SC must hold for others tooSubscriber Only

What SC said on BALCO saleSubscriber Only

Will the inquiry overturn SC order?Subscriber Only

Courting tenders the SC waySubscriber Only

One of the ‘conditions of employment’Subscriber Only

Bringing Indias money back to Indian shoresSubscriber Only