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Krishan Kalra

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The author is a member, the Managing Committee of the Indian Cancer Society, Delhi and was member of the Governing Council, of the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre. He is past president of AIMA and a former member, the Board of Governors, IIMC.

Latest Articles By Krishan Kalra

India Rising: The AI Bus That We Must Not Miss

India is going to embrace AI and do so with great enthusiasm and zeal, writes Krishan Kalra

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Logistics: Our Achilles Heel

The economic survey 22-23 pegged logistics cost at 14 to 18 per cent of GDP against the global benchmark of 8 to 10 per cent

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India Rising - Oh Really?

I call it “difficult” because our country’s complexities and paradoxes are mind-boggling and unique

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Our Crumbling Hill Town

There is an urgent need to develop new hill stations which the governments must plan without further delay, writes Krishan Kalra

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Olympic Medals: Desire, Criticism, Reality & Way Forward

"We have a long way to go – from six medals at Paris to, hopefully, 15 at Los Angeles and in geometric progression thereafter but we will need to do a lot of cleaning up and hard work," writes Krishan Kalra

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Moral Bankruptcy & Inaptitude

The two sad developments (i) IAS officer Khedkar’s shameful saga and (ii) tragic death of three young students at a South Delhi coaching centre have shaken people to the core and left us wondering if we are rapidly sinking to a state of ‘moral bankruptcy’?

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Tourism: Effects On Economy & Employment

During the recent inauguration of the Shriram Janmabhoomi Mandir, we all learnt about the tourism potential of this forgotten city of about 60,000 people. So, here we have the highest seat of Catholicism (1.4 billion in the world) attracting 7,000 tourists per capita so why shouldn’t we target something on those lines in Ayodhya – now the undisputed tallest place of Hinduism – with a global Hindu population of about 1.2 billion – and growing!

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Indian Football – Time To Wake Up

Is the injustice done to India, during the recent world cup qualifier, a case of rich nations browbeating the poor in sports?

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Vision In The Dark

A tour through increases awareness about challenges faced by PwDs and how these can be overcome, at least partially, writes Krishan Kalra

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Lasting Legacies Of Modern India – Big & Small

Starting from the Constitution – that holy book of our democracy that has truly defined and shaped India – drafted by the great team led by Dr Ambedkar, the institution of the ECI must rank pretty close. The great scholar and first Vice President of India had described the ‘idea of India’ as “a symphony where there are, as in an orchestra, different instruments, each with its particular sonority, all combining to interpret one particular score”

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