Author
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.
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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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There is indeed little insightful reading and that too only in the editorials, objective analysis and a courageous peek into the future of the economy
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We have to invest heavily in public facilities even in the tertiary sectors and let market forces bring in greater efficiency and, hopefully, even costs
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With some of the best doctors and world class hospital equipment in place, the Indian healthcare industry needs to get its act togethe
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