Dilip Cherian's Blog

Dilip Cherian Blog Dilip is considered India's foremost Image Management guru and resident iconoclast. He wavers between irrational exuberance and cataclysmic gloom but can be influenced at mail@dilipcherian.com

31 December 2009 ~ Comments Off on Winter of discontent

Winter of discontent

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The Telangana cauldron keeps political temperatures high in Dilli despite the winter chill. And given that the move has triggered a million mutinies in Andhra Pradesh and spun its political class into a vortex of confusion and anger, Dilli finds itself staring at what could be a long winter of discontent. Like in all such […]

23 December 2009 ~ Comments Off on Paying the price

Paying the price

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Given lower traffic and escalating losses of airlines, it is no surprise that the profitability of India’s major airports too has taken a big hit in recent times. Apparently 82 of the 95 operational airports in the country incurred losses in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. Even among the 10 profitable international airports, […]

23 December 2009 ~ Comments Off on Whose babu will win?

Whose babu will win?

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Although Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues’s tenure ended last month, the Centre is yet to name the new incumbent. The delay is due to the sparring between state Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram over who will control Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh, being a union territory, […]

14 December 2009 ~ Comments Off on CIC: Succession game begins

CIC: Succession game begins

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CIC: Succession game begins The search for Wajahat Habibullah’s successor at the Central Information Commission (CIC) is taking longer than expected. The government’s plan to install information commissioner M.A. Ansari or information commissioner A.N. Tiwari failed to win the approval of Opposition leader L.K. Advani. Mr Advani has indicated that he wouldn’t mind if former […]

30 November 2009 ~ Comments Off on Maharashtra’s first lady

Maharashtra’s first lady

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Maharashtra’s first lady As Maharashtra chief secretary Johny Joseph prepares to retire this month, many babu-watchers are betting on senior Indian Administrative Service officer Chandra Iyengar to be the successor. Although no formal announcement has been made so far, but apparently Iyengar’s name has been cleared by the chief minister. If she does succeed Mr […]

25 November 2009 ~ Comments Off on Dalai Lama knows best

Dalai Lama knows best

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Dalai Lama knows best That the ever-smiling Dalai Lama knows a thing or two more than other more mortals is well known. But jurists and judges in Dilli are buzzing about the Dalai Lama’s child-like comment that some of India’s judges are making a little ‘pocket money’. Because everybody knows that the lovely Lama is […]

18 November 2009 ~ Comments Off on Destination India

Destination India

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Destination India India and the promises we hold were the subject of intense examination at both the first-ever high profile TED India conference at Mysore and the oft-repeated India Economic Summit at Delhi. The Mysore gathering created massive buzz, being the first time TED’s annual jamboree of global “thought leaders” was held in Asia. The […]

11 November 2009 ~ Comments Off on More than one for everyone

More than one for everyone

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More than one for everyone For reasons totally different from elsewhere, Dilli, along with Mumbai, and two other Indian metros, now have more mobile phone connections than residents. They surprisingly join the global league of cities with over 100 per cent mobile penetration such as London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. But […]

10 November 2009 ~ Comments Off on Babus pushed to perform

Babus pushed to perform

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Babus pushed to perform The Delivery Monitoring Unit set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Prime Minister’s Office to monitor the government’s flagship programmes, initiatives and projects has send babus in a tizzy trying to comply with the tough timelines set by TKA Nair, the Prime Minister’s principal secretary who heads the unit. […]

04 November 2009 ~ Comments Off on Lost in transit?

Lost in transit?

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Lost in transit? The Jharkhand government has done little to solve the administrative crisis created by the depleted number of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in the state. Out of the sanctioned strength of 143 posts for IAS officers, as many as 68 posts are yet to be filled. Not surprisingly, therefore, many babus are […]

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