Tag: accountability

• Treading a fine line is very important in a democracy!

  The recent Gen Z protests demanding accountability for the fallouts in conducting entrance examinations and educational reforms, have again put the focus on the importance of asking questions to the powers that be and ensuring the answerability of the government representatives to the people of the nation. With the recent turn of events following the…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jul 26, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, India of our dreams, Indian democracy and polity, public administration, The values of humanity

  accountability, citizen, democracy, duties, freedom of speech and expression, Gen Z, police, protest, responsibility, rights, youth

• Acknowledgement of failure- the first step towards accountability

  In a risk-averse society as ours, there is a general inhibition to acknowledge and accept that there was some failure or error or act of omission or act of commission on our part which led to some bigger failure later. Take a simple example, when you were a kid and you went to someone’s home…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  May 24, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, philosophy, public administration, Sustainable future

  accountability, acknowledgement, culture, error, failure, improvement, mistakes, problem, processes, risk, risk-averse, system

• The flawed and misplaced obsession with the posts/positions!

  There is a vast majority of people in our country and even elsewhere in the world, who are obsessed with occupying some high-level post or position in the society. And why shouldn’t they? Because such posts/positions command influence, power and authority to “do something”. And higher is the ability to do something, higher is the…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Nov 14, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, India of our dreams, Indian democracy and polity, The values of humanity

  accountability, authority, bureaucracy, Constitution, democracy, duty, election, nation, obsession, people, politics, polity, position, post, power, representatives

• We all talk about the pillars of democracy- but what about the foundation?

  Image courtesy: Hillpost.in For a building to be strong and resilient from the external shocks (earthquake, floods, cyclones etc.) and internal shocks (fire, load of the building etc.), its pillars have to be strong. Because, without sturdy pillars, the building may crumble like a pack of cards anytime. But, in this analogy, we often forget…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jun 11, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, India of our dreams, Indian democracy and polity

  accountability, democracy, development, empowerment, executive, foundation, judiciary, legislature, media, participation, participative democracy, people, pillar