Tag: administration

• Good planners, but bad executioners- the missing link?

  Since independence, there is one area where we have done great job! It is in planning things for welfare programmes, developmental initiatives, law & order, administrative reforms etc. For example, “Gareebi Hatao” as a policy goal was expounded in 1970s. When it was announced, there was much fanfare around it, elaborate planning would have been…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jun 15, 2026

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, India of our dreams, organization-theory, philosophy, public administration

  administration, bhagya, destiny, development, execution, fatalism, future, government, planning, present

• Do we really need a Chanakya in the current scenario?

  Philosophy of साम, दाम, दंड, भेद (saam, daam, danda, bheda)- a critical review A little while ago, I heard a politician making a remark that “saam, daam, danda, bheda, etc. whatever is to be used for winning elections, we will use that”. Sometime back, one of my acquaintances was telling me that in politics “saam,…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Aug 20, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, philosophy, Random moorings, The values of humanity

  administration, Arthashastra, bheda, Chanakya, daam, danda, diplomacy, ethics, goal, human values, humanity, Means-end, money, morality, politics, polity, power, realpolitik, saam, society, statecraft