Pavan Choudary is the author of books like How a Good Person can Really Win, CEO & MD of Vygon, a French MNC, host of the TV program Hum Aise Kyun Hain on Doordarshan, former columnist with The Times of India and Financial Chronicle, Chairs the Medical Technology Association of India, a Trustee with the Lal …

Five Wishes From The PM This Republic Day

The last I wrote of my expectations from the PM was for his Independence Day speech. Some of the wishes I put forth must have been on his agenda as well, as I see some spur on these. Thought I must come up with the next set of asks from my PM on 69th Republic Day of India...

Modi: The Much-Needed Antibiotic - Some Side Effects too

Any account of how the Modi government has fared on this front should begin with what the BJP promised in the 2014 election manifesto and whether and to what extent has it been able to keep these promises. Staying within the area of my expertise, I will restrict my argument...

Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech: From making peace to rejecting prejudice, five things PM must say

In his latest ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked citizens to send him ideas on what he should say in his Independence Day speech. The prime minister did...

The Modi-Trump Meeting: Kiss After The Hiss

When Modi alighted from the car, his and even Trump’s body language (to some extent) was a language of mending the fences. When Modi cracked a joke, the laughter also seemed a bit forced and a bit overdone. This was expected as the telecons prior to their meet...

Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat: A mission without backing of law makes guinea pigs out of eager votaries

On Saturday, Ravinder, an e-rickshaw driver in Delhi, perhaps inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat initiative, objected to two young men urinating in the open. He requested that they use a...