In a talk at CMC Vellore some years ago, the veteran public health expert John Oommen referred to what he called “capitalitis”. Among its symptoms was the tendency, most prominently of those based in Delhi, to believe that policies devised in the national capital could be transplanted without change to the rest of the country….
2 min readJun 5, 2026 06:55 AM IST First published on: Jun 5, 2026 at 06:30 AM IST In swift and dramatic developments, the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhajan Lal, was replaced by Bansi Lal, Union Railway Minister. Bansi Lal was unanimously elected leader of the Haryana Congress(I) Legislative Party at Haryana Bhawan. Bhajan Lal handed…
5 min readMay 31, 2026 07:27 AM IST First published on: May 31, 2026 at 07:27 AM IST The Capital’s drawing rooms are heatedly discussing the government’s eviction threat to the hallowed Delhi Gymkhana Club. Some members, who apprehend that they could be robbed of their lifelong watering hole, now trace the origins of the…
