If the Modi government is to keep its promise of change, it must bring in fresh faces.

The new government has to make conscious efforts to rebuild social equality and bring the people together.

'Just how strong were the ties between the world's largest and oldest democracies that an incident involving a diplomat and a maid led to anger threatening the relationship itself? Or had the relationship been weakening in the past few years, masked by the empty symbolism of State dinners, asks Devesh Kapur.

The race for VIP perks has pernicious consequences and is undermining the elite's authority