Category: Commentary

World schooling the new form of learning

By Lina Asher To start with a whole load of people will ask what world schooling is. I define it…

8 years ago

The small nation which beat the superpowers, global capitalism

By Vikas Datta There is one country that has militarily defeated the US -- and that too on its own…

8 years ago

Hillary in Trump lane: Baskets of bluff, bluster & baloney!

By Arun Kumar Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) Hillary Clinton thought she would borrow a leaf from Donald Trump's book. Instead,…

8 years ago

More sanitation, literacy = fewer anaemic, pregnant women

By Charlie Moloney The proportion of anaemic, pregnant women dropped 12 percentage points over a decade to 2015, government health…

8 years ago

Failure of governance – from Kashmir to Karnataka

By Amulya Ganguli Be it Kashmir or Karnataka, poor governance has been responsible for making a bad situation worse. Such…

8 years ago

Alliance on the rocks, Kashmir may be heading for Governor’s Rule

By Sanjeev Srivastava With the Peoples Democratic Party's Srinagar MP Tariq Hameed Karra quitting the party as well as his…

8 years ago

Bengaluru wastes nearly 50% of the water it gets from Cauvery

By Alison Saldanha As Karnataka continues its legal battle over the Cauvery, the states capital -- almost entirely dependent on…

8 years ago

Religious riots down in 2015, but other riots rise

By Abhishek Waghmare Religious tension in Ballabhgarh, Haryana, when 150 Muslims sought refuge in a police station; clashes between Hindus…

8 years ago

Business needs and social good are in synergy

By Sajid Ahmed You want to help. Your heart is in the right place. You come with a pedigree. You…

8 years ago

One last bright spark of Lucknow’s glorious tradition

By Vikas Datta Any literary tradition demonstrates its virtuosity and vitality in how even its last proponents keep up its…

8 years ago

Zika heads for India, older strain lurks since 1952

By G.B.S..N.P. Varma A virulent version of the Zika virus that has swept the globe is headed for India, where…

8 years ago

Had 9/11 not happened, would Daesh not have been spawned?

By John Bahadur Lamb "Never forget" is the oft repeated refrain used when talking about the attacks of September 11,…

8 years ago

Kashmir: New Delhi must seize the moment

By Amulya Ganguli After the failure of the all-party delegation to make any headway in Kashmir because of the refusal…

8 years ago

Is technology a boon or bane for teenagers?

By Lina Ashar As an educator I am often asked: "Is technology a boon or a bane?" We need to…

8 years ago

Why the Indian establishment fears Kejriwal?

By Saeed Naqvi Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte admittedly has an uncontrollable temper, otherwise he would not have used a common…

8 years ago

Behind Karnataka’s anger: Rainfall deficits in 90% of state

By Prabhu Mallikarjunan Karnataka's angst and anger over a Supreme Court (SC) order to release water of the Cauvery river…

8 years ago

Nearly 60 million Indians suffer from mental disorders

By Prachi Salve At least 60 million Indians -- a number more than the population of South Africa -- suffer…

8 years ago

India needs 4 times defence budget to meet 2020 coal target

By Devanik Saha The government has estimated that by the year 2020, India will need 1.5 billion tonnes of coal.…

8 years ago

Understaffed, underserved: Human problems of India’s public health system

Prateek Mittal & Vartika Singh On August 15, 2016, in his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a…

8 years ago

2,234 get HIV via blood transfusion; government claims ignorance

By Silvio Grocchetti As many as 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after receiving blood transfusions in hospitals…

8 years ago



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