Category: Commentary

Indians increasingly prefer private education, 71 mn take tuitions

By Devanik Saha In a recent "Mann Ki Baat" address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed that every government should focus…

9 years ago

Assam’s future: Need to strengthen intra-regional linkages

By Samir K. Purkayastha The emergence of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, an immigrant of East Bengali origin, as the central theme…

9 years ago

A strange quest and a stranger legacy: Lewis Carroll’s Snark Hunt

By Vikas Datta Poets can count themselves fortunate even if snatches of their works linger on in memory down the…

9 years ago

13 African countries top India’s infant mortality rate

By Prachi Salve Much criticism has been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim - wrong, as FactChecker reported -…

9 years ago

Women as a vote bank: Not a win-win for politicos

By Amulya Ganguli Women are now being courted by some politicians who sense that their appeal to Dalits, backward castes…

9 years ago

The Unknown who defined Lucknow’s lost generation bows out

By Saeed Naqvi The mail from Lucknow was terse. "Ibne Hasan Advocate is no more." He was "Ibne Hasan bhai"…

9 years ago

Despite low net use, India’s e-commerce triples in 5 years

By Chaitanya Mallapur Although India's use of the internet is lower than many poorer countries, the country's e-commerce sector tripled…

9 years ago

Education not diminishing India’’s preference for boys

By Tanay Sukumar Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of…

9 years ago

Dredged material from ports can be multi-crore business in construction

By Arun Bapat Can infrastructure be sustainably built in a developing economy? As India undergoes a developmental period, this question…

9 years ago

5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent

By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most…

9 years ago

Two years of the Modi government: Pluses and minuses

By Amit Kapoor The Narendra Modi government has been in office for almost two years. There have been some strong…

9 years ago

19 mn women in India have 7+ child births

Devanik Saha As many as 19 million women in India have given birth to seven or more children, and 15…

9 years ago

Requiem for the ‘Jump-Jet’

By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) The Indian Navy (IN) will bid farewell to its carrier-borne jump-jet the Sea Harrier on…

9 years ago

The connection between self-immolation & domestic violence

By Tanay Sukumar Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of…

9 years ago

No Freudian slip this! The psychoanalyst’s literary forays

By Vikas Datta It is debatable but any list of influential thinkers must include these five men whose contributions to…

9 years ago

Will Priyanka be the Congress face in UP?

By Amulya Ganguli Uttar Pradesh is up for grabs in next year's assembly elections. With anti-incumbency stalking the Akhilesh Yadav…

9 years ago

Time to look after your own health from now onward

By Sudha Kashmiri Mothers have long been recognised as the best caregivers. Looking after parents-in-law, spouse, kids, and extended family…

9 years ago

Women run 14 percent Of Indian businesses, most self-financed

By Devanik Saha Richa Dubey’s profession - running an online retail business that connects artisans with consumers - may not…

9 years ago

Why India’s construction slowdown threatens to increase poverty

Abhirup Bhunia The construction sector in India, which employed more than 44 million people at the end of 2010 (the…

9 years ago

Land reforms fail, 5 percent of India’s farmers control 32 percent land

By Sumit Chaturvedi Why it is difficult to reverse more than half-a-century of land-reform failures? Five facts, gleaned from the…

9 years ago



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