Category: Commentary

The unglamorous model of a spy and his achievements

By Vikas Datta The rather immense human propensity for self-delusion, or even what psychologists would term "wish-fulfilment", can also influence…

6 years ago

India’s education system needs urgent rewiring: Are we running out of time?

By Amit Dasgupta The CBSE results are out and students would be enrolling in droves for university education. While children…

6 years ago

Kasam se, regional na kaho

By Subhash K. Jha The one major lesson that has emerged from the diversity of films this week is the…

6 years ago

Pranab’s message to RSS: Will the hotheads listen?

By Amulya Ganguli It was an evening of pious homilies at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur where…

6 years ago

Corporate wellness goals will spell good health for healthcare industry

By Varun Gera With a surge in unhealthy lifestyles, increased cases of mental illness and NCDs in India the concept…

6 years ago

Secrets to success for India’s budding entrepreneurs and start-ups

By Frank Islam India is blessed to be the third-largest start-up economy in the world. Unfortunately, there is a curse…

6 years ago

‘Why can’t action against CFCs be replicated against plastics?’

By Rajendra Shende It may be true that the world is drowning in plastics. However, in the last few weeks,…

6 years ago

Planning a student loan? 5 essentials to keep in mind

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) For long, parents have been saving for the primary and secondary education of their children,…

6 years ago

A tale of two privatisations

By Taponeel Mukherjee Charles Dickens' famous line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" in…

6 years ago

Going green with the green economy

By Ajay Adiseshann 24 trees. That's the number of trees that need to be cut to make one ton of…

6 years ago

Competitiveness in agriculture will boost other sectors

By Amit Kapoor Farmers across the nation are on strike, cutting off vegetables and milk supplies to cities, demanding better…

6 years ago

The planet’s pernicious plastic plague peril

By Dr Bradnee Chambers Thanks to the wonders of modern industrial technology we are now producing 20 times as much…

6 years ago

Dumas’ epic of swashbuckling chivalry and comradeship

By Vikas Datta What makes a literary work a classic? The readers' opinion or a prominent literary figure's certification? Or…

6 years ago

By-election graffiti: Troubled times for BJP

By Amulya Ganguli It will be a mistake to ascribe the defeats of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the…

6 years ago

After Brexit, Itexit looms, Spanish order caves in: God help Europe

By Saeed Naqvi Pardon the postscript first. With the appointment of Giuseppe Conte, a lawyer, as a compromise Prime Minister…

6 years ago

Finding the path to reviving India’s banking system

By Taponeel Mukherjee The decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to grant banks the option to spread provisioning…

6 years ago

Bangladesh could well march past India on the growth path

By Amit Kapoor India has had an unfortunate history of losing out to its economic counterparts over time. It first…

6 years ago

Dashiell Hammett: Pioneering hardboiled crime and the cool, tarnished hero

By Vikas Datta If you happen to visit San Francisco, and walk down its Burritt Alley, your attention may be…

6 years ago

Reforms show results, realty turns consumer-friendly

By Vinod Behl The four years of the Narendra Modi government, marked by landmark reforms, have seen the complete transformation…

6 years ago

Karnataka shadow on Modi’s 4th anniversary

By Amulya Ganguli If Narendra Modi expected Karnataka to be the icing on the cake on the eve of the…

6 years ago



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