Category: Commentary

Grasping at straws: Pathetic state of biofuels in India

By Ramya Natarajan For the past several winters, Delhi has drawn global attention for its life-threatening smog levels. This is…

6 years ago

Macro lessons for Indian energy infrastructure

By Taponeel Mukherjee Higher oil prices, the consequent inflationary pressures and a weaker rupee have dominated recent news headlines. While…

6 years ago

Lessons from Karnataka: Bank on social issues, leverage traditional and modern media platforms

By Amit Kapoor The drama revolving around the Karnataka state elections refuses to fade away. The assembly election results were…

6 years ago

25 years of conserving biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

By Janita Gurung & Pradyumna J.B. Rana This year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on…

6 years ago

A Scottish adventurer and his colourful World War II career

By Vikas Datta Across the Second World War's hundreds of thousands of armed clashes, big and small, across multiple theatres,…

6 years ago

Modi’s burden has become heavier after Karnataka setback

By Amulya Ganguli The hopes of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) adding Karnataka to the list of 19 states where…

6 years ago

Bollywood marketing caught in a 70-year time warp

By Amit Khanna It is well known that in spite of producing the largest number of films in the world…

6 years ago

Policy clarity needed to allay fears over privatisation

By Taponeel Mukherjee Public opinion on privatisation ranges from proponents who say it increases efficiency to opponents to fear it…

6 years ago

GEAC declines to give green light to GM mustard, seeks impact on bees

By Vivian Fernandes New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The regulator for genetically modified (GM) crops in its meeting on March…

6 years ago

Oil prices: Government between a rock and a hard place

By Amit Kapoor Just as the Indian economy was limping back to normalcy after an elongated period of subdued growth,…

6 years ago

The Indian-American diaspora: A vital resource for India

By Frank F. Islam Over 31 million people of Indian birth or descent are part of the Indian diaspora spread…

6 years ago

Banning lead shot: Good for birds & people

By Dr. Jacques Trouvilliez World Migratory Bird Day this year breaks new ground with the campaign being a joint exercise…

6 years ago

Phrasebooks and the travails and traumas of translations

By Vikas Datta An essential attribute of humanity, languages serve the purpose of communication, but given their sheer multiplicity and…

6 years ago

Rise of regional leaders in Congress

By Amulya Ganguli Irrespective of the outcome of the Karnataka elections and notwithstanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's desire to retire after…

6 years ago

Let’s put our money in the light combat aircraft

By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) In its pursuit of global maritime dominance, China has decided to create a force of…

6 years ago

What we owe to literature: A global odyssey across the centuries (Book Review)

By Vikas Datta Title: The Written World - How Literature Shaped History; Author: Martin Puchner; Publisher: Granta Books; Pages: 433;…

6 years ago

Infrastructure Assets: Capturing the consumption upside

By Taponeel Mukherjee Nate Silver, the American statistician and writer, once remarked: "The key to making a good forecast is…

6 years ago

Feynman: A practical joking physicist, a paradigm of science

By Vikas Datta In physics, Richard P. Feynman is feted for his path-breaking contribution to quantum theory -- especially its…

6 years ago

Strict KYC for digital payments=death of India’s digitalisation push?

By Amit Kapoor In a situation that is all too familiar to Indians now, ATMs across the country began to…

6 years ago

As state steps back, culture gets private sector leg up

By Ashok Vajpeyi More than 25 years ago, the Indian government decided to put together a National Policy of Culture…

6 years ago



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