Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) By Devanik Saha In a recent “Mann Ki Baat” address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed that every government should focus on quality learning and outcomes rather than the…
By Samir K. Purkayastha The emergence of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, an immigrant of East Bengali origin, as the central theme in the campaign for the just ended assembly elections in Assam again exposed how the…
By Vikas Datta Poets can count themselves fortunate even if snatches of their works linger on in memory down the years but this poem is unique for it not only influenced popular literature or musicals,…
By Prachi Salve Much criticism has been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modis claim – wrong, as FactChecker reported – that the proportion of infants dying is lower in Somalia than Keralas tribal areas. But…
By Amulya Ganguli Women are now being courted by some politicians who sense that their appeal to Dalits, backward castes and Muslims is dwindling in the absence of providing more and more sops, or that…
By Saeed Naqvi The mail from Lucknow was terse. “Ibne Hasan Advocate is no more.” He was “Ibne Hasan bhai” to me ever since he cast me as the young Daagh Dehlvi in 1954 in…
By Chaitanya Mallapur Although India’s use of the internet is lower than many poorer countries, the country’s e-commerce sector tripled – or grew by 209 percent over the last five years – from $4.4 billion…
By Tanay Sukumar Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of Census data. Higher education levels have helped in…
By Arun Bapat Can infrastructure be sustainably built in a developing economy? As India undergoes a developmental period, this question assumes importance. Infrastructure growth is likely in railways, roads, airports, smart cities, large industrial units,…
By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari Christian-dominated Mizoram – 87 percent of the population is Christian – has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a nation where 95 percent of Indians marry within their caste,…
By Amit Kapoor The Narendra Modi government has been in office for almost two years. There have been some strong areas of performance and other areas where the government has not had stellar performance and…
Devanik Saha As many as 19 million women in India have given birth to seven or more children, and 15 million (80 percent) of them live in rural areas, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of…
By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) The Indian Navy (IN) will bid farewell to its carrier-borne jump-jet the Sea Harrier on May 11 in Goa. It will be a nostalgic moment for those who were associated…
By Tanay Sukumar Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only one that claims more women than men, according to national…
By Vikas Datta It is debatable but any list of influential thinkers must include these five men whose contributions to the study of mankind, and the world they live in, came in a century spanning…
By Amulya Ganguli Uttar Pradesh is up for grabs in next year’s assembly elections. With anti-incumbency stalking the Akhilesh Yadav government, Narendra Modi losing his earlier appeal and Mayawati yet to live down her statue-building…
By Sudha Kashmiri Mothers have long been recognised as the best caregivers. Looking after parents-in-law, spouse, kids, and extended family leaves them with no time for themselves. Even at modern-day work places women take on…
By Devanik Saha Richa Dubeys profession – running an online retail business that connects artisans with consumers – may not appear unusual for a modern Indian woman, but newly-released data indicate just how much women…
Abhirup Bhunia The construction sector in India, which employed more than 44 million people at the end of 2010 (the last date for which official data are available), is witnessing a slowdown, affecting millions of…
By Sumit Chaturvedi Why it is difficult to reverse more than half-a-century of land-reform failures? Five facts, gleaned from the 2011-12 agricultural census and 2011 socio-economic caste census and this correspondents data, summarise the failure…