Category: Opinion

Stop tempting fate: India needs urgent national security reforms

Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) A "security dilemma" in international relations represents a situation in which accretion of power -- military…

7 years ago

Hosting humour in history: An epic British ‘textbook’

By Vikas Datta The last place possibly expected to yield humour is history. For most of us, it was a…

7 years ago

The mistakes which Nitish has made

By Amulya Ganguli Nitish Kumar may have won the trust vote in the Bihar legislature, but he is now weaker…

7 years ago

How Hindu nationalist agenda is linked to Doklam stand-off

By Arnab N. Sengupta The depressing drumbeat of bad news from Jammu and Kashmir and Bhutan's Doklam plateau may or…

7 years ago

Dont taint defence forces through isolated incidents

By A Fauji Wife There has been much mud-slinging after news of a senior army officer's wife humiliating a junior…

7 years ago

A strange omission in President’s first speech

By Amulya Ganguli Ram Nath Kovind's first speech as President was in keeping with his low-key personality. He said all…

7 years ago

India’s evolving household savings

By Amit Kapoor Indian household savings patterns have been witnessing some massive structural shifts of late. Households in India have…

7 years ago

The surprising origins of some much-hummed Bollywood songs

By Vikas Datta In any literary tradition, the works of even its less famous or forgotten figures are liable to…

7 years ago

Uncertainty over global climate fund may impact adaptation

By Joydeep Gupta The disagreement between the US and the other 19 countries at the recent G20 summit at Hamburg…

7 years ago

Should journalists protect national interest or publish and be damned?

By Saeed Naqvi Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's fate hangs in the balance on unexplained finances, most specifically for apartments…

7 years ago

Kovind as President: Not a tectonic shift

By Amulya Ganguli Only the naive will believe that the elevation of a Dalit, Ramnath Kovind, as the President is…

7 years ago

Redefining gifting in India with technology

By Vivek Gupta New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Gifting has always been a part of Indian tradition and culture; a…

7 years ago

NTPC a key enabler of India’s electricity transformation

By Tim Buckley A recent Morgan Stanley report has downgraded the Indian utilities industry. It highlighted that renewable energy is…

7 years ago

Climate change: Radical changes in consumption the way forward

By Amit Kapoor Last week Antarctica shed a trillion-ton iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf that had been tethered…

7 years ago

The popular American ‘Western’ genre: How American and how true?

By Vikas Datta Bullets flying as gunmen confront each other in the streets or saloons, cowboys lassoing cattle on sprawling…

7 years ago

Trump-Times: Don’t say dasvidaniya yet Donnie!

By Arun Kumar Washington, July 15 (IANS) When Narendra Modi came calling, Donald Trump "conspired" with his "true friend" from…

7 years ago

Enemy’s enemy is my friend: BJP, CPI-M target Mamata

By Saeed Naqvi On the eve of the May 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections, Arun Jaitley shared his campaign experiences…

7 years ago

Is Nitish Kumar on a losing wicket?

By Amulya Ganguli Nitish Kumar is in a bind. He knows that the mahagathbandhan or grand alliance in Bihar is…

7 years ago

Making Indian democracy a world leader – through civic engagement

By Frank F. Islam Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House did…

7 years ago

Boosting rooftop ‘parks’ can help India achieve solar energy goal

By Saptaik Ghosh Recent newspaper articles have highlighted the rooftop photovoltaic (RTPV) sector's sluggish growth in India. The articles claim…

7 years ago



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