Category: Opinion

Gandhi and Savarkar: A guide for the perplexed

By Vikas Datta Title: Hindutva or Hind Swaraj; Author: U.R. Ananthamurthy (translated by Keerti Ramachandra and Vivek Shanbhag); Publisher: Harper…

8 years ago

Make in Mozambique: The real reason Modi visited

By Abhishek Waghmare It has as many people as Punjab, and its people are three times poorer. But Narendra Modi…

8 years ago

The ‘rockstar’ DJ who is making the world dance to his tune

By Ankit Sinha The massive popularity of electronic dance music (EDM) in India has paved the way for a bevy…

8 years ago

Enter helicopter money: Global central bank’s post QE era ammunition

By Vatsal Srivastava Move over Brexit. The big talk in the financial markets right now is a meeting between former…

8 years ago

Dear Shah Faesal, Is that spirit of yours I admired beginning to wane

By Sanjeev Srivastava Dear Shah Faesal, I begin with a disclaimer. I am an admirer of yours. I admire your…

8 years ago

Chinese checker: Honda’s rare earth metal innovation is a game changer

By Moushumi Mohanty Honda began working on distancing itself from heavy rare earth metal usage in motors about a decade…

8 years ago

Comic Theatre of the Absurd? The writings of Woody Allen

By Vikas Datta Occurrence of the unexpected and the unlikely doesn't only work for literary genres like horror, and mystery,…

8 years ago

Ruksana’s journey and rural India’s search for healthcare

By Devanik Saha With a wound that refuses to heal on her shoulder, nine-month-old Ruksana lives with her parents -…

8 years ago

New Delhi must demonstrate sensitivness to Kashmir’s grievances

By Amulya Ganguli India would have faced far greater criticism of its handling of the outbreak in Kashmir if the…

8 years ago

Football fever is over, but Euro 2016 hangover persists

By Biswajit Choudhury It's been almost a week since the Euro 2016 final, but the hangover continues -- rather strange…

8 years ago

Rajasthan’s landmark land title law could unclog courts, change lives

By Shreya Deb If a landmark new Rajasthan law on providing clear property deeds to millions succeeds, it could be…

8 years ago

World’s fastest-growing economy lags most South Asian neighbours

By Chaitanya Mallapur The world’s fastest-growing economy, on course to become the world’s third largest by 2030 with a gross…

8 years ago

Back to the past: Cycle of violence takes toll on Kashmir youth

By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) Has the death of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani acted only as the trigger…

8 years ago

Ethics, moral science must be taught in schools

By Anil K. Rajvanshi In the recent past a theft of a camera, an iPod and cash took place in…

8 years ago

Kashmir unrest: Government has learnt no lesson from past protests

By Raouf Rasool For the past few days, Kashmir has faced renewed turmoil, with ordinary people at the receiving end.…

8 years ago

No Indian varsities in world’s top 250: What Javadekar can do

By Charu Bahri As Prakash Javadekar takes charge of a ministry that appeared to impede the Prime Minister’s desire to…

8 years ago

Open public Wi-Fi networks boon for hackers to steal sensitive data

By Nishant Arora New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) If you are a frequent business traveller and spend most of your…

8 years ago

Enduring memorials and sharp critiques: A century of war films

By Vikas Datta Title: Fifty Great War Films; Author: Tim Newark; Publisher: Osprey Publishing/Bloomsbury; Pages: 208; Price: Rs 599 Do…

8 years ago

How India’s concretising cities are becoming heat islands

By Max Martin The monsoon has currently dissipated intense heat across India’s growing cities, but temperatures are rising and will…

8 years ago

India needs to up its social development indices

By Amit Kapoor Social development and environmental concerns are often not accorded the attention they deserve in public policy discourse.…

8 years ago



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