Category: Opinion

Bringing Urdu ghazal into the modern age: Lucknow’s ‘pure’ poet

By Vikas Datta Every poetic tradition has one great exponent, traditionally and popularly embodying and representing its identity and characteristics.…

8 years ago

Modi in control, turns focus from Hindutva to development

By Amulya Ganguli It has taken two years but, finally, Narendra Modi appears to have found his feet. In a…

8 years ago

Discrimination: Soldier’s funeral reveals India’s outsize, outcaste problem

By Himadri Ghosh Earlier this week, when upper-caste villagers in the western Uttar Pradesh district of Firozabad tried to prevent…

8 years ago

Tie-up with Congress: Left unity under cloud as Forward Bloc raises red flag

By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Left unity in Bengal seems to have taken a beating due to…

8 years ago

Environment, development, conflicts confront new UNEP head

By Rajendra Shende A frightening but most authoritative report on the state of the environment released by the United Nations…

8 years ago

Istanbul attack: Turkey, US, Russia learn lesson the hard way

By Saeed Naqvi Could the terrorist attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport killing 43 and injuring hundreds be a blowback from…

8 years ago

Why small farmers in Tamil Nadu borrow money at 60% interest

By Suraj Nair In October 2014 Karuppasamy (name changed), a farmer in Tamil Nadu’s western district of Pudukkottai, had no…

8 years ago

Gujarat, Delhi most investment-friendly; Bihar, Jharkhand worst

By Devanik Saha Gujarat and Delhi are India’s most investment-friendly states. Bihar and Jharkhand are the worst. Andhra Pradesh and…

8 years ago

CO2 levels breach 400 ppm, to remain for our lifetime

By G.B.S.N.P. Varma CO2 concentration levels in the atmosphere have risen above 400 parts per million (ppm) for the second…

8 years ago

Cameron has left Europe and the global community floundering

By Amit Dasgupta British Prime Minister David Cameron's exit speech, with his quivering lower lip, won praise from some in…

8 years ago

With Isak Swu gone, Naga peace accord won’t be easy

By Subir Bhaumik Isak Chisi Swu, a veteran of many long marches to China with bands of Naga rebels, has…

8 years ago

In June, 7 drought-hit states short of water

By Abhishek Waghmare Of 11 states ravaged by drought in 2016, seven - Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra…

8 years ago

India seen to grow faster than emerging market peers

By Amit Kapoor The Indian economy is at an interesting inflection point. With RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan announcing his plans…

8 years ago

Jan Dhan deposits up 118% over 21 months

By Chaitanya Mallapur The average deposit per account under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) - a financial inclusion…

8 years ago

Sikkim: A well-administered state cries for national attention

By Tarun Basu The difference is noticeable the moment one crosses the border from West Bengal into Sikkim. Colourful stone…

8 years ago

Rewriting history? Trying to stop a world-changing assassination

By Vikas Datta Two days hence but in 1914 came possibly the most inept assassination in modern history, which may…

8 years ago

Swamy will dent Modi’s image, spook foreign investors

By Amulya Ganguli Narendra Modi's Alpha-male image of a domineering individual, a la Barabara Cartland's romantic fiction, has been severely…

8 years ago

Brexit: Indians are part of the flock, let’s face the music

By Anasudhin Azeez London, June 25 (IANS) British voters have spoken and they have spoken clearly and loudly to exit…

8 years ago

US power: California has 3% of India’s population, 125% of its GDP

By Devanik Saha As California, the US’ richest state, recently overtook France and Brazil to become the world’s sixth largest…

8 years ago

Europe without Britain prone to accommodation with Russia

By Saeed Naqvi By their Brexit vote, the people have administered a punch on the chin of the British establishment,…

8 years ago



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