2016: 5 reasons for India to feel more
By Abheet Singh Sethi A worsening of the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), the signing of a $8.9-billion (Rs 60,520 crore) deal for French Rafale fighter jets and new deals for artillery were…
Opinion
Demonetisation: Government propelling a wishful narrative
By Rakshita Swamy One would assume that an economic decision as important as demonetisation was based on, and driven by, evidence and strong data. It is, however, clear by now that this decision has been…
Move quickly to douse storm over new army chief
By Praveen Davar There is no doubt whatsoever that choosing the Indian Army Chief, or any other service chief, is the prerogative of the government. Then why so much of a hue and cry over…
The year gone by and what the future holds
By Amit Kapoor The year coming to a close saw the unraveling of several key events at both the international and domestic levels. A lot of these do have the potential to shape the imminent…
2016: Top 10 fake news forwards that we
By Alison Saldanha From currency to salt-very little escaped the reach of fake or fabricated news in 2016. Rumours spread from WhatsApp and other social media into the mainstream media. Institutions such as Unesco and…
Aleppo’s brutalities will be more real without Western propaganda
By Saeed Naqvi Why is Aleppo in such heavy focus just when the Syrians have more or less wrested the eastern part of their biggest city from an assortment of extremist Jabhat Al Nusra and…
#Notebandi frontlines: In tribal areas, low literacy & cellphone use; few ATMs
By Shreya Shah Dhar/Jhabua/Khargone (Madhya Pradesh): Santosh Bavash, 30, said he knew about the internet. “Ive heard it tells you about the future,” he told IndiaSpend when we spoke to the short and thin labourer,…
Meet Obama, a new coral-reef fish!
New York, Dec 22 (IANS) After a trapdoor spider, a speckled freshwater darter (fish), a parasitic hairworm and an extinct lizard, outgoing US President Barack Obama now has a new species on his name: a…
Women have to be empowered – not just educated – to end son preference
By Charu Bahri Mount Abu, Rajasthan: I wouldnt be around to write this story if the Bahri clan I hail from – Hindus from that part of Punjab which is now in Pakistan – had…
Indian states must collectively envision their futures
Amit Kapoor India is a country of epic proportions and almost the size of a continent. The whole of Europe has lesser number of inhabitants than India but is thrice in land mass area. Within…
#Notebandi frontlines: Sales fall, anger rises – why the fishing industry can’t go cashless
By Mukta Patil Siolim/Mapusa/Panaji/Margao (Goa) Gangu Kundaikar is a small-framed, sari-clad woman who rises at 3 a.m. every day, wraps a cloth around her waist so fish do not soil her sari, and takes a…
CPEC: Pakistan’s newest holy cow could also become its millstone
By Shabir Choudhry Pakistan faces many serious problems — and among them is the status and invulnerability of holy cows, and people who are above Pakistani laws. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not a…
Trump tsunami sweeps the US
By Arun Kumar Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Donald Trump rewrote history with an incredible presidential run that made him Time’s Person of the Year and catapulted him to the second spot on Forbes list of…
Sashi Kiran to play counsellor in ‘Bahu Hamari…’
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) Actor Sashi Kiran will be seen playing the role of a counsellor in the popular TV series “Bahu Hamari Rajni_kant”. “I’m playing a role of a counsellor, a psychiatrist who will…
Trump transition: From Russia with Love!
By Arun Kumar Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Hillary Clinton did not lose the White House race to Donald Trump. She was done in by (FBI director James) Comey, the Constitution, and now the Russians! That’s…
Western media wrong on spate of issues: Time for Indian media?
By Saeed Naqvi Since I had been to the region some time ago, a school invited me for a talk on Syria, particularly Aleppo, and why Assad was killing his own people. “This is not…
The challenge before Sasikala in post-Jaya Tamil Nadu
By Amulya Ganguli Dynastic succession is not the only means of attaining power in India. As the rise of Sasikala Natarajan in the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu shows, being the companion of a leader revered…
Flagship battles dominated Indian smartphone industry
By Anuj Sharma New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) With nearly 250 million unique smartphone users in the country and the figure set to reach the 280 million-mark by the end of this year, the Indian…
97% of Indians migrating for marriage are female
By Devanik Saha “It is not a common practice or desirable culture for a Hindu son in India to get separated from his parents on getting married at the instance of the wife, especially when…
April 2017: Earliest India will get its cash back
By Sahil Kini We are 17 days away from Prime Minister Narendra Modis 50-day deadline to end the worst effects of the scrapping of 86 per cent – by value – of Indias currency. In…