Journalism of Courage
Express View - Page 15
The latest editorials in podcast form by leading writers and columnists from the pages of the Indian Express.
Express ViewThe latest editorials in podcast form by leading writers and columnists from the pages of the Indian Express.
Episode
47
August 8, 2022
Dhankhar needs to reach out to those who didn’t vote for him (8 Aug)Subscriber Only
The challenge for Dhankhar, however, would be to persuade the government to allow the Opposition its say in the Rajya Sabha — his pre-BJP career as a Janata and Congress legislator should come in handy.
Episode
46
August 8, 2022
Chinese military vessel at Hambantota threatens India-Sri Lanka relations (8 Aug)Subscriber Only
China vs India on its soil is hardly a sporting fixture that Sri Lanka can watch from the ringside without getting hurt itself.
Episode
45
August 6, 2022
My subsidy, your revdi (5 August)Subscriber Only
PM has opened an important conversation over wasteful spending between people and their representatives. The debate, however, calls for the disentangling of several issues. What is a freebie? Is it different from a subsidy? Are...
Episode
44
August 6, 2022
Support for abortion rights in Kansas poll is heartening (5 August)Subscriber Only
Support for abortion rights in the state is heartening — obstacles for women are formidable, not insurmountable The Kansas poll is the first electoral test for reproductive rights in the US since SCOTUS ruled that...
Episode
43
August 6, 2022
Maldives President Solih’s visit to India (5 August)Subscriber Only
Maldives President Solih’s visit came in a fraught moment in ties between the two countries. Delhi must tread carefully. Over the last four years, India has provided financial assistance for a slew of projects, both...
Episode
42
August 5, 2022
The geopolitical consequences of Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan (4 August)Subscriber Only
Pelosi’s visit marks an inflexion point not only for Taiwan’s future but also for US-China relations and Asia’s geopolitical trajectory. The normalisation of relations between the US and China in the 1970s involved finessing the...
Episode
41
August 4, 2022
Policies that pull farmers away from growing pulses (4 August)Subscriber Only
That pulses are not prioritised speaks of perverse policies that encourage crops requiring more water and chemical fertilisers. The primary driver in this is, however, prices. Soyabean is trading roughly 50 per cent above its...
Episode
40
August 4, 2022
Talk about correction in inflated showbiz salaries is growing louder (4 Aug)Subscriber Only
The film business has always been risky. But showbiz has unarguably grown riskier over the last couple of decades, with actors taking up an ever-growing proportion of a film’s budget — upto 50 per cent,...
Episode
39
August 3, 2022
English footballer’s celebration brought a moment of free-spiritedness (3 Aug)Subscriber Only
Look again, and Kelly was also making a statement on behalf of women pursuing professional sport. She showcased the free-spiritedness of the woman athlete on the sporting field.
Episode
38
August 3, 2022
Zawahiri’s presence in Kabul exposed failure of Doha Accord (3 Aug)Subscriber Only
For India, keeping al Qaeda away, under a new leadership, will be the challenge. It is India’s success that the group failed to make any dent in a country with the second largest Muslim population.
Episode
37
August 3, 2022
India’s economy is going through a challenging phase (3 Aug)Subscriber Only
Take inflation, for instance. Recent data showed that retail inflation continues to remain elevated, coming in at 7.01 per cent in June. While this means that inflation has remained well above the central bank's target,...
Episode
36
August 2, 2022
Jeremy Lalrinnunga could be poster boy of weightlifting (2 Aug)Subscriber Only
But the road ahead is tough as the level of competition, even at the continental level, is much higher than at Birmingham. To be on the top of the world, the boy from Aizawl needs...
Episode
35
August 2, 2022
Punjab Minister Jouramajra’s humiliation of a V-C says unflattering things about AAP (2 Aug)Subscriber Only
In Punjab — the first full state in which it has power — it cannot rely on virtue signalling on social media as an alternative to taking the bureaucracy along and working with officialdom.
Episode
34
August 2, 2022
Rolling back new liquor policy in Delhi is a bad idea (2 Aug)Subscriber Only
The Delhi government, in an unwise and knee-jerk reaction, has overturned its policy and rolled back to the old regime where the government used to dominate the sale of liquor.
Episode
33
August 1, 2022
Jharkhand’s cash scandal and shadow over CM threatens coalition (1 Aug)Subscriber Only
Clearly, coalition politics, especially in the Opposition space, is at the crossroads as the BJP works to expand its footprint and argues that a “double-engine” government (governments led by the same party at the Centre...
Episode
32
August 1, 2022
US-China tensions may turn for the worse (1 Aug)Subscriber Only
Biden and Xi have apparently agreed to explore the possibility of a physical summit between the two leaders at the end of the year. Hopefully, both the leaders will have greater political room to find...
Episode
31
July 30, 2022
Is rescuing an uncompetitive, loss-making BSNL a good use of public funds? (29 July)Subscriber Only
While BSNL's losses have dipped — in 2020-21, losses fell to Rs 7,441 crore, down from Rs 15,500 crore in 2019-20 — its revenues have remained flat.
Episode
30
July 29, 2022
Photoshoot of Ukraine’s President and First Lady makes ‘content’ out of war (29 July)Subscriber Only
War is tragic, its human cost high. Zelenska and Zelenskyy may need to pose to grab the West's attention and assistance.
Episode
29
July 28, 2022
Ranveer Singh, unclad: is taking offence the state’s problem? (28 July)Subscriber Only
With the ambit of “offences” only growing bigger and wider — including a whole range of “misdeeds”, from nudity to scenes from decades-old films — it is up to the state and its instruments to...
Episode
28
July 28, 2022
No winners when food and fuel supplies are weaponised (28 July)Subscriber Only
For all its hostile actions, Russia will find it difficult to obstruct a UN-backed deal guaranteeing safe passage for Ukraine's exports through the Black Sea to Turkey's Bosporus Strait and on to world markets
Episode
27
July 28, 2022
Rethinking Project Lion and big cat conservation (28 July)Subscriber Only
Experts believe the Gir lions would have been far more effective in the role assigned to the cheetahs. Conservation authorities need to do some rethinking on big cats
Episode
26
July 28, 2022
July 27, 1982, Forty Years Ago (27 July)Subscriber Only
Forty years ago, in 1982, the Opposition quit in the Rajya Sabha, Israel dropped bombs in Beirut, the US and India began a new partnership, and there was a flood in Burdwan.
Episode
25
July 28, 2022
The near universality of ‘Parentese’ (27 July)Subscriber Only
Gurgling sounds, high-pitched coos, sing-song voices and simple tunes — it is difficult to think of “Parentese” (as baby talk is formally known) as being intelligible, let alone translatable.
Episode
24
July 27, 2022
Political ramifications of executions in Myanmar (27 July)Subscriber Only
Two of the four activists executed were the well known and respected pro-democracy activists, Ko Jimmy and the Phyo Zayar Thaw, who had demonstrated in the days after last February's coup that they could mobilise...
Episode
23
July 27, 2022
Depriving 23 Opposition MPs of their voice is a dismal signal (27 July)Subscriber Only
The party with the larger numbers is able to get its laws passed in Parliament, but it would be an impoverished notion of parliamentary democracy that defines itself only as one where the ruling side...