As politics flounders on uncertainty and rage, images that humanise the powerful help quell the panic

February 20, 1978: Here is what had happened forty years ago

New Dalit movements see landlessness in the context of the caste question. The state must address the issue

It is the responsibility of government and RBI to ensure that the PNB fraud’s potential dent to confidence is not enduring

Asset recovery is more important than finding and arresting the bank scam accused

A process of virtual de-nationalisation of PSU banks, at least at the operating level, has to be the first step

Much was expected of the agency, but its argument in prosecution of a photojournalist is bizarre

Economic and strategic potential of Iran’s Chabahar will unfold. But Delhi must also prepare for difficulties ahead

Supreme Court’s landmark Cauvery verdict points to new directions but will face tough challenge in lean rainfall years.

Each of us is being incited to speak to ensure that none of us is actually heard.

But there is a bigger question here. Why is it difficult in India, even after 70 years of democracy, to build non-dynastic grassroots parties which can start modestly at a regional level before wasting their limited strength on larger national ambition?

Since the BJP won 312 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, it is expected to win at least eight seats. There is speculation whether Jaya Bachchan, an active and conscientious MP unlike others, will return since her party, the Samajwadi Party, can win only one seat

Kureeppuzha Sreekumar was recently assaulted by alleged BJP-RSS activists for protesting against a wall built on temple land to keep out Dalits in Vadayampady, Kerala

Mr Modi does not like journalists... But it is time to get over it, or the Prime Minister could find himself friendless and alone at a time when he needs friends in the media, not sycophants.

Is there a re-think under pressure from the so-called swadeshi lobbies? Just before the Budget, and in the Budget, the government announced a number of measures that seem to suggest that the protectionist (and taxation) lobbies have gained strength

Ranking of sports federations is not going to address any of sports’ most compelling problems

PNB scandal points to unreformed financial sector, failure of risk management and auditing systems

After several close calls in title matches over the last two years, the 36-year-old Ali finally met his match as Spinks rallied to win the last three rounds of punishing contest

Supreme Court’s verdict on the Cauvery dispute is a call for a basin-centred approach to river water sharing

Why I won’t be participating in the 8th Theatre Olympics that opens today

It will be a consequential election, with the BJP challenging the CPM in the last red fort standing

Gender inequality begins with separation, and desensitisation to it

Religion was always recognised in India’s public sphere — but, unlike now, in the plural

New Nepal Prime Minister must reach out to opponents and critics, balance ties with China and India