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

Government has been late in undertaking the clean-up of bank balance sheets

The DNA of Cheddar Man has overturned traditional ideas about skin colour, race and geography

US and Russia seem to be returning to a Cold War-era practice. There is a silver lining

Latest forest report persists with an old methodological problem, spurs misplaced self-congratulation

Agreements with Oman must be a beginning. India needs to open up its long-ossified military diplomacy.

The vigour of PM Narendra Modi’s travels can barely disguise the fact that in terms of India’s security objectives, he is looking very weak indeed.

Alliances in Tripura and J&K have forced both sides to nuance their agendas

Were ancient Indian polities democratic, democracy thus representing India’s enduring culture? And what was Jawahar Lal Nehru’s role in institutionalising democracy?

Asma’s loneliness reflected the place that civil society — even the incremental, bourgeois variety — had in Pakistan. In most other countries, what she did would have been heroic but hardly life-threatening. And for all her celebrity status abroad, Asma lacked a constituency within Pakistan.

Morarji Desai said there was now a greater sense of equality among small nations and the search was on for a consensus. People were now demanding peace and disarmament and the major powers — the United States and the Soviet Union.

The political leadership of India's smallest state, and one of the biggest tourist destinations, has decided to be small-minded, and that's bad for the balance-sheet.

The cutting off of all public engagement, as has been evident since the Mumbai attacks, is not just a policy of diminishing returns, it also robs India of a platform at which to present its concerns with Pakistan.

Access to schooling, a proper learning environment and appropriate pedagogic tools are prerequisites of any educational system. While reforms in the past eight years have focused on the first element, there has been very little clarity on interventions that enhance learning outcomes.