Delay in implementing the GST reflects poorly on the preparedness of the state and Union governments.
Donald Trump is being called out. And, like all bullies pushed to a corner, he’s blaming everyone except himself.
A handsome chaiwallah has broken the internet just by looking at it.
Tamil Nadu is misusing hate speech laws by arresting people for social media comments.
SC stand on triple talaq remains to be seen. But male monopoly over reading of Islam is under serious challenge.
Can an exuberantly living institution like the Indian election be salted away in a museum?
Karan Johar’s video exposes the weakness of government and the cave-in of Bollywood.
BJP and SP disavowals of electoral calculation in plans for museum, theme park in Ayodhya, ring insincere.
Sharing culture humanises India and Pakistan — banning this pushes both from peace towards war.
The Essar-Rosnet deal signifies that the resolution of banks’ bad loan problems is finally underway.
Court has been remarkably kind to DGP Rathore, who was convicted of sexual assault.
The Bhubaneswar hospital tragedy shows that rules exist in violation and it’s not hard to get away with murder.
By not standing up for its right to screen a Pak movie, MAMI does disservice to cinema.
Goa was a predictable photo-op, the real deal was the trade and aid partnerships.
South Asia needs mutual accommodation in solving problems. It needs a feminist foreign policy.
For our comical times, the United Nations has chosen an appropriate mascot.
India has eked out the most lenient time-frame for eliminating HFC. It cannot afford to be an outlier in future negotiations.
Terror from Pakistan is a global problem but Pakistan is — and will be — India’s headache more than anybody else’s.
Album for album, Bob Dylan has sold many a time more than Leonard Cohen.
India lacks the institutional mechanisms to deal with the death of firms and the failure of banks.
By refusing to acknowledge the problem, Ashoka University endangers its liberal credentials.
Political violence in Kannur speaks of a terrible failure of BJP and CPM leaderships.
The economics prize went to Milton Friedman for his writings in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and the influence of his theories on the monetary policies of central banks.
Nikhil’s debut has audiences clapping hard — particularly in areas like Hassan and Chikkaballapur, where the pull of his grandfather and father, former Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, is strong.
Transparency in government and revival of state PSUs were key campaign promises of the Left Front during the elections in May held in the wake of corruption scandals involving the Oommen Chandy administration.


