The National Green Tribunal has been brushed off, and it is its own fault.

A development or security prism is insufficient to address the alienation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Young commentators are needed, but BCCI is an unlikely mentor

Instead of asking Rajan to sugarcoat the truth, policymakers should ensure India doesn’t trip on growth

Policymakers and politicians can no longer afford to ignore India’s rising elderly population

Mercedes hit-and-run case shows the need to take road safety bill out of cold storage.

Donald Trump is not a uniquely American phenomenon. America is only catching up.

Population control again seizes the imagination. Hopefully, it will not seize policy, too.

High court scraps president’s rule in Uttarakhand. The Centre must heed the message.

Punjab’s wheat payment crisis strengthens the case for direct transfers in MSP operations.

Getting back trinkets from overseas is now the job of elected government, not the courts.

Government has (mis)handled EPF reforms. One step forward, two steps rollback, shows lack of homework, consultation.

RSS can change its mind about Ambedkar. But it needs a frank reckoning with why, how it got here.

It is unfortunate that courts have become arbiters of what constitutes true religion.

Prohibition tops poll promises in Tamil Nadu, Kerala. It’s a deceptive shortcut.

Rational pricing of water for irrigation, not banning new sugar mills, is what Marathwada needs.

Pakistan already has a strong legal regime in place against the likes of Masood Azhar that gives the government enough powers against those designated by its own law as terrorists or members of such groups designated as terrorist

Counter-terrorism capacity and smart alliances — not UN resolutions — can make India safe.

The poor and obscure uplift the quality of democracy.

Karmakar’s leap to success owes to her own enterprise, not the system.

In Maharashtra, where the sugar industry and politics are twined, drought is a manmade disaster

After the Kollam tragedy, reasoned debate has been given a go by

Doesn’t matter if you are 93. No better time than to be social and rally the proletariat

A view of the front page of The Indian Express, forty years ago.