Beyond the grief of the moment, we need to stop denying India’s not-so-hidden apartheid.
There is a moral and economic case for not taxing NPS withdrawals.
A strictly regulated and independently audited jallikattu is the way to go.
What if law does not dictate how people live or die but allows old customs and traditions to do their work?
Bihar’s job reservation for women is a welcome gesture, but focus has to be on increasing opportunities and capabilities.
Goa government offers a half-baked explanation for the removal of the coconut tree from the ambit of the Preservation of Trees Act.
The great debates in northern India after 1989 over reservation showed how political education was in India — by denying that it was political
The bodies of Mohammed Islam and Kali Bowri were brought overground and handed over to the police.
As tennis joins the sports under a cloud of match-fixing and corruption
Aroon Tikekar carried forward the rationalist legacy of 19th century Maharashtra
Public wrangling between ministries sends out dispiriting signals for the river cleaning project
Tehran’s readmission to the world market offers opportunities Delhi must seize.
Risk taking, experimentation and teamwork must also infect government machinery.
Connecting the northeastern capitals by rail will produce enormous dividends.
Raghuram Rajan rightly cautions India against being seen as a weak state that lets off the well-connected loan defaulters.
New mobile towers, better roads are making a difference in a troubled region.
Two decades after the massacre, the families of victims wait for justice.
'Start-up India' is overdue. But creation of enabling policy environment must not be restricted to start-ups.
The ‘tight fiscal, easy monetary’ policy mix can better address problems that plague private investment.
New Delhi needs to initiate a national audit of police and intelligence preparedness, based on global best-practices.
Delhi’s odd-even scheme has rephrased the question of pollution control.
The new crop insurance scheme may entail a cost that’s worth paying.
Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Israel marks the beginning of an important year for the bilateral partnership.






