Instead of matching idea with idea, leadership with leadership, political adversaries match sin for sin.

‘Sholay’, though derivative, managed to be a quintessentially Indian movie.

PM’s visit to the UAE is an opportunity to connect with the Indian diaspora in the Gulf and revitalise ties with the region.

South Asia’s national anthems are patriotic rather than nationalistic.

President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed in his Independence Day address said that the Emergency was a “passing phase” and cautioned that liberty should never be allowed to “degenerate into licence”.

One rank one pension has implications, needs careful consideration, not capitulation to threats.

Your mother was right. If you touch money, you must wash your hands

Talking won’t fix the problem. Dialogue is a process, not an outcome.

Chastised by the courts, the CBI is singing tunelessly in a low key

Dutee Chand order raises as many questions about fair competition as it answers

In Parliament, both sides have raised the pitch, making it harder for them to climb down

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said there was no plan to impose single-party rule in India.

The US veto came at the end of a marathon debate in which India and other non-aligned countries sought the council floor to back the Vietnams’ case.

Bihar contributes a new term to the political vocabulary, and it is already out in the wild

The class action lawsuit is a useful instrument to protect consumer rights. But the government has picked a flimsy case

Delhi must now prioritise settling the water-sharing issue with Dhaka

Currency devaluation is the latest example of Chinese leaders’ misplaced faith in the power of the state

Renminbi devaluation underscores the need to focus on public investment, set our house in order

We need to scale down the programme’s ambition.

Policymakers need to address the real problems in the land market

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on August 12, Forty Years Ago.

Government must urgently bring a law to enshrine citizens’ right to privacy

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on August 11, Forty Years Ago.

It has only managed to kill manufacturing and employment growth