These challenges are set to deepen, if they are not addressed with a wise and far-sighted politics. At stake is the poise and healthy functioning of the federal system

It has seen the country’s dominance in the game in Asia and a resurgence on the Olympics stage

September 18, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao announced that he would seek a vote of confidence for his ministry on September 20 when the Legislative Assembly is scheduled to meet.

The imagination of children as agents of disruption was one of the deterrents to its publication. But Golding knew that just like adults, there is no one way for a child to be, that they, too, have a capacity for deviance.

The government must take measures to cap, if not cut, the consumption of high-analysis fertilisers like urea, DAP and muriate of potash. That may well be way forward to address ‘food vs fuel’ debate.

The expansion of insurance coverage needs to be supplemented with expansion of public health infrastructure and hospital coverage. Our healthcare system needs more holistic reforms.

Delhi deserves a functioning government — not a mere placeholder. AAP should turn its attention from Kejriwal's 'agnipariksha' to what the city needs.

Climate resilience will require urban and infrastructure planners to be sensitive to local socioeconomic conditions and ecology. Coordination between agencies and experts in these areas with Mission Mausam endeavours could make for more robust climate preparedness

The serious comedy, the witty drama, the historical epic – the mainstream on American TV -- appears to be moving from and beyond genre shows. TV seems to be fulfilling the role that many, including the likes of Martin Scorcese, believe that films have abandoned in recent years

Compulsively hating on Rahul Gandhi is irrational, and as people showed this June 4, it’s out of fashion. We urge Singh to get with the times

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 17, 1984, Forty Years Ago.

While the legislative intervention has set these important issues aside, it remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court views the question of fairness in compensation as distinct from the narrow logic behind prohibition

As more women enter medicine, it is time to iron out systemic inadequacies, patriarchal mindsets

September 16, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi made it clear that she was not changing the present system of government to bring in the presidential system.

Given the ever-growing demand for reliable and affordable power, it is crucial that we continue to move forward towards fostering competition and market development, and not take a step back

Whether in power or in Opposition, it is in her role as the underdog that the West Bengal CM has been most at ease. But she now finds herself at an impasse. Can she find a way out of it?

Over the past decade, almost every statistic that matters has been questioned, sometimes even by the government itself. This is the larger concern, especially at a time when the eyes of the world are trained towards the Indian economy

The moves are welcome. Centre must lift restrictions on trade in other farm products

Now, Vinesh has entered a new arena — electoral politics. Unlike sports, where persistence, regular training and hard work are highly likely to pay, electoral politics is a circuitous struggle without defined principles or practices.

Manipur is trapped in a web of suspicion, deceit and ethnic conflict. It was never easy to maintain the peace and carry on a government in Manipur. It has become unimaginably worse thanks to the callousness of the central government and the incompetence of the state government, both run by the BJP.

The answer is not to continue expanding reservations. The answer is for our political leaders to realise that for India to ever become a fully developed country the most vital change that must happen is for India’s children to have access to real schools.

Garry Kasparov had aptly summed up the state of affairs in world chess when he spoke of an ‘Indian earthquake’

It is at best a source of limited relief and at worst, evidence of a completely dysfunctional criminal justice system

In his bail verdict, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's criticism of CBI strikes many a chord — should be heard by those who pull the agency strings