The caveats are many. But there are compelling reasons to believe that the economy will slowly but surely pick up momentum

Political will and public participation will need to come together for India to become a leader in solar power on a global scale

The election process to the Rajya Sabha is highly predictable. In most states, parties know how many of their own nominees can be elected.

President Pranab Mukherjee who completes his term next July, is already sorting out his papers and gifts presented to him during his presidentship. He does not expect the BJP to re-nominate him.

The awful Swami Adityanath went so far as to demand that Akhlaq’s family be arrested on cow slaughter charges. Is he sick or mad?

How does the government change the behaviour of its citizens in the matter of defecation given the social structure of a village with limited resources?

Scrapping tax treaty with island nation will boost India’s domestic tax reform agenda.

A study in the National Capital Region shows why the search for a house is longer and more arduous for a Muslim tenant.

NDA government has deftly blended welfare and growth measures.

The US may be in poll mode, but PM Modi’s visit is in India’s interest.

Modiphiles tend to brush off the GSPC’s shenanigans at public expense as sins of omission rather than commission

The RBI, under Raghuram Rajan, has done several things right. He deserves additional time and space to see his policies bear fruit.

Modi government’s celebration of itself made for some bad television.

India and Iran have had long and close cultural links, and their ancient and modern histories have been intertwined

The keyword in BJP’s election campaign in Assam was khilonjia — a non-Sanskritic word that means original inhabitant, indigenous or autochthonous.

The state government deems the last odd-even initiative a success but can we solve the pollution problem in the absence of reliable data?

Arun Jaitley’s remarks on judicial activism are timely. The Supreme Court is increasingly, and controversially, asserting control over the executive and legislature.

As it loses its international outcast status, a new Iran grapples with its old.

As other powers engage South Asian nations, Delhi must deal with a changing Subcontinent.

Modi regime’s obsession with the ‘new’ and ‘historic’ is reminiscent of other attempts in history to purge the ‘old’, and to create the ‘non-people’.

Modi regime has had to tell a new story in a rapidly changing global economy.

Make I-T laws less subjective, fix accountability of officers.

Having lost Delhi in overconfidence and Bihar in a tactically bad campaign, Assam has restored the nerves. Modi is a winner.

Pit stops at everything that happened during the week.