He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it

It’s not that Maharashtra has spent less on irrigation. The real problem is its high cost.

Compared to his predecessor Mrinal Pande, chairperson of the Prasar Bharati board Surya Prakash has increased his perks, emoluments and powers.

If the Prime Minister wants to stop having his agenda for governance and development derailed, he must build better relations with the media.

Dr Rajan was not obliged to explain what he had meant, but he did explain a few days later and reminded his critics that a central banker has “to be pragmatic and cannot get euphoric”.

The Canadian government has after 102 years apologised to the Sikh community in Canada and around the world for turning back the Komagata Maru.

If Pakistan is waking up to its perils, now is the time to reach out to neighbours

A new alignment of incentives and unrest is emerging . It could make reservations an important political axis

CCTVs and training courses in Oxford can’t transform school education. Mindsets need to change.

Ram Madhav’s assertions do not match the ideological discourse of the RSS.

Now that the new GDP data have implicitly received the RBI good housekeeping seal of approval, perhaps we can all move on to more challenging appraisals of the Indian economy

Deoband seminary is wrong. Muslims can and should chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’

Arbitrarily invalidating private contracts, as with Bt cottonseed royalties, will dissuade investors

Nearly seven years spent in Delhi’s jail within a jail are enough to educate oneself in the socio-economy of crime

At a time of extreme rural distress, the Centre is violating the basic provisions of the employment guarantee act

A news channel gets a new name, but what changes on news TV?

Truth is the first casualty in this war

A view from the Right on this week's events.

The unwillingness of the system to devolve responsibility and funding to the city level is a major failure. Alongside Amrut and the Smart Cities Mission, we need to urgently spell out the dimensions of institutional reform

The Islamabad Literature Festival gives reason for optimism about India-Pak reconciliation

Ajit Doval apprising SC judges on national security weakens democracy.

Anyone familiar with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation knows its prosaic routine on J&K.

The lesson is clear: In Bangladesh, the extant culture of impunity that discriminates between perpetrators of crimes based on their political identity must be ended.

Fate of millions of refugees depends on whether the ceasefire can lead to a peace process