For the first time procurement has been linked to production

The IPL water controversy proves that common sense is least common, especially in the ‘moral’ space occupied by TV anchors and politicians

Pakistan has long suffered from this delusion which keeps the state from serving its citizens

That’s what the Aadhaar Act is. It was rightly categorised as a money bill and is wrongly expected to double up as a privacy statute

Nehru had said that true nationalism is about the victory of India’s people

Centre must begin by disclosing which of the Panama Papers companies had been declared by their owners. Non-declaration must be prosecuted

What happens after the lights are switched off?

There is a mounting employment crisis in India. The current growth model, built on large private investments, cannot address the problem.

From nuclear decision-making to foreign relations, Pakistan’s prime minister seems to be gasping for breath.

Organiser on Jana Sangh founder Deendayal Upadhyaya notes that he “never accepted the Two-Nation Theory and always moved forward bearing in his hands the torch of Undivided Bharat”.

New hydrocarbon policy is an improvement. But government must address ‘softer’ operating issues.

In 2016, happiness is no more within our reach. Our metros are held together by the weak glue of Facebook ties, in which we feel safe and fake.

There’s little to choose between the Trinamool and the Left in West Bengal

India needed to drop its posturing and step  up political and security engagement.  That’s what PM Modi is doing

The hangings of a cattle trader and a child in Jharkhand took place in a context — of a politics that stokes insecurity, trades on fear

That’s Oli’s achievement in China, allowing India an opening

The new hydrocarbon policy can help India reduce its import dependency

Large challenges lie ahead — from entrenched patriarchy to growing intolerance of dissent

My experience came as a harsh reminder that ‘parivartan’ has not begun to happen in officialdom despite Narendra Modi’s promise of ‘minimum government and maximum governance’.

Federalism and democracy are the twin pillars which have to be honoured.

A form of cricket once scorned by the purists can be a thing of real beauty.

Also read how the Congress party almost lost its war room - 15, Gurdwara Rakabganj Road.

I do not doubt the intentions of the government. My worry is, does the government have a firm grasp of the current economic situation.

The successful EU-India Summit gives a new momentum to ties