Government must address the stress in the rural economy, seen in falling wages and incomes, which could reverse recent progress in rural areas

Why the world doesn’t buy Pakistani claims of India-sponsored terrorism

For a university to be free, society is obligated to fund it — with taxpayer money.

It lacks editing, the basic requirement of communication. But robots could be doing this soon.

Centre should redirect its energies towards defining and measuring outcomes, and linking them to funds for states.

There can be no greater form of political violence than Haryana’s panchayat law.

Sticking to the fiscal deficit target is riskier than relaxing it a little in order to prop-up growth.

Pampore shows why India needs counter-terrorism institutions, not more martyrs

Rules on suspension of internet would allay concerns on individual rights.

Jat quota demand is more an expression of caste entitlement than a claim to class disadvantage.

Bailing out public-sector banks from the NPA crisis will either increase the fiscal deficit or lead to cuts in welfare and capital expenditures.

The pleasures of narration, the playful yet basic compact between readers and writers, lay in sustaining this lovely illusion, this literal “fool’s paradise”.

Because to rebel is to affirm and renew one’s humanity.

The euphoria, however, did not take long to fade as the complex regional dynamics provided a reality check to Modi’s diplomacy.

The Jats, Marathas and Patels are certainly dominant, but their mobilisation tells us something about structural problems in the Indian economy.

That we need to turn to prudence and self-censorship, reminiscent of performance practice under dictatorial regimes, is alarming

As someone who still halts when Jana Mana Gana is played, it gladdens my heart that revising the fundamental rights ahead of his annual examinations, my son wants to know how shouting slogans breaks any of those.

Those who have seriously questioned it owe an apology to the CSO for doubting its authenticity and the integrity of the statisticians

Not every story should need the PM’s Twitter. But by the time someone in authority takes control, the cause is long lost.

Many senior Congressmen feared it might be construed as support for those shouting slogans in favour of Afzal Guru, a terrorist who was hanged during the UPA regime for his role in the Parliament House attack.

Some lessons from the national embarrassment that is the JNU sedition affair. Will non-Hindutva Modi voters be left in the lurch?

Frankly I was appalled by the videos I saw. I am no hyper-nationalist but object totally to students demanding that India be broken into pieces.

What is the place of a University in the democratic republic that we have given unto ourselves? As a student, can I regard my age as an age where I have the right to be wrong?

Despite growing Sunni resentment, the country is still a role model for integrating the Shia population.