Drastic legislative measures in response to the spike in sexual crimes against children distract public attention from executive and judicial failures to ensure justice for child victims

There is a direct fight between the NDA and the grand alliance in Bihar. And it is nothing but a miracle that like Dadri has brought the Muslims of Bihar together, Faridabad has united Dalits.”

Why can’t we have more civilised and intelligent discussions on TV?

Systematic and selective land titling, and charging owners extra, is an idea worth pushing.

India must have a serious dialogue with African countries on its role in future peacekeeping operations on the continent.

The RSS has come a long way since it was formed 90 years ago, but perhaps its “sceptic critics” are still bound by their old conceptions.

Writers were not blind to ‘love jihad’ or ‘ghar wapsi’. Our agitation was not manufactured.

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons may not deter an Indian retaliation in case of a mass-casualty terror strike, but an escalation is likely to ensure mutual destruction.

The Africa summit provides the PM with an opportunity to think more boldly about India’s security engagement with the continent.

Why early life investment matters, and what we should do about it.

Unrealistic ambition and incremental reforms can be self-fulfilling prophecies.

New transport apps in Bangalore are changing the way people commute

Sahitya Akademi has broken its silence. But the rage against the writers’ protest was the most instructive part of this episode

The state has achieved near universal enrollment. The challenge now is to guarantee learning for every child. Start by letting teachers concentrate on academic work

The BJP faces a dilemma: While inaction may exacerbate the discontent of the Hardik Patels of tomorrow, any questioning of the reservation system may alienate low-caste voters.

While India takes stock after Dadri, Pakistan’s minorities continue to languish under the law.

Scapegoating ‘hoarders’ and ‘speculators’ for the spike in dal prices might have been effective in the 1960s. But today, it is only evidence of a rather sloppy conceptual policy framework.

We have allowed the unholy nexus between the upper castes and the rich to continue for long and keep the backward classes, SCs and STs suppressed.

Centre must take up strategic disinvestment with vigour.

The UPA was all about corruption, the NDA is all about communalism.

The collegium system has been restored. Now, efforts must be made to improve it.

This project will be fraught and dangerous. But the defence of India’s republican ideal requires more than nostalgic appeals to our supposedly tolerant heritage.

Cultural homogenisation through centrestaging Sanskrit will rob Indian culture of its plurality.

The real challenge is not teaching women in the air force to fly. It is bringing about a shift in thinking. Women in the forces need to be made equal contributors to strategy, future-planning.