India should welcome the agreement between the US and Iran without reservation.

The prohibition pledge acknowledges the growing importance of women voters.

He was struck by Parkinson’s disease in 1982 but did not let that slow him down and went on working at his research and teaching till the very end.

Debate over the appointment of the FTII chairman has acquired an elitist hue.

The European Community has drawn its most draconian line yet with Greece. But the third bailout will also fail.

It says Amnesty does not make the same noises about the complete absence of any democratic mechanisms or rights of Kashmiris in PoK.

Gossip, half-facts and some fiction cannot masquerade as history.

The pervasive elitism of higher education institutions has to be challenged. But their further decimation must also be resisted.

Meghnad Desai sounds like a Modi spokesperson in his attempt to defend Modi’s continued silence over 'Lalitgate' and Vyapam.

The SCO summit, welcoming India and Pakistan as full members, was indeed a good place to restart the dialogue.

Pakistan and India are joined together by shared crises. Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif would rather trade than fight a war.

Reducing preventable disease should be a developmental priority. Government needs to invest in a healthier future.

No wonder, Justice Ray developed an adulatory attitude towards Indira Gandhi.

He may not wish to sack Raje or Chouhan. This is because he respects regional leaders’ autonomy. He is also aware that no due process has been initiated.

Labour, environment and IPR standards in the Trans-Pacific Partnership will influence future Indo-US agreements.

The Vajpayee years saw their share of scandal — but there were victories too, such as the decision not to send troops to Iraq.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown true leadership and mobilised the resources which the urgency demanded.

Then, Plato and Aristotle, and now Mr Tsipras. How did Greece fall so low?

What I do not understand is why Dr Sen as a virtual advisor to the last government did not get Dr Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi to change this horrible state of affairs.

Boastful talk of the India-Pakistan matchup being better than the Ashes has disappeared these days.

The US is upset over the Home Ministry’s stringent action against the Ford Foundation, which has made its continuation in India problematic.

Pakistan’s army chief and PM are challenging dangerous narratives that haunt and hobble the country.

In the national anthem, ‘adhinayak’ refers to the ‘dispenser of human destiny’.

By interpreting the word “adhinayak” as “Angrez”, we are doubting the patriotism of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.