Express Opinion

By exhorting the army to take over,the MQM has sent Pakistan into a tizzy....

Did the US win or lose in Iraq? What does that mean anyway?....

Two years ago today,Senator John McCain,the Republican presidential nominee,introduced the world to his running mate,Governor Sarah Palin....

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha by an overwhelming majority.

From my struggling artist and then NRI phases,I entered the intellectual blah blah period working for global companies.

For fear of an onslaught by lunatic fringe environmentalists,I begin with a prologue.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh graciously agreed to be the chief guest at the release of former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s autobiography...

Rahul Gandhi keeps awayfrom day to day politics. He has quite rightly shunned Cabinet and is busy in the Congress grassroots organisation.

History continues: when Left loses politically,its ideologues return ‘home’ to Congress — and to its delicious crumbs...

A letter-writing campaign for an Iranian accused of adultery

A register of reports and views from the Pakistan press

While the world focuses on the flood-ravaged Indus River valley,a quiet geopolitical crisis is unfolding in the Himalayan borderlands of northern Pakistan...

Successive state governments in UP have botched land acquisition,but Greater Noida is an exception

And what falls through the gaps

History continues: when Left loses politically,its ideologues return ‘home’ to Congress — and to its delicious crumbs

Justice Iyer says: Our socialist,secular,democratic republic must appoint only judges who share the political philosophy of the Constitution...

What the misinformation and indifference around the nuclear liability bill say about India....

They are the most visible and the most vulnerable among America’s immigrants....

Having shed much of his dignity,core convictions and reputation for straight talk,Senator John McCain won his primary on Tuesday against the flat-earth wing of his party....

The controversy over the mosque proposed in New York at the 9/11 site is being closely followed in the Urdu blogosphere....

The HRD ministry’s goof-up on the honorary PhD for Vishwanathan Anand by the University of Hyderabad came as a shock (‘For 3 months,Govt used red tape’,IE,August 25)....

Forest produce could be an engine of growth,not an obstacle....

Why China is keen to underplay its enhanced economic clout

Shekhar Gupta’s ‘Rajiv’s tri-triumph’ (IE,August 21) was insightful. His peregrination of Rajiv Gandhi’s contribution,with hindsight,is nuanced....

Why allotting steelmakers ‘captive mines’ is unfair and inefficient....