Opinion & Edits

Why it is important for classrooms to learn to transgress

India’s new digital rules are bad news for democracy

No classroom is monolingual. Our education policies must reflect this

Indo-US partnership holds the key to checking China

Innovative and stimulating

The most effective way of using stimulus funding

Attorney soldier

The Bofors controversy,that alleged that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was part of a corrupt kickback deal,will not die down.

Despite the signs

There are reasons enough to be sceptical of the Pakistani establishment’s sincerity in militarily defeating the Taliban….

The sounds of Kolkata

The Dharmatala traffic junction in Kolkata must be the noisiest place in India. At least it is the noisiest that I have ever been to….

Fast action hero

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s breakfast-to-lunch fast on Monday was perhaps not quite the spur of the moment decision….

Why flog a dead horse called justice

One of the memorable experiences from my years as a journalist is associated with the centenary celebrations of the Congress party in Mumbai in 1985…..

Dreaming a bad dream

As someone who believes Indira Gandhi was India’s worst Prime Minister it shocks me when I meet people who think she was the best….

When politics tries your patience

When the shock of 26/11 took place,the first reactions were angry. A lot of Mumbai citizens expressed their dissatisfaction with the leaders….

Eminent forebears

The Union law minister and the attorney general “stain” not only the government but also the system of democracy.

The partyless wonders

The new crop of independents mean well. But they don’t understand or respect our politics

Electoral ATMs

As the financial crisis spreads around the world,many in India have expressed relief and pride that the domestic banking sector…

Night of the screamers

It’s working. Two weeks of the second season of the Indian Premier League and it’s finally been drummed into me who the damn sponsors are.

Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

Since Andhra Pradesh may well decide the next Central government on May 16th,its political peculiarities demand national attention.

Has Beeb taken on more than it can chew?

BBC can be precious some times — ‘gunmen’ in Mumbai on 26/11; the whole world was calling them terrorists.

Better late than never

Pakistan finally launched an attack against the Taliban,and as gunships hovered over Lower Dir…

The NREGA trap

The expanding state has imprisoned rural voters in identity politics

The mythical ‘science’ of predicting elections

If you go by the record of our pollsters in the last five years,you will find they got it wrong as often as they got it right.

The Chawla factor

Now that Navin Chawla and V.S. Sampat have assumed charge as India’s chief election commissioner and election commissioner….

Anatomy of a prejudice

How the English-speaking middle class can stop worrying and learn to love Mayawati

Of reform and resistance

Nehru nearly staked his government,and Ambedkar resigned over the Hindu Code Bill

Quiet,gentlemen,please

The ruder the campaign,the more difficult post-poll allying

Institution wrecker

Reading the editorial ‘Wages of arrogance’ and Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s ‘Battering ram’ (IE,April 29),one must observe that while Nehru….

Case for the prosecution

Hold government accountable: create more independent prosecutors

The politics of resignation

Mayawati’s moment is passing. So give UP’s voters a real alternative