Express Opinion

Why it was necessary for my newspaper to respond to an Assam Rifles notice with a blank editorial.

Now that Bihar’s women have voted, what about their economic rights?

‘Face with tears of joy’ is the Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year. Word, singular, not words.

Indian channels have a lot to learn from the international coverage of 13/11.

It is difficult to decide where to draw the line but it must be drawn, as far as possible, in favour of free speech.

Surrogacy isn’t morally reprehensible. Surrogates should be seen as workers.

It is to keep the European project alive — and to find a political solution to the quagmire in West Asia.

Mani Shankar Aiyar’s TV remark on Modi is in poor taste. Loose talk will not help improve Indo-Pak relations.

Saeed Jaffrey’s career in London is one of our most memorable crossover tales.

The Swachh Bharat cess goes against the logic of GST and fiscal federalism.

Why Stockholm punches above its weight in innovation and entrepreneurship.

With five states polling soon, the great Indian election is set to continue without recess.

The global community can’t view terror attacks in different places as only loosely connected. Allies need to recognise that the paradigm shift in global terror requires a new, unified doctrine .

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on November 17, Forty Years Ago.

Revisionist histories overlook his bigotry, while his contemporaries saw nothing else.

Responses to Mumbai, Paris attacks were strikingly different. But India has learnt since.

Masala bonds are good news for Indian borrowers — and the city of London.

Recounting the personal history of Jawaharlal Nehru is not enough. He is better celebrated by taking forward his vision of swaraj

IISc Bangalore’s climb in world university rankings holds lessons for other Indian universities.

France must not repeat the mistakes made by the Bush administration after 9/11.

Delhi’s new approach to defence diplomacy came out clearly in the comprehensive joint security agenda set by Modi and Cameron

India needs strict laws to reduce child fatalities in traffic accidents

Those at the top must listen to the elder members of the BJP, who have warned against the party coming under the control of one or two leaders. The BJP has always prided itself on being a “party

The government’s version of the uniform civil code must be debated publicly.

Beyond a reiteration of good intentions, little was achieved. Neither past difficulties were resolved nor future opportunities concretised.