Express Opinion

India needs a coherent domestic asylum policy.

An economically weak, politically bickering and diplomatically bumbling nation is vulnerable.

Pele’s planned return to India, 38 years later, recalls poignant what-ifs of Indian football.

Angela Merkel’s Germany has stepped up to the refugee crisis. The rest of Europe must follow.

That skewed sex ratios affect population growth is self-evident. Still, here are three studies to prove it.

An article in the Organiser discusses the failure of the reservation policy in India. According to it, instead of reducing the number of reserved castes, the policy has caused their count to increase.

They offer an opportunity to recall what he stood for. The imperfect Gandhi was more radical and progressive than most contemporary compatriots.

Given the deflationary trend, globally and at home, the RBI needs to urgently review its monetary policy stance.

After an ignominious third-round US Open exit, what lies next for Rafael Nadal?

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on September 8, Forty Years Ago.

Minister Rathore’s militaristic posturing reduces the dignity of his office, embarrasses his government.

RSS reminder on special relations with Pakistan should coax a coherent strategy from government.

A precious possibility may have been squandered by Central and state governments after last year’s floods in Kashmir.

But success of Digital India will need the convergence of networks and regulations.

GDP deceleration is a statistical quirk. Inability of numbers to capture growth will have consequences.

Affirmative action is necessary. But caste-based reservations are unimaginative, crude and costly for the intended beneficiaries.

Bangalore is missing from smart cities list. It has been let down by its leaders.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on September 7, Forty Years Ago.

The Islamic State’s destruction spree poses a question to the global community.

India needs to pursue reforms more effectively if it wants to benefit from the decline in China’s economy.

As a Tamil MP becomes leader of opposition, it is time to build on the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka.

OROP row is near a resolution. Now, government must contain its fallout, soothe bitterness in civil-military relations.

A few things the Indian government could do while oil prices are falling.

After Sonia Gandhi’s refusal to become PM, the Congress put up an embarrassing show.

K.S. Bhagwan, a rationalist and retired English professor from Maharaja’s College in Mysore, talks to Udit Misra about the death threat he received from a Bajrang Dal functionary in the wake of M.M. Kalburgi’s murder.