Opinion & Edits

What wins votes today is ‘trust capital’

The message from the government’s wheat export ban

Decolonising science in Indian education

Can there be justice in the 2019 Hyderabad encounter case?

How far has China come?

Taking stock,as the People’s Republic turns 60….

The Middle Path

As China celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic this week,India must take a deep breath and begin a fundamental rethink its strategy….

Daring to disarm

In the light of former DRDO scientist K. Santhanam questioning the yield of Pokharan-II nuclear tests…..

Security vs privacy?

Collection of multiple-point data by the proposed national intelligence grid (NATGRID) will perhaps be the easier part….

Now there are five

In Haryana’s crowded fray,the Congress faces little opposition….

Who’s afraid of the NPT?

The objection to its discriminatory nature is not just rhetoric

Asking for the moon

Placing Chandrayaan’s remarkable findings in scientific context

Dig deeper

While the government continues to figure out how to deal with the Naxalite problem,it’s actually scaling up with notable speed in affected states….

Gandhigiri in Copenhagen

The Mahatma can still provide the key to breaking deadlocks….

The Afghan test

How the US goes forward on Afghanistan will determine its sense of its power….

Marriage of true minds

Weddings are hot right now. And,Ekta Kapoor takes on TV vèritè with her new serial….

Isle of contention

How Mountbatten resisted all the wily British plans to hold on to the Andaman and Nicobar islands…

Where’s Musharraf?

When Pervez Musharraf talked out of turn about how he diverted US military aid,his American benefactors not only forced him to backtrack but also silenced him….

Podium for mavericks

Why the UN General Assembly is formatted for spectacle….

The chosen ones

Family and politics are becoming too intertwined. But separating them is tricky….

Lest IITs go the Air India way

The Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs) are undoubtedly crown jewels in India’s system of higher education. Their contribution to making India largely self-reliant in top-notch manpower needs in diverse areas of engineering in the pre-liberalisation era,and to India’s emergence as a powerhouse in the knowledge economy in the era of liberalisation and globalisation is […]

India’s missing rank and file

There are many theories on how the British conquered India,but perhaps the one on which there is credible evidence is about the role of a well drilled army….

Moonshine for water

Last week as I watched Indian scientists crow with glee over having found ‘water on the moon’ and TV anchors burst with unconcealed pride….

Anti-doping regulations & privacy

Doping in sports is unpardonable. It is the worst form of cheating. Doping is a scourge which has afflicted sports,including cricket….

A hack’s job

Pakistani ambassador Shahid Malik has encountered the same problem that Mani Shankar Aiyar recently faced….

Studying to tell the tale

Disabled children need to be educated in the same schools as others…

Twice shy

The recent ruling on maintenance rights and bigamy strikes a blow for womens’ dignity….

Cigarettes and biscuits

China’s army,US GDP,India’s history….

By merit only

To stand for elections is a democratic right that should be enjoyed by every citizen….