Opinion & Edits

Chethana Raj's death: Our entertainment industry can't brush gender issues under the carpet

In Perarivalan's case, the constitutional battle between governor and government

On marital rape, regressive notions undermine autonomy of women

Is the BJP in UP really more representative of society than other parties? Not really

Building better cities

Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi houses the Ministry of Urban Development as well as the Ministry of Health….

Stop exchanging dossiers

It’s not often this column gets a mailbox full of letters that agree with the views of your humble columnist. This happened last week. The gist of the letters was that India’s national interest was undermined by the Prime Minister when he allowed his Pakistani counterpart to bully him into that reference to Balochistan in […]

What is India doing in NAM?

Why are Indian politicians so fearful? Why do they behave like teenagers with acne and angst rather than like leaders of a global power….

I am still around

Trust the Samajwadi Party’s ubiquitous general secretary Amar Singh not to disappear from sight even when he is in Singapore for a kidney transplant….

Some are more equal than others

Kalam stood in line. When will our netas follow?….

PM,’Vijay Diwas’ and the Nuke Sub

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has an opportunity to rise above the din of Delhi’s latest political controversy.

Irreversible choices

Any ambitious undertaking invariably has accompanying risks. The Delhi Metro is a big project,carrying its inherent risks….

Figuring out hate speech

And whether Rita Bahuguna-Joshi broke the law…

The big rewrite

Don’t fret over the lines of the Indo-Pak joint statement. A bold grand strategy may lie between them….

The big light bulb and a philosophy of life

The sun,the moon,the earth and me,with news TV….

Looking beyond Darfur

The Sudanese Civil War ended in 2005. However the province of Abyei has often been at the centre of intense fighting….

Retail but no resale

End-use monitoring of defence equipment from the US is not taboo….

Against the grain

The government,it seems,has decided to go slow on the Food Security Act,something it had promised to enact very quickly,just a month ago.

A White Paper previewed

The new Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee’s declaration that she will soon get a white paper drafted on Indian Railway’s performance over the last five years raised ripples.

Tread carefully

Admittedly,the Americans are good salesmen and tough bargainers,people who always negotiate from a position from strength…

A daddy state

In Chandigarh Administration v. Nemo,the Punjab and Haryana High Court delivered two judgments (on June 9th and July 17th) holding that a mentally disabled…

No more pocket money

On the face of it,bank nationalisation and abolition of privy purses as well as other privileges of princes would appear to be Siamese twins…

This republic of suffering

A series of ominous signs are visible in Nepal’s peace and constitution-making process. From the Indian Prime Minister to the UN Secretary General…

Perceived insult?

Frisking a former president of India was not merely an insult to him,but to the country as well….

Doctors without borders

Why should India restrict qualified doctors from abroad?

What class are you in?

Educating children into a culture of equality in the face of immense inequality

The test of time

It was a moment of Zen. Andrew Flintoff was down on the Lord’s pitch on his aching knee,his arms spread like a mythical bird posing for a sculptor…

Command and control in Iran

The unrest in Iran,which began as a protest against the rigged election of June 12,2009,caught the Iranian authorities by surprise.

View from the right

In its latest issue,Organiser carries an editorial titled “Time to rethink on EVMs”,which says: “Finally,the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) controversy has reached the apex court.