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?

Banking on RBI

The government is done with the fiscal policy for 2009-10,at least for now. It is over to the Reserve Bank of India to coordinate its monetary policy…

Right and wrong

Bibek Debroy best summed up Pranab Mukherjee’s Budget. It’s indeed the kind of Budget we deserved since it’s “not flashy and spectacular”.

Orphans of history

Uighurs are unlike any other people in the annals of mankind: they do not trace their origins to neolithic times. They do not claim that antiquity is littered with their linguistic and cultural traces.

Show me the money

In the run-up to Budget 2009,there was a demand to increase the allocation of funds for Dalits in the country under the Special Component Plan. Whether these demands have reached him or not,the Finance Minister promptly submitted a budget which reduced the SCP allocation for Dalits by 18 per cent.

View from the right

The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser,titled “A take on Liberhan” says: “The voluminous report of the Liberhan Commission…

Make him sweat

A swan dress in 2007. A shorts-and-waistcoat tu-xedo in 2008. A cropped,polo-neck jacket in 2009. Maria Sharapova unveils something vibrant every Wimbledon.

Unravelling the sari myth

Long after the Japanese gave up their kimonos,the Chinese their Mao boiler suits and the South Americans their boleros,we Indian woman,whether at home or abroad,clung loyally to our saris.

Fragility of stone

Why is Mayawati erecting statues to herself? The urge to memorialise one’s career typically occurs late in life. But Mayawati is young…

Instances of irrationality

Recently,the Maharashtra assembly witnessed the bizarre spectacle of two BJP MLAs alleging that a “conspiracy” was underway to increase…

Right passages

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee claims to push an agenda of achievable reforms,notably the UPA’s social security schemes…

Handle with care

Whenever we see the kinds of images that have been coming out of Iran over the past two weeks,we tend to think back to 1989 and Eastern Europe.

Waiting for take off

Last week the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) once again deferred full implementation of the ground handling policy at airports…

View from the LEFT

The CPI(M) which has so far remained quiet on Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s controversial proposals to make Class X board…

The great Game Folio

India should be pleased with the renewal of US-Russian cooperation on Afghanistan announced on Monday in Moscow.

Read between the lines

Outside the Congress party and its allies,no one seems to like Pranab Mukherjee’s Budget,apart from those who gain…

On not giving in

Even as the Delhi high court’s landmark judgment reviewing the constitutionality of certain readings of the archaic Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code …

Debating India’s stand on military aid to Afghanistan

Should Delhi offer significant military assistance to Kabul? Should India send its troops into Afghanistan?

The sweetest dividend

In global meetings,there is now concern on India and China changing the balance of power.

More than just proof of life

A project to provide Indians with a ‘unique’ identity can be variously interpreted. Narrowly construed,it…

Mamata competes with Rakhi for airtime,and wins

Pit Mamata di against Rakhi S and who would you bet on? After their respective performances on Railway Budget….

Whither 377?

The Delhi high court judgment on Section 377 is not only constitutionally correct but also necessary…

Up next in Kabul: polls key to its future

Tiny green pieces of cloth flutter atop a group of graves just near the old town of Kabul.

Why Bangalore BPOs sound a little different now

Time was when offshore call centers in India offering customer service to American banks,airlines or technology companies…

Commit now

Populism gathers around hot topics and thus leads to a scenario where…