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

Bangalore to Raisina

Nandan Nilekani’s appointment to head the Unique Identity Authority (UIDA) of India has been received positively….

Remember the Time?

We’ve been hearing stories of Michael Jackson’s shady lifestyle for so long that we had almost forgotten what made him famous in the first place.

Get serious

We are back taking a gamble on the monsoon. Sixty-one years after independence,the rains matter….

First,free education from licence raj

The best thing that has happened to Indian education in recent times is for Kapil Sibal to be appointed Minister…

Securing his place

Mamata Bannerjee is not the only union minister who views Delhi as a stop over and not her main destination.

Why Nilekani needs a broader mandate

Dr Manmohan Singh’s government deserves kudos for appointing Nandan Nilekani as the head of a super-ambitious national…

MJ

I woke up to this sad news. I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t believe it. It’s as if we are all having a bad dream. Why him and why so soon?

Who ate his homework?

The HRD ministry’s 100-day plan has provoked the academic community out of its stupor.

Duped by IPL

The IPL gave the Indian team a false sense of security,particularly at a time when they should have been preparing for the T20 world…

The audacity of pop

Michael Jackson was the Barack Obama of pop music. Or perhaps it should be put the other way round….

Cop ethics

Most of the problems faced by governments,whether in the states or at the Centre…

Ruined by options

Though I believe in equity of opportunity for all,I do not think parity between students from different education…

Monsoon matters

Weather just isn’t what it used to be. Calcutta winters aren’t as sharp; Kashmir’s snowfall not as regular…

Remembering Emergency,34 years on

Americans of a certain age still remember what they were doing when John F. Kennedy was shot dead.

Pieces of the Persian puzzle

The massive public demonstrations of the past week in Iran,unprecedented since the revolution thirty years ago…

Beware of the tweet next door

Twenty years ago,the world was transfixed by an image a lone young man standing in the road before a column…

The budget process

As the Central government gets set to present the union budget on July 6,Parliamentary Research Services explains the process…

Cricket euphoria

After long,the balance in the Pakistani press has tipped towards good news. Courtesy,Pakistan’s victory in the World T20 championship…

Statistics over stories

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme,more popularly known as NREGA,has come under sharp focus since….

Anchors and four curious cases

BBC is a good place to turn to if you want news TV interpretation of death of icons.

The roots of corruption

The Supreme Court has refused to stay an Allahabad high court order threatening to initiate contempt of court proceedings…..

Wiping the slate clean

The new government has before it a list of education agenda items that it must consider early in its tenure to…

Pointless journey

It’s a land of azure blue water and off-white sand,of a journey to find India that ended with the discovery…

Red threat

The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser titled “Maoists are enemies of the nation. Crush them” says: “The recent spurt of Maoist violence in Bihar…