Express Opinion

A commitment to public spending is an important aspect of strengthening primary and secondary care. East Asian and several Southeast Asian countries have robust public systems with a private presence in provisioning

A year after his sudden demise at 73, the limits of music’s ability to absorb grief have become apparent.

While Senior General Min Aung Hlaing officially calls for “inclusive, free and fair” elections, the regime’s actions contradict these statements

The problem with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) is poor fiscal design that burdens the states unduly

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 16, 1985.

Labourers who rely solely on MGNREGA work will be forced into agricultural labour during this time, at the mercy of private landlords. Is this an employment guarantee or labour control?

This Bill must be comprehensively rejected. MGNREGA has had many problems, but it has served rural India well and served India extremely well in times of economic distress. Much could have been strengthened within its

It’s been six years since Delhi police stormed the university. For the injured students, it’s been a long wait for justice

Standing at the Nova Festival Massacre Site, I could not help but draw a parallel to the Pahalgam attack. As fellow victims of terrorism, India has much to learn from Israel

From Australia to India, terrorism’s most lasting damage lies in the normalisation of fear in ordinary life

India’s future advantage lies in planning. Truth told quickly and effectively is stronger than propaganda told loudly

Fifty years on, the restored climax forces a reckoning with the film’s feudal ethics and Emergency-era politics

The recent move by the DU administration to monitor the kind of conferences or seminars the professors are attending, or the papers they are presenting, has further intensified the fear of surveillance

Remember: You won’t always know what you’re doing, but you will always know who you are. And that is what will raise your boys

New data from the World Inequality Lab and India’s Access (In)Equality Index reveal a structural crisis — rising elite wealth, a hollowed-out middle class, and stalled investment in human capability

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 15, 1985.

If one takes away food prices, core inflation has actually been trending up over the past year and stands at 4.3 per cent — from 0.7per cent

President Trump secured his headline soundbite that Saudi Arabia is ready to invest $1 trillion in the US economy, confirming his view of MbS as a modern-day Croesus. Upon closer examination, however, all Saudi investments

While it is sustainable thanks to long-standing connections in traditional spheres, it is also stagnant since new areas have not been clearly defined

A cynical reading will see the NHRC’s directive as a symbolic gesture. Yet, it also represents a welcome moment of assertion, and a gesture towards a recovery of purpose.

Consulting has always found its purpose in transition. In India, where economic ambition intersects with institutional complexity, consulting will remain vital — not despite AI, but because of it

Without Disraeli, Bismarck, Churchill or FDR, capitalism may not have done as well as it has today. 'Social Democracy,' Mamdani-style, places him squarely with this select group, and not at all with Stalin

What is the film about, you wonder? Eko makes the answer to such a question difficult owing to the nature of its storytelling -- layered, languid and taking time to unravel

It has costs for the party and consequences for the polity

Emails labelled 'Season’s Greetings' are a perfect example of missives that may appear wholesome but can often be meant to deliver a (metaphorical) slap