Express Opinion

A river,a village,and bad words

500 days on,not many of UPA-II’s promised bills have been passed

There is ample land at the Ayodhya complex. It’s not too late for a compromise

Unless Obama gets Israel to extend the freeze on new settlements,his peacemaking effort will be a humiliating failure

A register of reports and views from the Pakistan press

The Ayodhya issue’s edge has been blunted,but there has been no closure

The dwindling of wildlife populations,especially the tiger,is a matter of great concern.

A fine new book on Adam Smith,and that big old question

On the hopes raised by the all-party delegation.

The campaign against the UID project is far from representative of the majority

The Sino-Indian relationship is poised to be the most important geopolitical relationship. It may be more pragmatic than is currently thought.

Government goes to the movies to learn about itself

Why we need to boast more about Millennium Goals successes

Jamaat-e-Islami’s official bi-weekly Dawaat,in an op-ed commentary,describes the judgment on the title suit at Ayodhya as “a great trial for the country”.

What’s good for government employees should be open to workers in the private sector.

A chilling thought for TV news: will there be life after the Commonwealth Games?

Democracies are inexplicably fazed by the China story.

American President Barack Obama’s statement that tax breaks should not go to companies which are creating jobs abroad.

Our main political parties are still figuring out how to mobilise a new India

Bitterly divided Naga factions have finally made common cause

With the nation in its sixties,new efforts at opening elite Sanskriti schools across states are both ironic and shameful..

As Delhi reaches out to Tehran to protect its interests in Kabul,some in Washington argue that the United States too must explore the prospects for a dialogue with Iran on how to stabilise Afghanistan.

In many parts of the world its lustre is dimmed. Its practitioners need to make the case anew

With ‘Freedom’,Jonathan Franzen provides a few clues

Fifty years on,the treaty is a sparkling study in resolving disputes