Express Opinion

Tamil film historian Theodore Bhaskaran calls a comparison between MGR and Rajinikanth “foolish”.

While the Supreme Court has stayed the order after it was argued that the judgment was “likely to set a dangerous precedent”, it remains to be seen how the apex court responds to this unprecedented

The number of journalists covering Parliament has been restricted to a bare minimum.

On the farm laws, all that is left to say is that there is a total breakdown of trust. Farmers believe the new laws will destroy existing farm markets and throw them into the hands

P Chidambaram writes: I don’t wish to anticipate the Budget. There is a universal demand for increase in investment in health infrastructure and increase in defence expenditure, and I support that demand. The FM may

This year, as the Economic Survey shows, the focus is predominantly on the recovery path after initial derailment and the losses suffered by the Indian economy due to the pandemic. The recovery is expected to

In the year that is now behind us, the virus, the pandemic and related interventions changed many things around us. For most, daily routines were disrupted. The lockdown and other pandemic responses resulted in reduction

Let us pause for a moment to rededicate ourselves to the core values which Bapu stood for — most importantly, the need to rise above casteism, communalism, regionalism and provincialism of any kind — and

‘Doomsday Clock’ is closer to apocalypse than ever. It is the parochialism of nation-states in the face of oblivion.

The Economic Survey argues for higher public spending as a means to attract private investment, boosting economy.

Weaponising the law to book farmers government had engaged with, throwing IPC at journalists, is not policy. It won’t work.

Assam DIG Hiranya Kumar Bhattacharya is an alleged sympathiser of the agitation on the foreigners’ issue. Professor Lakhinandan Bora of the Assam Agricultural University was also arrested under the NSA.

Shaibal Gupta was trying to understand the state with the most untapped growth potential in the country — rich in water, human resources, agricultural possibilities and several prospects of diversifying its economy.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: The scenes at the Red Fort may have been disturbing. But the real darkness on the horizon is not the protest, or the turn it might have taken. It is the

Government should avoid the temptation to levy new cess. Tax relief, in fact, could spur spending, give boost to economy.

Gandhi’s reading of the Gita, the most important text of the Vaishnava sect of Hinduism, is part of his internal criticism of popular Hinduism

Yashwant Sinha writes: Some areas are in dire need of reform, but, perhaps, not in the manner the government has attempted to implement the three farm laws.

The central bank may have been the main game in town in 2020. But fiscal policy will likely play a bigger role in shaping the growth recovery in 2021.

Until recently, and for near five decades, politics in Tamil Nadu has revolved around three charismatic figures, who claimed the legacy of the Dravidian movement: DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi defined one pole of state politics

Health research must be funded more, especially in the area of implementation research to ensure that more money for health translates to more health for the money.

IMF pegs India’s GDP growth at 11.5 per cent. But higher growth expectations should not lead to policy complacency.

Pumping of crude oil from Upper Assam’s oil fields to Bihar’s Barauni refinery was resumed today by employees of Oil India ending their 13-month non-cooperation with the management over the foreigners’ issue.

The principle of proportionality is an important principle in criminal jurisprudence. Nevertheless, while adjudging the seriousness of the offence the court has not given consideration to the fact that the victim, a minor, is entitled

Name-calling ahead of elections has plenty of takers in times when words speak louder than actions.

On ‘Tandav’ and Munawar Faruqui, the court, so readily agreeing with the prosecution, shrinks space for free speech.