Express Opinion

This was a year of the shrinking public sphere. Here’s to stepping out, without stepping over

Five persons were killed and about 14 injured in violent incidents that marked the one-day band called by the Tamilaga Vivasiyagal Sangham led by C Narayanswami Naidu.

Fraternity may well be the only treatment for the multitude of challenges that this pandemic has brought with itself.

Both need to listen to each other because for them, and all of us, the end is the same — India's peace and prosperity. So both need to choose means that are wise, that are

For the larger Hindutva project is fundamentally about consolidating Hindu society across caste differences and the Muslims are the punching bags. The prejudice and fear against them is designed to instil such unity.

It is incumbent upon healthcare providers who have borne witness to the societal fissures that determined who lived and who died, to help rebuild and reimagine. They ought not to retreat to the wings.

Superstar quits politics before entering it. As always, he has perfect timing

Cardin broke tradition and built an empire. He also designed clothes

We must use our economic crisis to set some bigger things right. 2021 will be a year to welcome if it returns us to the growth trajectory we deserve.

Delhi Police raid on Delhi riots lawyer raises questions about state intimidation, and freeness and fairness of a criminal trial

We need to have intelligent design, the kind that Cardin pioneered. In India, we are sadly reduced to being a copy of a copy, and have restricted ourselves to bridal trousseaus without even an edge

The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Arjun Singh seems to have launched an operation against the dissidents. Even before the ink was dry on the Raj Bhawan communique accepting the resignation of the Health Minister Shrinivas

With the threat of China looming over, peace talks with NSCN-IM must not be allowed to lose momentum.

Government will need to incentivise shift to electric vehicles. Widespread adoption will require supporting infrastructure

There is now an emerging category of Indians migrating out and opting to stay out of India because they feel their motherland no longer wants them. This sense of alienation, especially among minorities, is a

As the new year approaches, India’s cricket team turns a corner

Life in almost the entire Brahmaputra Valley and the districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar hills was paralysed by the 34-hour Assam bandh.

One person converting another is a political act under the garb of exercising religious freedom. However, any person’s informed decision to embrace another faith out of their free will, untainted by extraneous factors, is and

The process of people gradually shifting from poverty to some kind of comfort and security had been going on for the last three decades. That has been pushed back by the pandemic. That is the

Why is it that PM Modi's followers have gotten more and more brazen in their assault on minorities, especially Muslims, after each such appeal? And why is it that the PM keeps following hate-mongers on

The art of policymaking is to balance the interest of producers and consumers within reasonable financial resources.

Army takes welcome first step in fake encounter case in Shopian. Process must be completed, and the guilty punished

The protesters are right to demand repeal of farm laws — the central laws violate the spirit of federalism in the Constitution and apex court directives.

In the dark shadow of COVID, the private screen seems to have found a new shine, a dynamic dazzle. It is this private watching that has saved many a film economically in these times, and

We will see the rise of a New World Order driven by national interest, reliability of partners, and of course, economic factors. India has to use a “Gated Globalisation” framework to negotiate this change.