Opinion & Edits

To reform education system, provide a level playing field, regardless of caste, sex, or income

Ambassador Marker helmed Pakistan’s embassies at a tough time in its history

Events of 1984 still scar the Punjab mindscape. A People’s Commission, Peace Memorial are needed

It’s time for signatories of Chemical Weapons Convention to re-affirm their commitment

The West Asia Stalemate

On the Iran nuclear deal, players lack the moves to deal with a vexed issue

Riyadh contradiction

First group of Saudi women to receive a driver’s licence mirrors an overdue change. But are civil rights by decree sustainable?

Forty Years Ago, June 6, 1978: New Janata Crisis

The Janata Party was heading for fresh trouble with Raj Narain demanding reconstitution of the national executive and the central parliamentary board of the party.

View From The Right: Reading Kairana

The editorial argues that the voting pattern clearly suggests that in a constituency like Kairana — in which the BJP secured over 50 per cent of the vote in 2014 with a 73 per cent voter turnout, only 45.7 percent votes could be retained with a 54 per cent turnout in the bypoll.

Power and force

Incessant political violence in West Bengal casts a shadow over Mamata Banerjee’s record as CM, her claims to a national role

Welcome to Nagpur, Pranab da

Even as the visit stokes outrage in some circles, no swayamsevak has expressed reservations about a Congress stalwart on an RSS platform

The four year toll

BJP-led government might be good at coining acronyms but the people know that it has only marginally built on the legacy of Congress-led governments.

The new militancy

Centre must look it in the eye, without delusion or denial, in order to address and combat it effectively in J&K

The Kerala challenge

Congress legislators question its Rajya Sabha preferences, call for better representation for youth. Party must not turn a deaf ear

Sunil Chhetri’s despair

Let’s empathise with Indian football captain. But why should fans crowd stadiums to watch tournaments with few thrills?

May 5, 1978, Forty Years Ago: Janata vs Sangh

Front page of The Indian Express on June 5, 1978

Mending The Frame

It is time the pattern of training, system of evaluation, of civil servants is debated

Fuel for thought

We urgently need a strategy to reduce demand for petroleum products and push substitutes

Abandoned at sea

China’s maritime strategy calls for a paradigm shift in India’s defence-industrial programmes. But declining budgets, dysfunctional acquisitions could stymie strategic necessities.

Mis-reading archbishop’s letter

Anti-RSSism must not obscure that it is part of an organised smear campaign

Raja Mandala: Securing the littoral

At Shangri La dialogue, New Delhi showed that it is backing up its rhetoric on Indo-Pacific with concrete action.

On The Loose: Without Fail

Whatever one’s opinion of the value of the CBSE or ICSE curriculum, a 90+ score is an indication of how hard a student is willing to work for something, which is a trusted predictor of success in life in general.

Message from UP

Kairana result speaks not just about Opposition unity but also about the Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh

June 4, 1978, Forty Years Ago: Peace Zone Rejected

Front page of The Indian Express on May 4, 1978.