If the government seeks propriety from private parties, it, too, must be scrupulously proper, writes
Pratik Kanjilal.
Sixty-three years after Independence, there are enough reasons for us to be celebrating India’s hard-won freedom today. But is this celebration being conducted under darkening skies?
A simple Independence Day advice: Don’t ask what you can do for your country. Ask what your country can do for you, writes
Indrajit Hazra.
In several areas the government appears confused, contradictory or, worse, paralysed, writes Karan Thapar.
Today is a day to celebrate our freedom. I know that many of us will say we could have done better in the last 63 years, that we could have achieved this and accomplished that. But today is not a day to carp and cavil, but an occasion to remember and cherish the amazing outburst of freedom that we have witnessed since independence, writes Manas Chakravarty.
So there I am, sitting in the rocking chair that no longer rocks, twisting myself around so that my book catches the best of the light from the lamp on the small glass table alongside the chair.
To battle hunger and malnutrition, we first need to know where they exist. As of now, the State’s data is sketchy, writes Manoj Kumar.
While Suresh Kalmadi may have a lot of answering to do, MS Gill, Sheila Dikshit and Jaipal Reddy will also have a tough time answering queries if and when a probe is held into the major scams, writes Pankaj Vohra.
The Islamic centre near the 9/11 site was initially named Cordoba House. To claim inspiration from a symbol of Islamic triumphalism is curious, writes Ashok Malik.
The Assam Accord was signed on August 15, 1985. The Centre is yet to implement it fully, writes Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.
South Asia is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. So it is very important for the Saarc nations to work together in monitoring, assessing and tackling this common challenge, writes RK Pachauri.
It was a dainty, delicate thing, the rakhi, with trimmings of golden thread around a satiny, red centre. She slipped it on to my wrist, and turned my hand this way and that to see how the rakhi looked on it.
The PM’s claim that the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill will create a resurgent India is misleading. It will only favour US firms and their Indian ‘add ons’, writes Sitaram Yechury.
The people of Ladakh depend on revenue from tourism. So if you plan a holiday here, you will be doing a big service to the people here, writes Tashi Motup Kau.
With two days to go for the Babri masjid verdict,
Ashok Malik provides some legal scenarios that could have both parties claim ‘victory’.