Fake information, a lack of meeting places and the spread of technology are isolating and driving Indians further away from each other than ever,
Samar Halarnkar writes.
In Uttar Pradesh, a liquor baron may, again, corner child nutrition contracts. How money meant to fight malnutrition is reaching elsewhere.
Samar Halarnkar writes.
The battle against terror is setting itself up for failure if innocents are implicated and, if set free, offered no apology or reparation.
Samar Halarnkar writes.
Millions of Indians need a helping hand. An ideological schism at the top reflects the uncertainty about how to do this.
Samar Halarnkar writes.
An IAS officer wins a town’s admiration after cleaning a school lavatory. India could do with some toilet training. Samar Halarnkar writes.
A life sentence for a police officer, a politician and his goons shows how India's shaky system can work — if citizens make it work. Samar Halarnkar writes.
A Brazilian writer’s comment finds an echo in Kashmir, a bank officer from Shopian enters Bollywood, and the need grows for reconciliation. Samar Halarnkar writes.
It is destined to be a national hub of light, a ‘new Singapore’. But for five lakh tribals and lower castes, Singrauli is India’s heart of darkness. Samar Halarnkar writes.
A sudden spike in headaches at a Delhi hospital made insurance companies and government officials suspicious. Samar Halarnkar writes.
Married at nine, abandoned at 20, now a mother to 1,000 children. A movie reminds India of the extraordinary life of Sindhutai Sapkal. Samar Halarnkar writes.
India’s corrupt system of indirect subsidies can’t deliver inclusive growth. As the government falters, the argument for paying the poor grows. Samar Halarnkar writes.
Radiagate is forcing Indian journalism to ask of itself questions it prefers to ignore. It needs to ask many more. Samar Halarnkar writes.
One man’s profits have brought the wrong kind of political attention to a sector that could aid the government and energise the poor, writes Samar Halarnkar.
India’s medals tally is at an all-time high. So is its global hunger ranking. Unlike the Commonwealth Games, there are no last-minute fixes for the latter. Can the new icons help? Samar Halarnkar asks.
On Monday, in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, the food ministry admitted the figure for decayed grain was not 50,000 tonnes, but 67,000 tonnes, or nearly six times higher than Pawar had admitted. That’s enough to feed 1.9 lakh families for a month, says Samar Halarnkar.