Violence or threats are on the rise against Hindi-speaking migrants in Maharashtra and in the North-east, writes Vinod Sharma.
The euphoria around India’s growth has to be tempered with realism. Amid talk of superpower status, we need to remember that the country is beset with mind-numbing poverty, writes
Abhishek Singhvi.National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is alive and well but requires careful nurturing. Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha & Shylashri Shankar examine...
Like Myanmar, India had also famously refused international aid and access to foreign aid groups in the Andamans after the devastating tsunami. Neelesh Misra examines...
Opinion leaders on both sides of the Kashmir debate have made the mistake of wrapping everything up in politics, mystery and conspiracy, writes
Neelesh Misra.State crackdowns have taken the business away from traditional toddy brewers and is creating a lethal black market, writes Preeti Singh Saksena.
Misled by their fundamentalist leaders playing to the gallery, Indian Muslims have acquired a ghetto mindset by sticking to the non-progressive and archaic attitudes, writes Firoz Bakht Ahmed.
We can watch ganda Bollywood jhatkas en famille. But goris doing hip-flips at the altar of the national religion, cricket, and Hastinapur, we have a problem, writes Renuka Narayanan.
Tragically, neither city delivers on issues that should matter most to its citizens: infrastructure; law and order; a modern mindset that includes involved citizens, writes
Namita Bhandare.
Since today’s terrorists are more organised than their counterparts a decade ago, new conceptions of safety and security should be followed, writes Sudhir Hindwan.
Vigilance is the price for democracy and instead of blaming each other, political parties must meet the terror threat united, writes
Pankaj Vohra.
Surprisingly, the most vital issue in the Indo-Nepal 1950 Treaty imbroglio has been the continuation of the regime of an open border on which the treaty is silent. Mahendra P Lama examines...
But what happens when an organisation like the Indian Medical Association gets into the product endorsement game? KumKum Dasgupta examines...
In US, there is a deep appreciation for India as it is perhaps the only country which even after bearing the brunt of imperialism has managed walk on the path of democracy, and now has a booming economy.
All stakeholders must recognise the danger of frittering away the current opportunity of achieving a lasting solution to Sino-Tibetan conflict within the lifetime of the Dalai Lama.