A bit of a comic, are you? Keep your wisecracks to yourself if you don’t want the law after you.
Net users and tech firms united to defeat the US pro-patent bills. Sreeram Chaulia writes.

We spend our lives hostage to the biological count of years.
Lena Saha writes.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Manas Chakravarty writes.

I’m deeply saddened by the Army Chief controversy.
Karan Thapar writes.
Syed Shahabuddin is one of history’s most underrated literary critics. Indrajit Hazra writes.

The barracks’ doors have always remained firmly bolted when our political worthies have popped around sensing an opportunity to put their oar in.
Chanakya writes.
To solve the power crisis, free up pricing, set up a regulator and make the sector viable.

The way art is taught in Indian schools is below satisfactory. We must engage with the subject in a meaningful way.
Katherine Rose writes.
Mini cabs may replace autos in Delhi. But it will not make the ride easier. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Parliamentary democracy is as alien to our culture as living together. Should we do away with it too?

To stop digital piracy, the entertainment industry must focus on finding a new model.

It could cut waste and give the poor more money. So why is the world's largest identity programme being stymied by the home minister?
Samar Halarnkar writes.

The difficult political situation in Pakistan is good news for the army.
Sudhanshu Tripathi writes.

China's desire to hardsell soft power is inconsistent with its domestic realities.
Joseph S Nye Jr writes.