The stage is set for providing the full gamut of financial services to the excluded.
Samit Ghosh writes.
A resolution to divide Punjab and restore the provincial status of Bahawalpur has been passed. But is the nation ready to give space to different ethnic groups?
Ayesha Siddiqa writes.
The Gurgaon Police added an extra zero to the Reebok scam amount. This is not really a mistake.
The rupee's slide is linked to our demand for oil. So cutting subsidies on fuel is important.
To prevent sexual abuse, we must talk to children about sexuality in a positive way,
Radhika Chandiramani writes.
With Pottermania ending, pet owls have been junked. It could have been worse, it could have been tarantulas.
As India urbanises, its metropolitan areas are ill-prepared to join a global trend of renewal.
The government now has to use whatever goodwill it has left to deliver the goods,
HT writes.
Whistleblowers on corruption are paying with their lives. Pass a very strong law now.
We all know that the mercurial Mamata Banerjee is more than happy to trip up the government at the slightest provocation. But even she must be flummoxed by the extraordinary offer from former BJP president Rajnath Singh.
The informal sector assures few social security protections to the elderly poor. A universal pension scheme can no longer be treated as an unreasonable demand.
Harsh Mander writes.
Poor administration is at the core of the infant deaths in Srinagar. Sanchita Sharma writes.
The 25th anniversary of the Siachen operations passed in silence.
Manmohan Bahadur writes.
I believe, as many of you do, that reading old books is like meeting old friends. And if you read an old classic after ages, you have the feeling that you are at home with a long-lost friend.
The White Paper on black money keeps the issue alive, and provides actionable points.