On Sitharaman’s barb, Manmohan Singh says ‘no comment’. Then a dart

Their modern vision of Hindutva defeated the social orthodoxy. This government is the product of the century-long movement of the Hindu Right and its vision to “reclaim and rebuild” the Indian civilisational-State....read more

There is a real policy dilemma the Centre is now grappling with. It needs to ease living conditions and restore rights — but it must also ensure security and crackdown, ruthlessly, on terrorists threatening lives of Kashmiris. It will have to strike this balance. ...read more

But this move has to be followed up with better rollout of State welfare programmes, investigations into the atrocities and penalising the wrong doers, among other things....read more

The non-partisan economist would have helped any party that approached him for policy advice...read more

Tell boys that being gentle or emotionally engaged isn’t a weakness, and help them before toxic attitudes solidify...read more

The scheme needs a higher budget. Finance it by rationalising the regressive subsidy regime...read more

The fate of the Kurds is a reflection of major changes in the region...read more