Articles by Mark Tully
India needs to relearn what it has to teach
Minds have to be kept open because there will always be something more to learn about these questions. That’s why Indians should be proud to be an argumentative country. That is why there should not be any full stops in India

Updated on Jan 14, 2023 07:56 PM IST
Celebrating unsung freedom fighters
If we had continued to fight for Gandhi’s India, if we had not forgotten those inspired by his vision, we would now be a very different nation, writes P Sainath in his new book

Updated on Dec 31, 2022 08:50 PM IST
For Bangladeshi politics, a turbulent time looms
From creating despair among development economists, investors and donors, as it used to, the country now gives them hope. But has the bubble burst?

Published on Dec 17, 2022 07:35 PM IST
The message from G20 Religion Forum
I would like to draw your attention to an article written by Ram Madhav on the G20 Religion Forum, or R20, which ensures that religion functions as a genuine and dynamic source of solutions rather than problems in the world

Updated on Dec 03, 2022 09:03 PM IST
Remembering friends and the golden days
In the 19070s and 1980s, the radio was king. Fortunately for the BBC and me as their correspondent, the government’s control didn’t allow All India Radio to exploit its potential. So, Indians would turn to the BBC to get independent news. Rajiv Gandhi turned to the BBC to confirm his mother had died

Updated on Nov 19, 2022 07:21 PM IST
The road to atmanirbharta may go through GM seeds
Lifting the ban on genetically modified seeds should allow tests for the new mustard seed developed by a scientist at Delhi University. But will the step be a game-changer?

Updated on Nov 06, 2022 05:30 PM IST
Successor to Truss will face a raft of challenges
The new prime minister will inherit a country wracked by an economic crisis, labour unrest and a ruling party divided against itself

Updated on Oct 21, 2022 07:38 PM IST
Decoding the Russian gameplan in Ukraine
Putin has said he is prepared to defend territories he annexed using all available means. Does he hope to arouse such fear that America and NATO agree to cut back or even stop their supply of arms to Ukraine, or is it possible that Putin is prepared to go nuclear?

Updated on Oct 08, 2022 05:28 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth was a symbol of stability
Queen Elizabeth succeeded because she was aware that she had to do her duty, and more often than not that meant keeping quiet.

Updated on Sep 24, 2022 06:23 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth accepted limitations, dedicated her life to being the Queen
Queen Elizabeth II’s death marks the end of an era not just for the people of Great Britain but also for the people of the Commonwealth and indeed the whole world bearing in mind the standards she stood for and the values she upheld. She broke the record for the longest reigning monarch and the oldest queen. She made 247 Commonwealth visits.

Published on Sep 09, 2022 11:16 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth accepted limitations, dedicated her life to being the Queen
The very recent celebrations of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee demonstrated her popularity and the popularity of the monarchy.

Updated on Sep 10, 2022 07:29 AM IST
Why Birmingham put on a massive show for CWG
The reason is Birmingham’s wish to shed the title of Britain’s Second City.

Published on Jul 30, 2022 07:56 PM IST
UK’s PM race: Who should Indians back?
In my view, Sunak is the man who knows India because of his years as Johnson’s finance minister. He needs support, too, because he is receiving such offensive attacks from the tax reducers

Updated on Jul 16, 2022 07:25 PM IST
India can lead the democratic world
In his forthcoming book, Towards Decentralized Democratic Global Governance, economist Ramgopal Agarwala argues that the leadership India can provide would lead to the end of hegemony

Updated on Jul 02, 2022 08:46 PM IST
The pivotal partnership between God and science
If religious groups are to lead the fight against what Amitav Ghosh calls “the securitisation and corporatisation of climate change” they will have to have a theology which goes with it.

Published on Jun 18, 2022 07:46 PM IST
Why we shouldn’t be careless about Covid-19
In this Covid-19 calm, the central government and the WHO should sit down together and discuss calculations made by both sides to find out what went wrong and how to put that right

Updated on Jun 04, 2022 08:30 PM IST
Reform the Raj-era judicial system
The dark shadows of the colonial past hang over the proceedings of the SC too. E-courts alone won’t clear those shadows away

Updated on May 07, 2022 07:45 PM IST
Reforming the higher education system
Students are worried about recovering lost knowledge. But they must also worry about another issue: There may be no teachers to teach their subjects. There is a shortage of 6,481 teachers in centrally funded universities

Updated on Apr 23, 2022 06:01 PM IST
The effect of Putin’s actions on the US, NATO and India
People who claim to know Putin well say that he will never accept any end of the war which he cannot see as a victory and sell it as such to the Russians.

Updated on Apr 09, 2022 07:17 PM IST
The West is unwilling to fight for Ukraine
Did Zelensky have to fight Putin? Was it wise to sign a charter on strategic partnership with the United States in 2021?

Updated on Mar 26, 2022 10:40 PM IST
What do the verdicts mean for the Congress?
Are its days as the alternative party over? Now that it has lost Punjab, the only two sizeable states that it rules are Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Published on Mar 12, 2022 06:41 PM IST
Haryana: The grim reality of brick kiln labourers
There was no work between March 2021 and February 2022 in the brick kiln. So, the workers earned nothing in that time because they are paid on a piece-work basis.

Updated on Feb 26, 2022 07:44 PM IST
Why Mangeshkar mattered so much
The Mangeshkar I treasure most is her accompaniment to the destitute Nargis struggling to pull a plough in Mother India

Updated on Feb 12, 2022 05:17 PM IST
Modi’s speech marked the end of Nehru era
The RSS leaders were not included, but they didn’t figure in the Independence movement. The most immediate reason for the PM selecting this heterogeneous collection of men as bulwarks of nationalism is to demonstrate the end of the Nehru era

Published on Jan 29, 2022 05:14 PM IST
Need: A genuinely independent justice system
Recent events in Britain and India prove that both countries need a system of justice entirely independent of politicians and civil servants

Updated on Jan 15, 2022 08:49 PM IST
Tutu: In the steps of Mahatma Gandhi
The Indian team’s gesture in honouring Tutu symbolised the nation’s recognition of the link between the Archbishop and Mahatma Gandhi. It was a physical link

Updated on Jan 01, 2022 08:02 PM IST
To protect democracy, remove inequality
Biden’s summit has made it clear that democracy must be seen to deliver greater equality if it is to win the battle against authoritarianism

Updated on Dec 18, 2021 07:40 PM IST
An integrated method to measure poverty
Measuring a nation’s welfare by the size of its economy and, therefore, concentrating on achieving GDP growth is damaging. NITI Aayog’s new national multidimensional poverty index can change that

Updated on Dec 04, 2021 10:20 PM IST
Use religion to battle the climate crisis
In India, almost all the world’s religions have a historic home but the voice of faith on the climate crisis is hardly heard. Religious leaders must come together to demand a change in the narrative of development

Updated on Nov 20, 2021 07:44 PM IST
Why Merkel stood out among world leaders
In spite of her policy of seeking compromise in the best sense of the word, Merkel would not have survived for so long if she had not been able to be tough

Updated on Nov 06, 2021 04:01 PM IST