Opinion

While Delhi needs to scale up the Mohalla clinic model for good primary healthcare and provision for more hospital beds to take the patient load in case of an outbreak, medical infrastructure alone cannot curtail these diseases.

Considering the fact that motor vehicle policies today are no longer cheap, the least one expects from insurers is a more transparent , fair and honest policy document and an equally honest response to claims .

Modi must preserve the dignity of the ordinary Kashmiri. This is what he will be judged by.

Prepare for conflict when relationships are smooth. Dispute suppression is the surest way to serious rift.

Public discourse has become intolerant. Respect dissent and be civil

To restore normalcy in the region and promote investments, the work for a J&K Investors Summit to be held in the last week of November has already started and a number of corporate groups, educational institutions and others, have submitted letters of intent to the J&K governor Satya Pal Malik.

The Maharashtra government appointed a 10-member committee to investigate into the causes of the recent floods in Sangli and Kolhapur districts and give recommendations for better flood management in the future.

The June quarter is not an aberration. India’s GDP growth rate has been slowing for five consecutive quarters now. This is only the second instance since December 1999 that the GDP growth rate has fallen for five straight quarters.

From rock music magazines dating back to the 60s and hardbound books on French décor to a March 1930 copy of the popular out-of-circulation American women’s magazine McCall’s, the box contained uncanny treasures of the literary world.

Modi’s continued appeal, the party’s organisational might, its ability to expand its social coalition in all three states, its proactive campaign, and a weak and fractured Opposition give the BJP an edge in all three upcoming battles in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana

Family planning which focuses only on women, and executed largely by women workers, will not yield the appropriate results. Male workers can convince men of the need for institutional deliveries and inform husbands of the need to be involved in child care

The paradox is that despite its diminished numbers, the Congress has at least two Lok Sabha Members of Parliament who, if given a chance, could command attention, win respect and, perhaps, create a rallying point for the party. They are Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari

A lot of what is great about India even today owes its origins to the princely order and the various states that they ruled. This is true of cricket, art and culture, handicrafts, folk traditions, industry, irrigation,textiles, tourism, and even institutions of learning and science and technology

Belief that closes your eyes and your mind is not belief, it’s zeal

Let’s try to get over it in a non-filmy way, for once.