Category: Commentary

Is there an impending debt crisis?

By Amit Kapoor It has been a decade since the biggest financial crisis in living memory swept the globe. In…

7 years ago

Enjoying power – a lesson from a legendary Indian king’s throne

By Vikas Datta Rulers of men, be it in a system autocratic or democratic, soon begin to believe in their…

7 years ago

What’s causing so many changes to India’s monsoons?

By Raghu Murtugudde For the third year in a row, the monsoon season has produced floods in the northwest and…

7 years ago

Demonetisation may have hurt more than it helped

By Amulya Ganguli It will take time for the economists to figure out whether the fall in the growth rate…

7 years ago

BRICS Summit against backdrop of plummeting Washington-Moscow ties

By Saeed Naqvi Two recent events will influence attitudes at the 9th BRICS summit at Xiamen, China, from September 3…

7 years ago

TN girl who fought against NEET commits suicide, leaders condemn state, Centre

Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS) With her dreams of becoming a doctor dashed owing to a low score in the National…

7 years ago

Imaginary ailments make me ill

By Nury Vittachi I don't always Google my cold symptoms but when I do I have the Black Death, pregnancy…

7 years ago

Denouement at Doklam: India must take long-term measures

By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) Accustomed as we are to shrill hyperbole in India's public discourse, the description of the…

7 years ago

The irrationality of belief?

By Amit Kapoor Self-proclaimed godmen and a coterie of sycophants to back them and validate their claims have always been…

7 years ago

Infosys saga indicative of industry-wide malaise

By Amit Kapoor Infosys is yet again in the news for all the wrong reasons. The poster child of the…

7 years ago

BJP plays the caste card knowing it won’t get the Muslim vote

By Amulya Ganguli When the Supreme Court excluded the "creamy layer", or the well-off sections, among the backward castes from…

7 years ago

Afghan Quagmire: India must learn to play the big game

By Lt Gen K.G. Krishna (retd) The US President has spelt out the much-anticipated US Policy for Afghanistan and South…

7 years ago

From ‘Mr Kisskissbangbang’ to kings and more: Sean Connery’s cinematic journey

By Vikas Datta He is perhaps the best symbol of cinema's transformative power - a rugged-looking, working-class man who became…

7 years ago

Salim blames centre, Mamata and media for plight of Bengal flood victims

Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Blaming the "irresponsive" and "irresponsible" central and West Bengal governments for the plight of the flood…

7 years ago

India’s social advancement dependent on rise in productivity

By Amit Kapoor The Indian rupee has been on a rising spree this year. Beginning from historical lows back in…

7 years ago

India needs to promote woman power for better shot at Olympic medals

By Siddhartha Upadhyay A few months ago, I was on a panel discussing how more women could be engaged in…

7 years ago

Despite the rhetoric, the US can’t pull out of Paris pact before Nov 4, 2020

By Rajendra Shende The world today is "locked" in more ways than one. Brutal inequality, dreadful terrorism, unashamed threats on…

7 years ago

Desert warrior, ignored prophet: Lawrence of Arabia’s life, legend and legacy

By Vikas Datta How is history made? From the interplay of political, social and economic forces, decisions made elsewhere or…

7 years ago

Need of the hour is to keep the core of Infosys intact

By Amit Kapoor Vishal Sikkas exit from Infosys seems to have been accentuated by the streak of comments made by…

7 years ago

What does this story say about the 70th anniversary?

By Saeed Naqvi This is a true story. I am revisiting it with a purpose: So that it collides head…

7 years ago



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