Category: Commentary

Solving crime and murder the Scotland Yard way

By Vikas Datta The London policeman, a member of the modern world's first professional law and order enforcement force, has…

7 years ago

SC verdict on national anthem bad in law

By Amulya Ganguli It may not be entirely coincidental that on the day Donald Trump decreed that those who burn…

7 years ago

India-Israel ties: Growing warmth and set to flourish

By Md. Muddassir Quamar Israeli President Reuven Rivlin's November 14-21 visit to India came a year after President Pranab Mukherjee…

7 years ago

How Rahul, Congress Twitter accounts may have been hacked

By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) As the news of Congress Party and its Vice President Rahul Gandhi's…

7 years ago

Students in literate states lead spike in protests

By Prabhpreet Singh Sood & Prince Singhal States with higher literacy levels report more protests, and nearly half of these…

7 years ago

New Pakistan Army chief: Will there be a change of narrative?

By Brig Anil Gupta (Retd) A new chapter was heralded in Pakistan's history on November 29 when, for the first…

7 years ago

‘Less-cash’ society can ensure financial, digital inclusion of the masses

By Amit Kapoor With the government decision to withdraw Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes as legal tender, an ongoing…

7 years ago

A politically incorrect guide to the world’s diverse peoples

By Vikas Datta Exuberant Americans, reserved Englishmen, orderly Germans, fatalistic Russians, unorganised Italians, charming and chic French, impenetrable Japanese, laidback…

7 years ago

Time for cricket board’s one-upmanship over

By Veturi Srivatsa A senior Indian cricket board member has compared the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha Committee recommendations to overhaul…

7 years ago

The pragmatic revolutionary: Fidel Castro and his legacy

By Vikas Datta As a teenager, he once wrote to a US President congratulating him on his re-election and requesting…

7 years ago

Trump: A turning point or stopgap?

By Saeed Naqvi After a convivial evening at King's College on the Strand, when he boarded the Victoria Line to…

7 years ago

The Indian right is more moderate than the far-right in West

By Amulya Ganguli Donald Trump's victory has been ascribed to the anger of the white working class in the US…

7 years ago

The poorest escaped #NoteBandi: They have no money

By Mukta Patil, Shreya Shah & Swagata Yadavar Dressed in a white dhoti, with a bright pink tilak on his…

7 years ago

Only 16 of every 250 fake notes detected in India

By Devanik Saha Is India doing enough to detect fake notes, cited by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a…

7 years ago

Key lies in closing gap between academia, industry

By Indu Kannan 'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much' - Helen Keller Ideally, a…

7 years ago

Demonetisation: It cannot be business as usual any more

By Amit Kapoor The Prime Minister's move on demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes is now slowly playing out.…

7 years ago

Telling the City of Grace’s story: Lucknow’s diligent biographer

By Vikas Datta The very name of Lucknow, its 'nazakat' and 'nafasat' still evokes a sense of elegant refinement and…

7 years ago

Demonetisation a make-or-break venture for Modi

By Amulya Ganguli There is an element of spasmodic jerkiness about some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies. In foreign…

7 years ago

Demonetisation: Questions from abroad Modi needs to answer

By Deepak Goel New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Post-demonetisation of high-value currency notes in India, Nepal Premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal…

7 years ago

After rending nation asunder, Trump aspires to be unifier

By Ashok Easwaran In 2008, an immigrant voter recalled at a community meeting this week, tears streamed down her face…

7 years ago



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