Category: Commentary

A massacre on a dusty Iraqi plain and its poetic remembrance

By Vikas Datta A small band of prominent people, including women and children, refusing allegiance to the ruler, were forcibly…

8 years ago

Lumpen communalism can be shamed, but will media help?

By Saeed Naqvi Kash Hindustan mein hota janam Abbas ka Barh ke hum Hindu utha lete alam Abbas ka (If…

8 years ago

New questions over India’s $165 bn gamble of linking rivers

By Charu Bahri The dry reservoirs -- despite an average monsoon -- of south Karnatakas Cauvery basin illustrate Indias rainfall…

8 years ago

Prohibition: Nitish Kumar will learn his lesson sooner or later

By Amulya Ganguli There is an element of desperation skirting the edge of rationality in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's frenetic…

8 years ago

A battle for eyeballs: Football or Town Hall?

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Football or Town Hall? Tube addicts are torn over watching America's most popular…

8 years ago

Diarrhoea, pneumonia kill Bihar children, but parents shun award-winning facilities

By Swagata Yadavar An ambitious $23-million (Rs 153.5 crore), award-winning five-year-old programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…

8 years ago

Is Kashmir safe for women? You’re wrong, Madam Mufti

By Ruwa Shah Dear Madam Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, you recently touted Kashmir as a safe place because women don't…

8 years ago

‘Surgical strike’ needed on dengue, chikungunya

By Rajat Arora The "surgical strike" on the terror launch pads across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir…

8 years ago

BJP’s needless aggression does injustice to Modi, Army

By M.R. Narayan Swamy The BJP has done enormous disservice to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Army…

8 years ago

Data breach threat is real and rising fast in India: Kaspersky Lab

By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) If you are running an enterprise or planning a start-up in India,…

8 years ago

Economic freedom can unlock India’s vast potential

By Amit Kapoor The Fraser Institute's annual Economic Freedom of the World Report raises some important points for Indian policymakers.…

8 years ago

Tamil Nadu, Kerala have high female literacy – and most women entrepreneurs

By Prachi Salve The five states with the largest proportion of literate women -- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West…

8 years ago

A truly Bohemian intellectual and his abiding relevance

By Vikas Datta In an era when populist rhetoric and rituals trump achievements and genuine belief, democracy exists, but with…

8 years ago

Delhi continues to top world’s most polluted megacities list: WHO

By Alison Saldanha Delhis air is the worst among world megacities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed recently, even as…

8 years ago

In din of Indo-Pakistan war drums, some real losers

By Saeed Naqvi Shaila died in a Karachi hospital on the day when the army camp in Uri was attacked.…

8 years ago

Climate math and forgotten sums

By Rajendra Shende A brilliant and amusing mathematician of our times, Joseph Keller, was known for his playful indulgence in…

8 years ago

The Saint and the Pope: The tale of two Francises

By Vikas Datta The venerable sages of India, the Buddha, Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, Guru Nanak -- the founders of all…

8 years ago

‘Surgical strikes’ will reap Modi rich political benefits

By Amulya Ganguli During the Kargil conflict in 1999, India did not cross the Line of Control (LoC). If it…

8 years ago

Will India accept Paris green target?

By Charlie Moloney As India prepares to ratify the terms of the Paris Agreement on climate change on October 2,…

8 years ago

Follow the Gandhian path to overcome intolerance

By Anil K. Rajvanshi A whole book can be written on how Mahatma Gandhi's ideas are relevant today. He was…

8 years ago



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