By Faisal Kawoosa The National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2018 is on the anvil. There have been a lot of deliberations — and opinions sought from the ecosystem, including industry and the regulator — about what…
By Amit Kapoor The developing wave of economic nationalism across the world has reached disconcerting levels. President Donald Trump’s recent move to raise tariffs on import of steel and aluminium into the US signalled the…
By Vikas Datta The ultimate test of a language’s survival is how it is chosen by its users to express their innermost feelings.This yardstick could well explain the case of Urdu, especially when it struck…
By Amit Dasgupta Idyllic Maldives faces a serious constitutional crisis and there are no indications that President Abdullah Yameen is willing to soften his position. On the contrary, all indications are that Yameen would ruthlessly…
By Amulya Ganguli Prima facie, it can seem that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been able to achieve its objective of ushering in a Congress-mukt (free) India in the northeast, especially in Tripura, by…
By Zarifa Sabet The term “Bacha Posh” literally translated from the local Dari language means a “girl dressed like a boy”. There are families who bring up their daughters as sons and, once they reach…
By Nury Vittachi A middle-aged man in a boring grey suit walks on to the stage and waves his calculator. “Are you READY TO ROCK?” he shouts. The audience goes wild. Apparently, accountants are the…
By Taponeel Mukherjee For India to become a $5 trillion economy, the government needs to go from being a spender to an even greater enabler of businesses than it currently is. Debates about the appropriate…
By Amit Kapoor It is quite commonplace to hear that India will be an economic superpower in a few decades. However, the current reality is far from it. One cannot deny the abysmal standard of…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 26 (IANS) Paradox continues to dog Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, irrespective of the geography he is in or the position he commands. As Defence Minister, he seemed to be…
By Radhika Bhirani “Arre, maine kuch achieve nahi kiya (I havent achieved anything)… Theres a long way to go. I feel my career has just started. Haan… let me tell you that,” said Sridevi, laughing….
By Subhash K. Jha We all say good things about the dead. But Sridevi was truly special. Her mere presence could light up the screen like no other actress. Sridevi started her career as a…
By Vikas Datta Anyone who thinks that the only place you could find the likes of, say, Stalin, Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Einstein and Elvis Presley together would be in an encylopaedia or a…
By Amulya Ganguli Narendra Modi’s views of the historical events at the time of partition are as problematic as his understanding of what happened in the subsequent periods. Inaugurating the new, plush, 170,000 sq. feet,…
By Nury Vittachi Fed up of standing by watching while others make and lose fortunes on cryptocurrencies? Now you too can make and lose a fortune! This columnist realised it was time to tackle this…
By Taponeel Mukherjee Export credit agencies (ECAs) have globally played a significant role in promoting trade and investments by providing insurance and funding. It is important for global infrastructure investors and the Indian government to…
By Rajendra Shende Srinivasan leaves his office in Bengaluru where the lights and air-conditioners are switched off when sensors planted inside notice that he is leaving. He is prompted on his e-watch as to how…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) The coming days are going to be crucial for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in general — and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan…
By Amit Kapoor For most part of human history, change was glacial in pace. It was quite safe to assume that the world at the time of your death would look pretty much similar to…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics and software company, does not have big, secret warehouses in India where it is dumping unsold inventory and is actually selling smartphones faster…