The malaise of fake god men
BY D.C. PATHAK India’s proud legacy of its civilisational history would not be complete without the mention of its holy sages and divine thinkers who set an example of how to bring the benefit of…
Commentary
India cricket selection committees need complete overhaul
By Yajurvindra Singh The popularity and growth of cricket in India, both on and off the field, has had a steep rise. An Indian victory or a defeat has a telling impact on the mood…
Resetting of India-Sri Lanka ties
BY SHUBHA SINGH Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse’s state visit to India takes place just over two months after his newly-elected brother, President Gotabaya Rajapakse visited New Delhi, a visit that took place just…
Building credit institutions of tomorrow
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE Given India’s need for infrastructure expansion and the infrastructure financing gap, attention needs to turn from the overall macroeconomic view on sectors and funding towards the microstructure of the credit markets in…
Delhi Election: Why there is still fight left for Feb 8
BY RAHUL VATSA Even when the Delhi elections were weeks away, many political experts had declared Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party the winner. As for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the electorate of Delhi…
Real estate can’t be neglected stepchild
By Anuj Puri Union Budget 2020-21’s almost pointed negligence of the real estate sector was most puzzling – especially since the previous budget had envisaged an ambitious blueprint for the country’s economic future. For realizing…
Markets to rebound on Monday
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by saw markets under pressure and lose ground on four of the five trading sessions. Post announcement of budget they simply crashed on Saturday when a special trading session…
A safe inclusive Budget in current economic situation
By Sunjay Kapur Overall the Budget 2020 has tried to factor in the current economic situation and consumer sentiment. It has taken into cognizance the aspirations of the youth and women, both of whom play…
Shootout at Jamia an aberration: Movement much bigger
BY SAEED NAQVI “Haqeeqat-e-Abadi” or the eternal truth of the nationwide protests will only be energized by the “Police Zindabad” shouting country pistol shooter who fired into a protest outside Jamia Millia Islamia, not far…
De-radicalisation is the new call of security
BY D.C. PATHAK Faith-based radicalisation as distinct from ideological or ethnicity-based motivation behind militancy, is at the root of the new global terror of our times that has unfortunately got linked with the so-called ‘Islamic…
Budget sets stage for economic revival
By Vikram Shreekant Kirloskar Budget sets the stage for economic revival while maintaining fiscal balance. Finance Minister does a tight rope walk while adding pace to reforms and sending positive sentiments to Industry. The Finance…
Removal of DDT & its financial impact
By Ashok Shah Earlier effective Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT)was 16.995 per cent on the dividend declared. The tax was then grossed up in Budget 2014 and the current effective DDT rate was 20.56 per cent…
Operation Cyber Freedom: Securing over a billion dreams from adversarial entities
BY VINIT GOENKA We are part of a thriving, young, and vibrant nation. We also belong to a civilization that is timeless in age backed by a culture that has gifted the world spiritual enlightenment,…
Sabka Vishwas & the need for more of the same
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE As debates rage on the nature of stimulus most appropriate for the Indian economy and on whether increased government expenditure or a reduction in taxes is the best way forward, recent data…
The Will to Win
By Yajurvindra Singh The defeat in the super over in the 3rd T20I faced by New Zealand against India at Hamilton, showed how the mind has become as important as matter, in the game of…
Why disparage nationalism?
BY D.C. PATHAK The anti-CAA agitation, strengthened by the political opposition to the proposed NRC project, is built around the narrative that the Modi regime intended to widen its Hindu support base and disenfranchise many…
Only one Bengali, one Malayali elected to assembly — Delhi partial to north Indians
BY VIVEK SHUKLA New Delhi, Jan 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the campaign for the Delhi assembly elections is in full swing, one thing looks clear: Delhi is not at all keen to give a fair deal…
Reflection on partition as government opens wounds on citizenship
BY SAEED NAQVI Since the word “Partition” has figured in the discourse on CAA, NCR, NPR the mind turns towards Maulana Azad, who was fiercely opposed to the country’s division. By a coincidence, next month,…
Budget to provide impetus for economy, markets
BY ARUN KEJRIWAL Markets fell for the first three days of the week and then recovered ground. The recovery, though, was not enough to end markets in positive territory, but the salient feature was that…
Where did the comedians go!
By Vinod Mirani The term comedian carried as much weight as the phrase hero in Hindi films. Almost no films, especially a family drama or even a romantic film, was complete without a healthy dose…