Opinion

Over-reliance on corporates may rob India of ‘self-reliance’

21 Aug 2020 06:44 AM IST

On the call of Mahatma Gandhi, a strong wave of enthusiasm swept across the nation which, subsequently, witnessed scores of people celebrating Holi by consigning foreign clothes to flames. A youth with British looks came and flared the flames by throwing his expensive suit. This youth was none other than

Back to good, old politics

21 Aug 2020 06:42 AM IST

The Rajasthan crisis may have been stemmed for now but it did signal one thing — that while the cure for Covid-19 still remains an enigma, it is back to good, old politics. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot may have saved his government but not without a dash of resort politics,

Challenges before the new education policy

21 Aug 2020 06:41 AM IST

Unless civil society acts as a vanguard in the implementation of a policy, vested interests will prevail, twist it to serve their interests, and make it ineffective.

Biden’s statements on India reassuring

20 Aug 2020 06:31 AM IST

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s policy document, “Joe Biden’s Agenda for the Indian American Community” issued over the weekend, has a detailed section on India-US partnership. It makes for reassuring reading in the backdrop of the unpleasant statements made about India by Biden’s team members and a combination of leftist-Islamist

Illegal constructions, unethical demolitions

20 Aug 2020 06:31 AM IST

What is the answer to illegal constructions spreading horizontally and vertically over land in complete defiance of building bylaws as well as environmental regulations?

PM Modi is setting India’s financial basics right by honouring the honest

19 Aug 2020 06:26 AM IST

Ever since the first day of assuming the office of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has marked his tenure with various reformative coups at regular intervals, which have laid the foundation of setting the financial basics for the country in the right manner. On Thursday, PM Modi unveiled the new

To lead, first Rahul needs to put a team in place

19 Aug 2020 06:26 AM IST

While Rahul Gandhi is still to make up his mind as to whether he will be Congress chief sooner rather than later, there are some indications that he is at least putting a team in place. First, it was the reach out to Sachin Pilot to ensure that he stays

Yes, Biden and Modi can!

19 Aug 2020 06:25 AM IST

With China becoming a common threat and a factor to strengthen the India-US defence and security partnerships further, New Delhi and Washington DC will surely find ways to accommodate each other.

Why biopics have suddenly become a rage in Bollywood

18 Aug 2020 06:01 AM IST

In the recent years, films based on real events have tremendously grown in popularity. Amongst these the mostly popular ones are the biographical films, also known as biopics. The sudden increase in the number of biopics made in Hindi cinema has really surprised everyone. Now, it’s not that such films

PM’s message forward-looking, dynamic

18 Aug 2020 06:01 AM IST

One of the most remarkable things about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speeches, ever since he has become PM in 2014, has been the way he has been picking up topics that are considered taboo by Indian society but need to be discussed for the sake of promoting cleanliness,

Ayodhya should become India’s first cultural capital

18 Aug 2020 06:00 AM IST

Designating the city as the first cultural capital of India will be a celebration of the millennia-old Indic civilisation that has been kept alive in the collective consciousness of millions of people.

Ashok Gehlot emerges stronger after trust vote

17 Aug 2020 06:00 AM IST

It goes without saying that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has emerged stronger after winning the trust vote in the state Assembly, thus establishing his supremacy in the Congress, and also providing a lesson to the BJP on what power politics was all about. In sharp contrast, Sachin Pilot, who