Opinion

Chanakya Niti vs The Art of War: How India can tame the Dragon

27 Jun 2020 05:28 AM IST

In the face of military and economic crisis, India doesn’t have to look far away to counter the Chinese moves. ‘Chanakya Niti’ offers good solutions to the art of deception. By following Chanakya’s treatise India can pay back China in the same coin.

Education of entire generation at stake

27 Jun 2020 05:27 AM IST

The Supreme Court has cancelled both the Class 10 and Class 12 Board exams that were scheduled for the first fortnight of July. The pandemic, if one recalls, broke midway through these exams leaving the kids with a question mark, and lots of mental stress, for the last three months.

The great Chinese bluff on Galwan and Aksai Chin

26 Jun 2020 05:08 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson recently asserted that Galwan always belonged to China. To understand how false this statement is, it is necessary to look into history

Not time for blame game on Covid-19

26 Jun 2020 05:08 AM IST

Stop playing politics in Delhi and let’s work to find a remedy for the health malady, threatening to convert the national capital into the corona-struck New York City of India. Standing at nearly 70,000 Covid-19 cases and counting on Thursday, Delhi leads the pack of Indian cities and has already

The disconcerting echo of a Chinese whisper

26 Jun 2020 05:07 AM IST

It is necessary to de-escalate the situation at the borders but it’s equally important to play the game by understanding the enemy’s psyche.

La Belle Époque in the digital era

25 Jun 2020 12:24 PM IST

Bitcoin enables for the first time in human history a ‘scarce’ digital good with a hard-coded stock to flow ratio comparable to and in some time higher than gold’s.

Don’t let China destroy India-Nepal ties

25 Jun 2020 12:22 PM IST

There is something very immature about the way the K.P. Sharma Oli government in Nepal is going about its business with India. Making Indian women married to Nepalese citizens wait for seven years before they can get their citizenship; not allowing the repair-work of Gandak dam for the purpose of

Big opportunity for India amid US visa crisis

25 Jun 2020 12:20 PM IST

Talent in Transit! I address them like that. At a time when we are exploring opportunities amidst the crisis and challenges thrown at us to survive out of the coronavirus pandemic, there is one more to be tapped. The case here is of the large number of H1B and J1

Will Covid pandemic change city planning?

24 Jun 2020 05:50 AM IST

Coronavirus has hit cities hard. While urban centres are working hard on responding to the crisis, weaknesses in the areas of health equity, resilient and healthy planning, and governance frameworks are unfolding.

Fighting Covid the scientific and humanitarian way

24 Jun 2020 05:49 AM IST

Two days ago I got an urgent SOS asking me if I knew any Covid-recovered patient as a colleague’s relative down with the coronavirus needed a plasma donor. He needed to undergo the convalescent plasma therapy to build his immunity to fight the virus. The need was urgent, for the

Debunking the myth of invincible Dragon

24 Jun 2020 05:48 AM IST

The Indian armed forces are well-equipped and prepared to take on China’s People’s Liberation Army, Navy and Air Force.

The playbook of power

23 Jun 2020 06:02 AM IST

Power has a direct correlation with fear; fear of the unknown, the unseen and the unheard. For power to sustain and perpetuate itself, these cumulative fears have to be nurtured and used by all those who seek to acquire and wield power as a vocation.