Opinion

A canvas of empowerment: Bengal and its pandals during Durga Puja

23 Oct 2023 08:53 AM IST

Bengalis have a special place in their hearts and homes for Goddess Durga, a representation of “Nari Shakti”, the feminine strength and power. Durga is an essential component of every Bengali home in the state of West Bengal; she is not only a goddess to be worshipped in temples. Durga,

OBC caste politics resurgence: Mandal 2 or fading influence?

23 Oct 2023 08:49 AM IST

One can easily observe that strategists of electoral politics, working with opposition parties and a section of the media, appear highly optimistic about the electoral gains resulting from the revival of OBC caste politics through recent caste census debates. Opposition political parties are centering many of their strategies and plans

Ghar Wapsi by leaders to Congress leaves BJP red faced

23 Oct 2023 08:43 AM IST

The decision of some prominent leaders who had moved to the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Congress, following the fall of the Captain Amarinder Singh government in 2021, has caused acute embarrassment to the saffron brigade. On Friday, former ministers, Balbir Sidhu, Gurpreet Kangar and Raj Kumar Verka and erstwhile

India takes neutral stance in Israel-Palestine conflict resolution efforts

21 Oct 2023 09:38 AM IST

Despite knowing the fact that violence, conflicts and wars do not benefit any country in any way, countries not only engage in violent conflicts, they also pose a serious challenge to global peace, security, humanity and economy. Ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict can be quoted as a classic example here. First, Hamas,

The unrealised potential of the India Canada partnership

21 Oct 2023 08:45 AM IST

Justin Trudeau’s foolish parliamentary antics have hampered a promising partnership of nations that have the potential to grow as trade and cultural partners. Clearly, the Canadian PM lacks a smart Foreign affairs committee and a solid team of advisors, that could make him realize he just shot himself in the

Geopolitical jigsaw: Unravelling its impact on financial market resilience

21 Oct 2023 08:40 AM IST

Increased uncertainty and rising cross-border tensions affect global capital flows and financial stability. Tensed ties between the USA-China, the Russia-Ukraine crises, the most recent Israel-Hamas war etc., are a few recent geopolitics situations which have affected overall financial and capital market stability. As per the IMF report, since 2016, there

Akhilesh toughens stand on seat sharing with Congress in UP

21 Oct 2023 08:34 AM IST

Samajwadi Party boss and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav is not amused with the statements made by the State Congress Chief Ajay Rai that the grand old party was preparing to put up nominees in all the 80 seats for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Rai had earlier

Chouhan’s tenure: A reflection on leadership and challenges

20 Oct 2023 08:53 AM IST

Senator Marco Rubio had once said, “Leadership cannot be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.” A cursory look at Shivraj Singh Chouhan from November

Trudeau’s foreign policy, much ado about nothing: Wrapped up in identity crisis and geopolitical decline

20 Oct 2023 08:51 AM IST

What the above title means by nothing is that a good portion of the world largely thinks nothing much, or little in the larger scheme of geopolitics about many of Canada’s international positions. Also, that Canada is doing little to meet India’s request for urgent action on many important serious

Jaishankar’s southeast asia visit sends a message to China

20 Oct 2023 08:49 AM IST

In what should be viewed as a welcome development amidst China’s increased belligerence in the Indo-Pacific region and South China Sea, India focused on security talks with Vietnam and Singapore during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to both Southeast Asian nations. Jaishankar held talks with Singapore Defence Minister Ng

Thoughts on women empowerment this Navratri

19 Oct 2023 09:09 AM IST

Women empowerment and female leadership has been an issue of concern of this century and the last, and lately there is increased sensitization of the matter with tabling of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the parliament. This bill (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), had been doing the rounds of the parliament

Peace Between the Israelis and Palestinians: How so, some kernels of hope

19 Oct 2023 09:06 AM IST

Anyone with a sense of decency and a real heart must condemn the mass brutal terrorism manifested by Hamas against innocent Israelis. But how really to undermine, if not extinguish Hamas or any wannabe copycats or possible replacements of it. How to bring about peace before the whole region blows