Opinion

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.

Religion in the time of coronavirus

23 Jun 2020 06:01 AM IST

The Rathyatra in Odisha’s Puri is one of the most iconic events in the Hindu festival calendar, which has a rather active six months in the second half of every year. Inside a couple of months of the conclusion of Rathyatra, a long line of festivals starts, beginning with Navratri

Manifold reasons but limited options

23 Jun 2020 06:01 AM IST

India and China simply can’t afford to go to a war, for it will pose a big question mark over their claims of being responsible nations and erode their credibility and claim to regional and global leadership.

Reduce reliance on China, boycotting is pointless

22 Jun 2020 05:29 AM IST

India has to start on a slow but strategic path of reducing its imports from China. We must do this not so much to hurt Beijing, but to save ourselves from being highly dependent on it.