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First Person Second Draft

Two vigilant readers have pointed out a factual error each in my series on the Sri Lankan war published earlier this week. I regret...

Temporary Insanity

Let us begin with a straightforward question: Are you for the Commonwealth Games, or against? Straightforward and simple, you might say. Everybody is against...

Open Education Sector To Entrepreneurs, Foreign Varsities, Create Surplus Opportunity’

? Walking through these corridors is a humbling experience. To my left is children's surgery unit at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore. This is where...

Snap out of the big fat Greek depression, cut the medal claptrap

Over the century leading up to Athens 2004, India won no more than 15 Olympic medals, 11 of these in hockey. So while competing at Olympics, we must always maintain perspective.

They asked us to crawl, we gave them our spine

The abduction of Indian migrants as hostages in Iraq in 2004 raised several questions which cannot be ignored, especially regarding the central government's crisis management work.

Mr Vajpayee’s high ground, Mrs Gandhi’s road ahead

The dramatic electoral verdict is as much about anti-incumbency as about the rising expectations of our voter.

The violent aftermath

The pattern of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was defined by arson and destruction taken over by hoodlums who killed Sikhs, burnt their homes while the police twiddled their thumbs.

On Camera

Resetting Afghanistan ties is geopolitical need. Gandhis are showing their diplomatic ignorance

With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.