The so-called ‘middle class’ is not the fat middle but a thin crust in Indian society. Politics of the margins is mainstream politics as the mainstream flows through the margins.
US campuses are not just seeing a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. They're in the middle of a cultural war, where a broader political attack is aimed at ‘woke’ ideology.
Nobody is calling for haste in the disinvestment process, but there’s no reason for the current pace. Perhaps for political reasons, govt can’t take back the policy—it's admitting defeat.
Most of the 3,000 flats in Mumbai’s Air India Colony have been emptied since the airline was privatised, but some residents are clinging to their homes, stopping bulldozers.
INDIA coalition breaking up is good for Congress, it must stop looking for survival by tying up with regional parties. They ate into the Congress vote bank to become what they have.
One visitor to Ayodhya has moved from his native Tamil Nadu to Uttar Pradesh. Not because of the lifestyle, weather, or job opportunities; he says it’s a better place for Hindus.
Border fencing is perhaps justified for Pakistan and Bangladesh. But on the Myanmar border, where the population is sparse and the threat of terrorism low, the proposal should be revisited.
Workers are constructing a grand flight of stairs, mini gardens and a gateway. But the makeover can’t hide the garbage and industrial waste that float by on shallow surface.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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