India, July 7 -- More than a hundred years ago, Swami Vivekananda stated, "We want an education which builds character, increases the strength of mind, expands intellect, and equips a person to stand ... Read More
India, July 7 -- In the late seventies, I was in Bhopal as a reporter with The Hitavada. I had the opportunity to cover two elections - in 1977, when the Congress was routed, and in 1980, when the Con... Read More
India, July 7 -- Nitish Kumar may soon realise the cost of selling his soul to Narendra Modi. What began as a tactical alliance has now placed Bihar's longest-serving chief minister on a sinking raft ... Read More
New Delhi, June 30 -- There are no burning issues left in India today as the BJP celebrated the 1975 Emergency across the nation with much theatrics. They even chalked out whole extravaganzas lest any... Read More
New Delhi, June 30 -- Trains and aircraft have emergency exits. Not so with politics. I vividly recall the day 50 years ago. I was attending a Youth Animators' Training Programme in Allahabad, the epi... Read More
India, June 23 -- Just when I thought I'd figured out our foreign policy-a headline in today's paper left me scratching what's left of my head: Defence Minister Set to Visit China to Rebuild Ties. No... Read More
India, June 23 -- A mother returning home from a nearby market found her favourite vase broken into fragments and lying scattered about, and her two teenage boys hiding behind the room curtain. The en... Read More
India, June 23 -- The abject failure of India's foreign policy and its collapse under the Modi regime is a cause of national concern. Such a disastrous performance has never been witnessed in the hist... Read More
India, June 23 -- In a great relief to those who uphold free speech, the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 19, directed the Karnataka Government to provide full protection for the screening of "Thug Lif... Read More
India, June 23 -- Two thought-provoking pieces by Yogendra Yadav ("The Nationalism We Forgot," IE, May 27) and Suhas Palshikar ("Who Stole My Nationalism?" IE, May 31) made for a fascinating debate on... Read More