The calculated strikes across LoC may send out a bold message, but to what extent can Modi take risks of an escalated conflict that might undermine India’s growth story?
Apart from the long shadows that the Haryana police biryani raids cast on Eid festivities, the even more permanent damage they inflicted was on the livelihoods of thousands of poor Muslims
Vast migration should encourage Indian cities to be more multilingual and overall more inclusive. Instead, the opposite is happening. It is ironic that as our cities grow more diverse, public services are becoming linguistically less diverse than ev...
Donald Trump is not an unlikely presence on the centre-stage of US politics; he is merely the latest representative of a well-established type: The Outsider
The deaths of the Blacks at the hands of the police have become symbolic indictments not just of the police, but of the broader society
Last week, the C40, a global network of 86 cities, including six from India, released the list of 35 urban programmes to compete in its annual award on fighting climate change to be held in December.
JP pressed for justice in Kashmir continuously through the 1960s and 1970s. He did so when Nehru was prime minister, when Shastri was prime minister, when Indira Gandhi was prime minister
The key question is simple and blunt: Can we retaliate, cater for a Pakistani response and, if need
Some call this an age of mass distraction. I pick up my phone to make a call and before I know it I’m swirling down the rabbit hole of pings and updates, phone call quickly forgotten only to be substituted by a hastily remembered text message much later....
As India determines her next steps here’s what we should all avoid at all costs — loose talk - either of war or cutting off the flow of the Indus water or cross-border raids. This is no time for delusional talk of peace either, please. It’s a moment...
The film star will never be eliminated, but the time has come for the industry to accept that one way to survive is to invest in cinema that is not inconvenienced by superstars
Will he follow the strategy that was executed against the South Africans so that winning, regardless of the means, becomes the sole purpose of a contest? Or will the strategy be to prepare a bit more supporting tracks, that may not negate any home advantage,...
‘We’re merely trying to improve the ease of doing business, in this case the divorce business. Just think of all those huge divorce costs, the enormous waste of time. Triple talaq cuts through all that red tape’
Public health care in India is in a shambles.
Just about four months before he vacates the White House, Barack Obama appears to be making the transition to the big screen. That’s not surprising. He’s possibly the most celebrated US president of recent times. But Americans like their mega budget...
