Opinion
Winter is Here: As the Only Credible Challenger to China in Asia, India Has Its Task Cut Out
The US now has diminishing influence in Pakistan which, already in China’s orbit, can derive benefit from intensifying China-Russia ties. Russia has already been making overtures to Pakistan.
School Campus is a Secular Space. But is Hijab a Secular Symbol At All?
Women and minors can’t become victims of ‘multiculturalism’ which allows child marriage, polygamy and circumcision. Until recently, Muslim men were permitted to divorce their wives through ‘triple talaq’.
Distracted US, Aggressive China: How a War in Ukraine Can Put India in a Tough Spot
While a Russia-China-India axis is next to impossible, jumping on the Washington wagon has its own set of ill consequences for India vis-a-vis Moscow.
Economic Survey Raises Hopes for Budget Speech, FM Sitharaman Must Show Path for $5-Trillion Economy
Between 2008 and 2017, India spent $1.1 trillion in a decade. However, the dream of $5-trillion economy by 2025 is built around a massive $1.4-1.5 trillion investment in infrastructure by 2022.
German Navy Chief Said What We All Knew: It Is Christian West against a Rising China
India, given its own airy-fairy ideas of foreign policy, needs to understand this. To not understand and play this game would be to invite the foxes into the chicken coop.
Hinduphobia is Real, Time to Call out Intellectual and Political Racism against Hindus
Institutionalisation of Hinduphobia is real. The latest attempt in the US to introduce ‘caste’ as a category for admitting Indians in universities is part of a Hinduphobia campaign.
MSP as Legal Guarantee is a Made-for-disaster Proposal, Will Lead to Market Collapse
Of course with MSP as a legal guarantee for all crops, the minimum support price will effectively become the maximum price that the farmers can get in the market.
In PM Modi Security Lapse, Role of Congress’ Politics of Prejudice Cannot be Ruled Out
Harbouring pathological hatred for a leader who has twice secured popular mandate amounts to complete rejection of democracy by the Congress.
Look Beyond the IAS: Aspiring for High Growth in 2022, India Must Reform Its Outdated Bureaucracy
Those who claim to be the country’s most competitive don’t want to compete on performance. They think performance is for animals or stage actors.
Two Years On: Covid-19 Origins in the Dark, WHO and China in the Dock
On December 31, 2019, health authorities in Wuhan informed about cases of an "unknown pneumonia outbreak" to WHO's China Country Office in Beijing.
UP Next: The Road to Winning over Women in Uttar Pradesh Goes Via Family
Perceiving women as a homogeneous vote bank is a fallacy. Women wear multiple identities at a time and all of them influence their political choice.
With Threat of Covid Third Wave Lurking, 5 Things India Must Do To Protect the Protectors
It’s a welcome move by PM Narendra Modi to announce the precautionary dose for healthcare and frontline workers. I strongly urge these groups to avail this opportunity.
Why Criminalising Early Marriage Will Do More Harm than Good
Society will not become gender equal by just bringing the age of marriage of both boys and girls on a par, without empowering girls.
OPINION: Roles Played by Leftists, Communists during Freedom Struggle a Story of Great Treachery
From 1920 to 1930, the participation of the Communist-Leftist was more on an individual leadership basis. It was never a mass movement, which included multi-regions or multi-classes.
In Competing Versions of Democracy, Biden’s Summit Pales against China’s Multi-billion Dollar Bait
Any initiative that promotes democracy is welcome but Summit for Democracy is tokenism at best. Democratic ethos cannot be generated through a virtual conference that too on the cheap.
74 Years after Partition, How Jinnah’s Opening Gambit Has Succeeded in Kashmir
Today, it is worth considering if the Indian state has lost the narrative battle so badly that the default ‘accepted solution’ to Kashmir is exactly what Jinnah espoused 74 years ago.
