Opinion
Aadhaar Verdict: The Journey So Far and Road Ahead
While the apex court has given a fresh lease of life to the Aadhaar programme, it has also raised various concerns with respect to exclusion and data security, which the UIDAI will be ill-advised to ignore.
OPINION | Curbing Imports May Not be Such a Good Idea as Demand for Luxury Cars, Mobiles is Unlikely to Drop
Over the weekend, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed measures to cool an overheated economy, the government decided that one of the ways of doing this would be to curb “non-essential” imports.
OPINION | BJP Whipping Up Fear Factor Against Congress is Not Insecurity. It’s a Clever Election Tactic
The attack on the incipient anti-BJP front taps into a darker aspect of voter psychology and aims at inducing a feeling of disgust and suspicion towards its rivals.
Not Student Issues, Caste, Money and Muscle Power Dominate Rajasthan University Elections
Rajasthan University Teachers Association has witnessed 'a decline in the quality of student leadership'.
Son Rise for DMK is Sunset for BJP? What Stalin’s Surprising Attack Means for 2019
MK Stalin has put the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam firmly on an anti-BJP course, but can he turn ideological grand standing into a strong electoral alliance for 2019?
OPINION | How Kalaignar Continues to Shape DMK Politics From Beyond the Grave
Karunanidhi was always a newsman's delight, with his uncanny ability to come up with witty monosyllabic or one-liners in response to tricky questions.
Fake News a Potent Threat, But We Have No Strategy to Deal With it, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda
There is very little discussion on the strategic dimension of the problem and the manner in which it is to be countered. The government’s first reaction is to pull up the social media service providers to ensure that their platforms are not being misused.
Pakistan Polls Are Too Close to Call, Don’t Count PPP and Bilawal Out Yet
We have all witnessed brazen engineering and pre-poll rigging. If the analysts say that the results have already been decided, their conclusion must not be far from truth.
OPINION | Why Removing GST on Sanitary Pads May do Little to Make Them Affordable
Now that sanitary napkins are out of GST purview, activists need to ensure that not only are these essential items made widely available, girls are educated about the criticality of using safe hygiene methods.
Opinion | How PM Modi's 'Party of Muslims' Remark Exposes Congress' Never-Ending Identity Crisis
Increasingly, aggressive wooing of the minorities did not help the Congress regain the ground it had lost, but it did end up throwing the party's 'secular' credentials in doubt, as the AK Antony report pointed out.
Opinion | How Nomadic Groups End up Being Victims of Stigma and Discrimination
The recent incident in Dhule, Maharashtra, where a mob lynched five persons from a nomadic tribe can be understood and analysed from different perspectives.
The Decisions on Water Should Rest With People to Save Us From a Big Crisis
In order to make access to water adequate and equitable, we must shift our focus from water sources to water resources. Both science, and community participation and cooperation, are key to addressing our water woes.
OPINION | Why Lead a Healthy Lifestyle When Delhi's Killing You Anyway
Be furious that you and everyone you care about who lives in this city are all victim to a slow and silent genocide.
For Lateral Entry In Civil Services to be Successful, Honest Selection Process is Key
The problem with the lateral entry system is lack of transparency, honesty and political interference in the selection process.
OPINION | Why NaMo App May Tip the Scales in BJP's Favour in Karnataka
The NaMo app introduces a new variable in an already complex electoral eco-system where it is increasingly difficult to predict outcomes. In Karnataka, conventional wisdom says the Congress has a definite edge, but will the Wizard of Apps pull a rabbit o...
OPINION | While BJP Wants Karnataka to be a Modi vs Rahul Fight, Congress Banks on Local Pitch
Karnataka would be a test case of whether emotions override translation or get undermined by it. The Congress is keen to make it a major election plank and this required PM Modi to actually raise it in his rallies. One is likely to see this factor play ou...