Opinion

Dr. D.K. Giri Defying predictions by some observers and experts, India is participating in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting (SCO) in Russia. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was there, his second visit to the country in the last two months, and met his Chinese counterpart, apparently...

Rup Narayan Das Success has many fathers and failure is an orphan. This aphorism can be linked to the name of Jyotindranath Mukherjee popularly known as Bagha Jatin, who attained martyrdom while fighting the British in Chasakhand in Balasore district of Odisha. He died on...

Melvin Durai When I’m grocery shopping, I’m not always happy to see different sizes of the same food item. This means that I need to make a decision: should I buy the larger quantity or the smaller quantity – or perhaps even the medium quantity?...

Ashok Mahapatra Following the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 that came close to toppling the British rule in India and pursuant to the Government of India Act 1858, the administrative responsibilities were taken over by the Viceroy of India. The Viceroy was a direct representative of...

Yajurvindra Singh The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a tournament that cricket lovers are eagerly looking forward to. Although the Caribbean Premier League is already on in the West Indies, the cricket world has its eyes on the superlative cricket property of the Indian cricket...

Jagdish Rattanani The statement by the father of Rhea Chakraborty reflects the pain and the discomfort many might feel at the manner in which the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput is being handled by the investigating agencies.  Lt. Col (Retd) Chakraborty writes, addressing the whole...

Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo In recent times, Odisha has faced natural disasters like cyclones and floods, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic. The state tried to curb the spread of Covid-19 and took steps to resume economic activities. Natural disasters such as cyclone Amphan...

Saeed Naqvi A priceless gift from a friend in Kerala, a Namboodri to boot, is a film to augment my collection which has sustained my personal film festival to beat the unintelligible lockdown. The film, Agraharathil Kazhuthai, or Donkey in a Brahmin Village, was a...

Dirk Helbing & Peter Seele Proponents of digital identification see the pandemic as a once-in-a-century opportunity, with a potential ‘jackpot market’ of nearly eight billion people. In these dangerous times, using digital IDs to help control the spread of the virus and eventually to manage...

Dhanada K Mishra In the year 1968, the Governor of New York State, Nelson Rockefeller, received a proposal - for a new subway line called the Second Avenue Subway. Four years later, a ground-breaking ceremony was held but the project was stalled. Years later, a...