Opinion

Melvin Durai The upcoming U.S. presidential election will decide who will lead the country for the next four years: 74-year-old Donald Trump, the incumbent president, or 77-year-old Joe Biden, the former vice president. India, meanwhile, is being led by a relative youngster: Narendra Modi, who...

Kaushik Basu Within the space of the next month, as the autumn leaves here in the northeastern United States are swept away by the winds of approaching winter, the country will make a choice as consequential as any we have seen in recent history. The...

Raj Persaud The US Commission on Presidential Debates muted the microphones of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden during portions of their second and final televised encounter on October 22, in order to prevent the candidates from interrupting each other. The panel’s...

Dhanada Kanta Mishra A few hours before Nora Seed decided to commit suicide her cat had died and that was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. Lucky for her, when she overdosed on her anti-depressant pills at the stroke of midnight, she ended...

Dr. DK Giri Although reports of a trade deal with Taiwan have not been officially confirmed by India, Beijing has issued a veiled warning to New Delhi. Obviously, it is not just India-Taiwan. Beijing is reacting to the latest development in the Quad, and the...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala Many institutions had assessed in June that our economy will suffer a contraction of five per cent. Now the same institutions are saying that the contraction will be of ten per cent. This is likely to get worse in the coming months because...

Dr S. Saraswathi The Calcutta High Court has directed the state government to treat all Durga Puja pandals as “no-entry zones” and keep devotees at a distance by erecting barricades. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has also urged devotees to watch pujas “virtually”. In the present...

Anuradha Gupta A recent poll found that one in three Americans would not be willing to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, while anti-vaxxers have reportedly gained at least 7.8 million social media followers since 2019. Like the pandemic itself, anti-vax misinformation and rumours know no borders....

Ashok Mahapatra The Preamble of the Indian Constitution ensures that all Indian citizens have the liberty of expression. Furthermore, freedom of the press has been included as part of freedom of speech and expression under Article 19 of the Constitution. It has also been established...

Melvin Durai Considering how modest and humble I am, you may be surprised to learn that I enjoy winning awards. I’d be thrilled to receive almost any kind of award. I’d even accept an award from the National Association of Lazy Husbands. Yes, even an...