Opinion

Kaushik Basu It feels strange to have known a country since its birth. For much of 1971, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) was engaged in a war for independence. With US President Richard Nixon standing firmly behind Pakistan as President Yahya Khan’s army tried to crush...

Shivaji Sarkar West Bengal elections may be a referendum for India’s economic policies. It will decide whether the politics of “reformist economy” will continue or force the country to search for a new model. The stakes are high for BJP as it is keen on...

Nikunja Bihari Sahu Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modiji, in one of his Man Ki Baat programmes, emphasised the need for promoting Indian toys and called upon all the stake holders to play big role to become global manufacturing hubs to make the country self-reliant in...

Melvin Durai Tirath Singh Rawat, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, has drawn a lot of criticism on social media for his recent comments on ripped jeans. While taking a flight, he apparently met a woman traveling with two children and did not appreciate her attire,...

Debendra Kumar Biswal The recent initiatives of the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog of the Government of India to disseminate information on economic, scientific, environmental, health, agriculture and spiritual relevance of indigenous cows has brought to the fore three major discourses associated with the ‘sacred cow’ going...

Jagdish Rattanani That old adage says when thieves fall out, honest men come by their own. In Mumbai, there is nothing honest in the air as yet with allegations, wild and otherwise, flying thick in the wake of the scare caused by the discovery of...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala The government is to soon notify the rules for implementing the new labour codes. Some provisions of the codes are pro-labour. For example, the proceedings in a case of misconduct by a worker have to be completed in 90 days. Gratuity will now...

Bhaskar Nath Biswal As per an S&P survey, more than 75 per cent of Indian adults do not understand basic financial concepts like compound interest, budget, retirement planning, responsible borrowing, etc. Around 80 per cent of women lack financial education. A Morgan Stanley report of...

Bhaskar Basu Social networking has elevated the human life in terms of information sharing, response and content generation in the past decade. Though, over the period of time, the systems have become quite matured yet alongside the benefits, multiple concerns of the user with regard...

Melvin Durai If you’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19, please accept my sincere congratulations. You have not only protected yourself from the virus, you have also shown concern for those around you: your family members, your neighbours, your dog and cats. Your pets may not get...