Opinion

Boycott calls bring course correction in Bollywood

13 Sep 2022 04:50 AM IST

In new India, where youths have been rediscovering the strength of their cultural roots and have started taking a pride in their liberal Hindu tradition, Bollywood is being subjected to critical scrutiny never done before.

DEBATE WAGES IN PUNJAB OVER MINORITY STATUS OF INSTITUTIONS

12 Sep 2022 01:50 AM IST

With the Apex Court likely to hear a petition regarding the minority status of Sikh institutions in Punjab, a debate has commenced in the political circles on whether the minority status of a community should be determined taking into consideration its national population or it should be in accordance with

‘Illegality’ cannot be sole criteria for demolition of buildings in India

12 Sep 2022 01:48 AM IST

The flashing of the image of falling of Supertech twin towers in Noida in a matter of a few seconds brought back teenage memories of an unrelated and incomparable incident from two decades back that happened in another continent when the eponymous building came crashing down due to a deadly

Blossoming of China-Russia alliances through the lens of Russia-Ukraine war

12 Sep 2022 01:45 AM IST

The Sino-Russia partnership in the 21st century has the potential to shape the contours of international politics despite a chequered historical record of mutual distrust and structural incompatibility between the two great powers.

Liz Truss has a long way to go as she inherits a mess

10 Sep 2022 22:50 PM IST

Britain now has a new prime minister. Six gruelling weeks of the Conservative Party’s leadership race ended on 5 September with Liz Truss being declared the winner. She beat her opponent, Rishi Sunak, by securing 57.4% of the vote, compared to his 42.6%. That is not quite the landslide Truss

CYRUS MISTRY’S TRAGIC DEATH RAISES MULTIPLE ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE PROBED

10 Sep 2022 11:19 AM IST

The tragic death of top Industrialist and former Chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry in a car crash on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Highway raises multiple issues. It indicates that even the best designed high ended vehicles, in this instance a top model of the Mercedes, can be involved in mishaps where

India’s joyous economy

10 Sep 2022 11:14 AM IST

For understanding economic behaviour, one has to go beyond economics and explore whether economic behaviour is an economic activity alone or a sum of two activities: economic and psychological. A seminal work in this area is Tibor Scitovsky’s The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction, written in the context

WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR RAIN-BATTERED BENGALURU?

09 Sep 2022 05:22 AM IST

Did you know that Bengaluru’s main transit hub Majestic which houses the central railway station and Kempe Gowda Main Stand, was once a sprawling Kempamuddi lake? Were you aware that the posh Koramanagala, known as the living room of IT city, was a marshy land dotted with water bodies, and

The role of teachers in nation building

09 Sep 2022 05:20 AM IST

The NEP-2020 has laid a strong emphasis on the role of our gurus in nation-building.

Decades-old SYL dispute triggers new storm

09 Sep 2022 05:19 AM IST

Despite all the political antics and despite the project costing the public exchequer a whopping Rs 700 crore, the fate of SYL canal hangs in balance.

China, India and their soft power play

08 Sep 2022 02:22 AM IST

China and India are the rising powers of the twenty-first century, economic powerhouses with an increasing flurry of diplomatic activity and influence around the world. Though China is way ahead of India economically, they are juxtaposed as natural rivals competing for influence not only in neighbourhood but across the developing

Identity politics of our times: Dynamics of ideological transition

08 Sep 2022 02:19 AM IST

Ideologies are born out of an enlightened leader or a group of leaders thriving to scuttle the notions of identity by either turning back to trace them up in history or driving the posterity with a vision for social harmony and cohesion. It is true to witness the political discourses