Opinion

Sports & Commercial Arbitration: How both the ends meet

16 Sep 2020 07:11 AM IST

Modern organised sports trace their roots to sporting clubs and associations which believed in setting out their own private rules in order to minimise the role of the State.

CLUELESS COMMENTARY ABOUT INDIA

15 Sep 2020 07:51 AM IST

The exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases in India has resulted in a proportionate rise in western media reports branding India as a basket case. Invariably, every such report conflates the coronavirus problem with the bhoomi pujan of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya last month and comes to the

Chinese app ban is a big boost for Indian startups

15 Sep 2020 07:47 AM IST

The entire app economy is going through a massive reset; this vacuum created by the action of Indian government will give an opportunity for local app developers to soon build utility apps. If they are successful in creating viable alternatives and scale up their user base, the gains will be

Swami Agnivesh stood for the Arya Samaj

14 Sep 2020 07:02 AM IST

Internationally acclaimed for his contribution in freeing bonded labourers from the clutches of exploitative contractors, Swami Agnivesh, who passed away on Saturday, reflected the value system inculcated by the Arya Samaj to battle deep-rooted superstitious beliefs that have affected the Hindu society. He was a pioneer in spreading the message

Dragon and the art of selective amnesia

14 Sep 2020 07:00 AM IST

Before making outrageous claims, Chinese officials should do their homework and know their country’s history. China has not always claimed Arunachal Pradesh.

COVID CAN’T BE FOUGHT WITHOUT TACKLING RISING MENTAL HEALTH CASES

14 Sep 2020 06:58 AM IST

In this time of the pandemic, the mental health status of most people can be compared to a silent but ticking time bomb. As many as 264 million people in the world suffer from depression and about 85 per cent people in low and middle-income countries do not receive any

I remember Ram Jethmalani as a very large-hearted man

14 Sep 2020 06:54 AM IST

Thank you, Mahesh. To commemorate your father’s memory is a great idea and everything said about him till now is true and valid, but let me say that above all I remember him as a very large-hearted man. I remember a person who I knew candidly that he virtually disliked,

Ram Jethmalani had a great capacity to make complex problems simple

14 Sep 2020 06:40 AM IST

I remember when we were doing the hawala case and Ram was explaining the law of hearsay to the judges, Arun was sitting next to him and Ram says if somebody tells me that he saw Arun in the Lodhi Garden wearing pink glasses, that is not evidence of the

WILL OPPOSITION UNITE TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS TO GOVT?

12 Sep 2020 07:47 AM IST

Finally, Parliament is all set to reopen for a delayed monsoon session. Keeping Covid-19 in mind, appropriate seating arrangements have been made, with the rules of engagement clearly spelt out by the Speaker. But one wonders about the other rules of engagement regarding what all will be discussed inside Parliament?

Delhi riots: Spontaneous violence or planned conspiracy?

12 Sep 2020 07:44 AM IST

Delhi is considered to be one of the posh cosmopolitan cities of our country which would give any outsider the vibe that people here are all about looking good and eating well. This could very well be true for those in the Lutyens’ Zone and a substantial part of South

Time for India to adopt and embrace ‘dharmic expansionism’ as a geopolitical goal

12 Sep 2020 07:40 AM IST

In the previous columns, this author had argued the need for our leadership to recalibrate India’s geopolitical approach such that becoming Kautilyan Chakravarti or a global superpower should be our strategic goal and how this alone will pave the way for India to truly don the mantle of ‘Vishwa Guru’.