Opinion - Page 1332

Since childhood, being born in a North Indian Punjabi family, I have been fond of curries – spicy chicken curry or tangy vegetable tangy curry...

Under unrelenting attack on more than one count, one would expect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be wilting. No way! On the night he released his...

Only a few days ago, an ex-employee of Ranbaxy blew the whistle on the company’s malpractices regarding the composition of its pharma products, and...

Delhi University (DU) intends to start four-year graduation courses which will educate students about the practical application of their courses. If...

The main entrance of the Reserve Bank of India’s  (RBI) office on Parliament Street in New Delhi is guarded by two massive figures of Yaksha and...

Is a village council qualified to deal with religious beliefs? The answer lies in a recent order by the Supreme Court in the Vedanta case. Gram sabhas...

Directed at channeling the ‘patriotic spirit’ of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a ‘secular youth force’, the Shahbag movement, that peaked in...

The Indian family’s universal acclaim as a holder of sacred values, as a carrier and preserver of traditions, and as the champion of ancient and...

Strange as it may seem, it is not always difficult to pinpoint the moment when a politician’s downfall begins. For instance, in Atal Behari Vajpayee’s...

Money, wine, women, film stars, politicians, businessmen, industrialists, policemen, bureaucrats, money launderers, bookies, gamblers, match fixers,...

Justice delayed is justice denied. Nowhere this rings truer than in India where a staggering 30 million cases are said to be pending in the country’s...

It has become fashionable to scoff at bonhomie between the two Punjabs as pappi-jhappi diplomacy (a Punjabi expression for kissing and hugging). This...