Opinion - Page 1336

Much like the ‘hysterical woman’ of the 19th century – in other words, the woman who, in flagrant violation of the idealised Victorian norms of...

School textbooks are interesting things and the vision of the world they impart upon you can involve years of unlearning – in most instances, complete...

Normally, it is difficult for me to be cynical like media pundits generally are. But after looking at election results in so many states since 2010,...

Like M Karunanidhi trying to catch up with issues and demands so as not to be outsmarted by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Chief...

Can punishment reform a criminal? To my mind, it only reinforces the feeling in him that he is a criminal. If a person is a criminal to begin with,...

How has your experience been in the AIADMK till now and how has it been working with Jayalalithaa?I was in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for 10...

So it is here again: the fever of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that returns like a clockwork every year around the month of April to sweep the...

India's design-led creative industry is shifting orbit. Though applauded for its enviable skills and yet constricted to mere stylisation for long,...

The problem confronting India is that at a very low level of per capita income and consumption compared to even developing countries, the pollution of...

To reconsider the legacy of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) on his 152nd birth anniversary is to confront a maze of contradictions. What, for...

The government appears to be in a self congratulatory mode as India and China ended their weeks long standoff in Ladakh. Even as the government has...

The predictable outcome in Karnataka does not diminish its value, for it has lessons for both the winner and the loser. To start with the latter, the...