Opinion - Page 731

Bangladesh has acquired a new importance in India’s foreign policy in the context of China’s determined efforts at spreading its influence in India’s...

Mohamed Bouazizi was a Tunisian fruit vendor. Six years ago, in December 2010, he set himself ablaze at a market in the town of Sid Bouzi. He was...

A finance executive who retires in two years is a visibly worried man. The family home in South Delhi, built in the early 1970s, is unlikely to...

The Jharkhand government has achieved what even the British rule could not—the complete alienation of the tribal population from their land....

Begum Sar Khan, a woman deserted by her husband, who lives alone with her baby son in a camp near Nangloi flyover, was so overcome with anger and...

Only a miracle can prevent the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from finishing on top in the Punjab assembly election, irrespective of how many seats it...

There are winds of change in Tamil Nadu politics with both the Dravidian parties – the AIADMK and the DMK opting for a leadership change as the old...

Whither Punjab? The question arises in the backdrop of the unabated downslide in state’s governance and economy, which gained some momentum during...

Winters are extremely hectic for Sushma Patel, a vegetable grower in Uttar Pradesh’s Chunar town. Her farm is in the fertile plains of Ganga where...

The practice had more or less stopped with Rajiv Gandhi as Prime Minister. The practice of political leaders at the apex of the Indian State visiting...

Economists with the government may disagree, but the country’s GDP growth in 2016-17 may show a significant drop by nearly one per cent, mainly due to...

By 2020, India will have the world’s largest working population-- 869 million -- but an IndiaSpend analysis of indicators on literacy, school...