Opinion - Page 859

If someone has a pain in his hand, one does not comfort the hand, but the sufferer. – Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1953What is pain? It might seem...

I measure the progress of a Community by the degree of progress which women have achieved” – BR AmbedkarThe most “patriarchal” of institutions– the...

Sometime in the 1950s, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had called his Chief of Army Staff General KS Thimayya for an urgent meeting. Gen Timmy,...

The scenario in the Middle East is changing fast and at the centre of it is neither the United States or the coalition of countries it leads nor...

A political storm is brewing in Uttarakhand. And as is the case with most political storms, at its centre is a long-standing socio-economic issue:...

As in the case of decriminalising homosexuality, the Supreme Court is a few steps behind perceptions and social reality in India in the matter of...

Within six months of the NDA government’s coming to power in May 2014, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) was moved from the Cabinet Secretariat to be...

The hopes of an early turnaround of the beleaguered real estate sector, kindled by the installation of a stable, reform-oriented government, headed by...

India is urbanising at an alarming rate. According to the Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), 31 per cent of the country was urbanised in...

Big Data is increasingly being used by prominent companies to outpace the competition. Be it established companies or start-ups; they are embracing...

Recent news stories reveal how Indian banks are entering 2016 with debt worth $60 billion. It is part of a  hidden Modi government-led agenda that...

Everyone has bid farewell to 2015. As we move on to 2016, here are some resolutions and aspirations the nation hopes to fulfill through the...