Opinion - Page 868

I had arrived at the city of Chennai after five years. Despite having seen the pictures of inundated houses on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, or OMR, now...

The high-intensity rainfall in November brought Chennai to a standstill. Between November 11 and 18, the capital of Tamil Nadu received 449.9 mm of...

The Indian higher education system commanded awe and respect in the ancient world. Important seats of learning like Nalanda and Takshashila attracted...

The authorities in Beijing declared a “smog alert” in the city on November 29, when China’s capital recorded a reading of 391 microgram/cubic metre...

Despite promising less government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Central dispensation is only expanding. Departments have increased. With...

The atmosphere at the climate conference in Paris is full of rumours and intrigue. Rumours abound of a pincer movement, spearheaded by the US, to trap...

A staggering 147 Heads of State have assembled at Paris to discuss and possibly find a solution to the problem of climate change at the COP-21. The...

It’s difficult to believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could actually speak in an adulatory tone about the nation’s first premier Jawaharlal...

It is a grave cause of concern; F. William Engdahl’s evocative book titled “Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation” seeks to...

Turkmen rebels, on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, who call themselves the Syrian Liberation Army, have been protecting the routes on which...

I wrote last about what I expect will happen at the Paris climate change conference. But what should happen? First, the world must strongly underscore...

The BJP’s castigation of the non-Muslims who complain of intolerance comprises words like “manufactured paper rebellion”, “fake dissent”, Nehruvian,...