Opinion - Page 900

Speaking truth to power was likely a phrase coined by the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. In modern times speaking truth to power has become a...

With the personal attention he has paid to foreign policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lifted bilateral engagement to an entirely different level...

“There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities, but the issues need to be considered together. From the urban design and...

It is very easy to do business with a hundred thousand dollars in one’s kitty. The climb to the top, however, becomes impossibly steep if you have to...

Sanitation in Jammu and Kashmir is among the worst in India, with more than 54% of more than 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15...

This is a bad season for NGOs. Two weeks ago, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a Bill allowing foreign NGOs to be banned on grounds of national...

If the AIADMK chief Jayalalitha Jayaram thought that her troubles had come to an end with her acquittal by the Karnataka High Court last month on...

Contrary to popular perception that Sanjay Gandhi and his motley crew of goons were behind the decision to impose the Emergency, the strange truth is...

Global warming will have a profound impact on food production worldwide, leading to a reduction in the nutritional properties of some major crops,...

Will it be a flood or stampede next? Maharashtra can expect more disasters if remedial action is not taken immediately.Urban flooding, which was...

There is nothing startling about China’s blocking of the United Nations (UN) motion against Pakistan for releasing the mastermind  of the Mumbai...

Nursery admissions are in the news once again. This time due to the unearthing of a large racket related to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS)...