Insight - Page 10
An exploration of existence
30 Dec 2023 8:45 PM ISTThe eponymous character in Rajni Sekhri Sibal’s ‘Asariri’ — a poignantly written fiction set in the introspective ambience of the Himalayas — guides...
Lingering shadows
30 Dec 2023 8:33 PM ISTAlthough the 12th Ministerial Conference made crucial decisions in the realm of e-commerce, fisheries subsidies, TRIPS waiver, food security and WTO...
Candid retelling of a life extraordinaire
23 Dec 2023 9:33 PM IST‘A Lifetime in Schools. Few Canes, Lots of Sugarcane’ is an extremely frank autobiography where noted educationist Kulbhushan Kain takes readers...
Mounting troubles
23 Dec 2023 9:28 PM ISTThe trail of failures continued at the 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires — leading to a shift towards regional and bilateral agreements, and...
Glimpses of bureaucratic brilliance
16 Dec 2023 8:32 PM IST‘Administration in India’, edited by Ashish Kumar Srivastava and Iva Ashish Srivastava, is a scholarly compilation of 14 essays on varied aspects of...
Triumphs and trials
16 Dec 2023 8:26 PM ISTAlthough the Nairobi Ministerial Conference was considered successful with a consensual ministerial declaration, developed nations made minimal...
The lost legends of Doon
9 Dec 2023 10:20 PM ISTValley of Words has roped in the erstwhile colleagues of Raj Kanwar, Pradeep Singh and SK Das — three stalwarts of the Doon valley who passed away in...
An ‘imbalanced’ revival
9 Dec 2023 10:10 PM ISTComing on the back of an unsatisfactory eighth Ministerial Conference, the Bali Declaration, focusing on Trade Facilitation, rebooted the WTO but...
Eloquent echoes
2 Dec 2023 8:31 PM ISTWith the support of NHRC and organisational backing up by Doon University, the Valley of Words is conducting Gaura Devi debate which will conclude on...
Minimal headway
2 Dec 2023 8:02 PM ISTHeld against a low bar of expectations, the eighth Ministerial Conference (MC) of the WTO in Geneva concluded with minimal progress on key issues,...
Dialectic delight
25 Nov 2023 9:37 PM ISTAt the seventh edition of Valley of Words, senior students from government-sponsored institutions will come together to participate in the fourth...
Revitalising negotiations
25 Nov 2023 9:33 PM ISTThe 7th Ministerial Conference at Geneva, which happened after a four-year hiatus, was devoid of goals and text-based talks and aimed for open...
Floods, Fury & Faultlines
6 Sept 2025 11:14 PM IST‘Education Must Build Social Cohesion’
6 Sept 2025 11:08 PM ISTCBAM’s Industrial Shockwave
6 Sept 2025 11:04 PM ISTLetters, Lineage and Liberation
6 Sept 2025 11:01 PM ISTReclaiming Punjab’s Forgotten Legacy
6 Sept 2025 10:58 PM IST
India calls for restraint, PM Modi appeals for peace
10 Sept 2025 2:08 AM ISTCP Radhakrishnan elected 15th Vice President with 452 votes
10 Sept 2025 2:06 AM ISTGovt directs manufacturers to revise MRP on unsold stock as GST rates...
10 Sept 2025 2:04 AM ISTPrez reference: Guv expected to act on bills within reasonable time,...
10 Sept 2025 2:00 AM ISTIndia repatriates 67 Pakistani detainees in humanitarian move
10 Sept 2025 1:58 AM IST