Opinion
OPINION | With Comment on JNU, Abhijit Banerjee Trying to Normalise Nazism
In modern history, if anything is close or symmetric to Nazism or fascism, that is communism.
Motivation, Management, Cost Reduction: Why Privatisation is Best Bet for Air India That Faces Slew of Challenges
Several questions have been raised, including why turning around Air India is not being considered by the government. As the numbers indicate, this is simply not an option.
With Tiranga, Ahimsa and Jana Gana Mana, Muslims are Reasserting Their Indian Identity in Style
Muslims today are determined to speak for themselves, not willing to repeat the follies of partition when the Congress and Mahatma Gandhi erred in assuming that the Muslim League was their sole representative.
Striking a Balance? With Renewed Anti-Citizenship Bill Stir in Northeast, BJP Focuses on Talks with ULFA
{rotests are continuing in large parts of the northeast. The earlier assessment of a few BJP leaders that the movement would subside in Assam after a couple of weeks has also proved false.
OPINION | Was the Hyderabad Encounter Genuine? Provisions of Law Make it Difficult to Accept Police Explanation
If the Hyderabad rape-and-murder accused were hit by bullets on lower parts of their bodies, they would not have been instantaneously killed.
OPINION | Centre vs State, Failed Public Transport System: There's More to Delhi's Air Pollution Than Farm Fires
Nearly 99% buses of the operational DTC fleet are over-aged and not fuel-efficient, thus adding their bit to the pollution in the city.
What After Ayodhya Verdict? As Countdown Begins, RSS Prepares Blueprint to Reset India's Social Narrative
In the midst of anticipation amongst BJP and RSS workers, the Sangh, it seems, is working on a blueprint to realign the entire social narrative in India.
Clashes Show Lawyers Have Become a Law Unto Themselves, Writes Delhi's Ex-Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar
It can be said with some certainty that no punitive action will be taken against a single lawyer caught on camera openly indulging in vandalism, arson or assaulting policemen.
OPINION | Elections Can be Fought Sans the Gandhis: Biggest Takeaway for Congress from Maharashtra and Haryana Results
The outcome of Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly election results is significant on many counts — for the first time, the Gandhis did very little campaigning.
OPINION | Bharat Ratna to Savarkar Would be a Small Way of Correcting a Historical Wrong
The award would send out a strong message of a dismantling of status quo, and of an alternative voice of our freedom struggle being heard and acknowledged.
RSS Wishlist Being Fulfiled, Mohan Bhagwat Asserts His 'Hindu Rashtra' Not Same as Dystopian 'Aryavarta' Regime
Bhagwat's 'Hindu Rashtra', seen in conjunction with his stress on respect for the Constitution and the Law, may effectively be a 'Hindu-majority Rashtra'.
Do Men Need to Experience Menstruation to Dispel the Taboo Around Periods?
Half of the world's population experience periods, isn't that reason enough for the society to be 'comfortable' with periods?
OPINION | Pakistan is No ‘Saviour’ of Kashmir, PoJK; its Campaign Against 370 Move Only Made its True Intentions Public
Pakistan campaign against the Article 370 move have also failed to muster international support against the Indian government’s decision.
OPINION | India Followed Trump, Now Imperative to Tax E-commerce and Tech Companies
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a big announcement that the corporate tax rate on domestic companies will be reduced to 22 percent from the present 30 percent.
OPINION | 'Like Samosa & Weight Loss': When India's Body Demands Change, Corporate Tax Cut May Not be Much of a Help
Despite the large number of measures taken in a span of three weeks, there is a lack the coherence that one would like to have in economic policy.
OPINION | Despite Being in Sync with Global Trend, Why Individual Tax Payer Feels Left Out from Govt's Historic Mini-Budget
Another analyst said that while cutting corporate tax rates was a good move, this only addressed the investment slump in the economy and no measures had as yet been taken to revive demand.