RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has made headlines by saying divorce is commoner in educated and affluent families “because with education and affluence comes arrogance, as a result of which families fall apart.” In the ancient days that Bhagwat reveres, India […]
Rising divorces a sign of justice, not arrogance Read More »
India is going through its slowest threeyear growth period since the Asian Financial crisis. GDP growth is now estimated at 6.1% in 2018-19, 5% in 2019-20, and (according to the IMF) 5.8% in 2020-21. Is India trapped in a new
Why stimulus has failed to lift the economy Read More »
The government’s attempt to catch Bangladeshi infiltrators through an all-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has created communal poison. Social harmony, vital for economic progress has been bashed. An unexpected consequence will be a black
NRC-CAA move likely to stoke a statistical collapse Read More »
On Republic Day, it is worth asking, what was the greatest era in Indian history? An insightful but rare view came from William Dalrymple at a recent event to promote his latest book ‘The Anarchy’. He said the Golden Age
This R-Day, let’s focus on India’s cultural greatness rather than military muscle Read More »
Non-BJP states say they will not implement the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) or Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) or both. When the CAA was passed by both houses of Parliament, it induced little political resistance. But after student agitations
US shows that states can defy citizenship laws Read More »
After white rule ended in South Africa, President Nelson Mandela set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to inquire into apartheid atrocities. He did not seek a Nuremberg-style trial to hang all the guilty, which would have created an irreparable
Wanted: Swachh budget with less fiscal fudging Read More »
Three years ago, Ratan Tata, head of the Tata Trusts, ousted Cyrus Mistry as the head of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group. Cyrus Mistry took the matter to the courts. He lost the first legal round
Charitable trusts must not exert corporate control Read More »
The killing of four rape suspects in an “encounter” by the Hyderabad police evoked rapturous joy in many TV channels and the general public. MP Jaya Bachchan called for the public lynching of all rapists. Meanwhile, many judges and columnists
‘Encounters’ need to end but the real culprit is a moribund judicial system Read More »
Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that without drastic action by 2030, world temperatures would rise by over 1.5 degrees, melting icecaps, hitting crops, and deepening poverty. It said the world must massively reduce carbon use, through
Don’t expect the poor to sacrifice for climate change Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected in 2014 on an anti-corruption platform from which he told voters, “Main na khaoonga na khane doonga.” Translation: I will neither eat (take bribes) nor allow others to eat. After the scam-ridden years of
How BJP is fast becoming like Congress in graft Read More »
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