For Hindus, a tirth sthal is about seeking and fulfilling a search for one’s own salvation Prime Minister Narendra Modi succeeded in making the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya one of the most-watched events in the history of Indian television. Can he […]
Ayodhya is buzzing but can it make the big leap to tirth sthal? Read More »
Having served 14 years of a life term in jail, the convicts had asked for release on the ground of old age and ‘good behaviour’. How can ‘good conduct’ in jail compensate for the horrors wreaked on Bilkis and her
SC verdict on Bilkis Bano comes as a welcome breath of justice Read More »
Will this interim budget really be a bore? After all, this is an election year. But the BJP is so certain of winning that it has no need to look to the interim budget for votes. Sitharaman will doubtless talk
Feb budget may have rhetoric, but not sops Read More »
Letting youngsters decide who they want to marry might have an unexpected benefit for the economy. I am currently holidaying in Bali. Many readers will know that 90% of Bali’s population is Hindu in a country that is overwhelmingly Muslim. I
Lesson from Bali: India needs more love marriages Read More »
Developing countries have contributed very little to the total greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Why should they not be able to produce what the rich countries produced to become rich? Climate summits are occasions for massive hypocrisy. COP28 in Dubai has just
Why West has no right to lecture India on coal usage Read More »
COP28 is discussing reforms of global food systems but the western argument for locavorism is actually protectionism in disguise. The current climate summit in Dubai, called COP28, will once again call for a wide range of measures to save the earth. Because of
Why West’s local food fad can’t save the planet Read More »
Economist and columnist Swaminathan Aiyar said that global investors have to some extent already factored in a Narendra Modi victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. India is a new locomotive that is taking the place of China, says Swaminathan
India now seen as new kind of locomotive taking China’s place: Swaminathan Aiyar Read More »
Bollywood spies make for hit films but in real life, killing terrorists only creates martyrs Bollywood has glamourised Indian secret service agents. Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are so irresistible in spy films that even Pakistani secret agents
Why Political Problems cannot be Solved by Assassinations Read More »
Bangladesh has long overtaken India in life expectancy, fertility, child mortality, sanitation, school participation and gender equality. And now Nepal, with a per capita income half of India’s, has also begun to surge ahead India is falling behind other countries
Why Nepal and Bangladesh are beating India in social indicators Read More »
It is the largest economy in South Asia, but it’s not the best-off. Important lessons, not just for India but also its neighbours, based on per capita incomes from 1980 to 2023 The Government of India boasts that India is
It’s a fact – India’s people are still poorer than Lanka, Bangladesh Read More »
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