Opinion | Message to Opposition: If You Want To Be Heard, Listen Too
Shubhabrata Bhattacharya | Saturday July 06, 2024The responsibility to listen and enable the optimal functioning of Parliament is intrinsic to the Opposition's right to be heard and assertive.
Opinion | Can A Reluctant Michelle Obama Replace Biden Amid Clamour For Change?
Maha Siddiqui | Saturday July 06, 2024Michelle Obama has quite clearly said no to running for office in the past. However, not only is eight years a long time in politics, but the current circumstances are such for the Democrats that it might just make even the unlikely happen.
Blog | A Non-Binary Teenager, An Ancestral Home, A Ghost: Finding Identity In 'Rain Must Fall'
Shruti Kohli | Saturday July 06, 2024Spirituality, a significant theme in the book, is introduced with a gentle touch, rooted in Indian cultural concepts of the soul. The author reflects, A soul doesnt have a gender, it is not bound by anything, it is just love.
Opinion | UK Elections: Conservatives Will Recover. Sunak, Probably Not
Naresh Kaushik | Saturday July 06, 2024Sunak has already promised to stay in parliament despite reports that he may return to the US to take a lucrative job in the corporate world. The election of a new leader will show where the party intends to head.
Opinion | Rishi Sunak: For Whom Everything That Could Go Wrong, Went Wrong
Andrew Whitehead | Friday July 05, 2024Sunak has said he will remain an MP and he has denied suggestions that he's planning to move to California, where the family has a home. But his time at the highest echelons of British politics is almost over.
Opinion | Unemployment In India: The Private Sector Needs To Do Its Bit Too
Bibek Debroy, Aditya Sinha | Friday July 05, 2024Adam Smith in his seminal work, The Wealth of Nations, observed that "the real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it".
Opinion | Pocketbook Constitution: The Optics Of Parliament's Most-Loved Book
Sumit Baudh | Friday July 05, 2024The optics of a pocketbook Constitution in anyone's hands does not imply they have read it or are interested in wading through this lengthy text. Yet, the optics have given an unprecedented tangible form to the Constitution.
Opinion | UK Elections: Mending India-Labour Relations Won't Be Easy For Starmer
Syed Zubair Ahmed | Friday July 05, 2024The relations between the UK's Labour Party and the Indian government are complex, influenced by historical ties, diaspora politics, and divergent policy priorities. Addressing such challenges will require nuanced diplomacy.
Opinion | Was PM Modi's Tough Talk In Parliament Aimed To Pep Up BJP Cadre?
Lakshmi Iyer | Thursday July 04, 2024Nothing seems to have hit the Congress harder than PM Narendra Modi's speeches in both houses of Parliament.
Opinion | Bollywood Needs To Stop Bleeding Producers Dry. South Has Lessons
Latha Srinivasan | Thursday July 04, 2024Post-COVID-19, many in the Hindi film industry, including producers, studio heads, and top executives, are looking for a market correction, beginning with star fees.
Opinion | Modi-Putin Should Consider Something: Balancing China Together
Aditi Bhaduri | Thursday July 04, 2024While China's calling card is its massive investments and the BRI, Russia and India can leverage their position through joint efforts towards invigorating trade and investments in Central Asia, the ASEAN region, and even South Asia.
Opinion | Parliament Debate: Will Disruption, Chaos Become The Norm In The 18th Lok Sabha?
Amitabh Tiwari | Wednesday July 03, 2024Overall, the debate was disappointing for both the opposition and the ruling BJP. Both sides resorted to mudslinging, seemingly forgetting that the elections were over.
Opinion | Is India Ready To Go All-EV By 2034? Absolutely Not
Arindam Goswami | Wednesday July 03, 2024The hidden carbon footprint of EVs, the inadequacy of our renewable energy infrastructure, the strain on our power grid and the economic and geopolitical ramifications, all paint a grim picture of a policy that could backfire disastrously.
Opinion | It's Time The US, Forever Preaching To Others, Got Off Its High Horse
Kanwal Sibal | Tuesday July 02, 2024In releasing the State Department's 2023 International Religious Freedom report recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to India by name for violating religious freedom.
Blog | To Those Trolling Sonakshi And Zaheer, Khamosh!
Rohit Khanna | Tuesday July 02, 2024Let's return to Shatrughan Sinha's gentle reminder - that his daughter and Zaheer have broken no law. India, as it was envisioned by our founding fathers, is meant to be a country where diversity and choice are underwritten, guaranteed, and protected
