Home » Opinion

Opinion - Page 864

Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday was appointed as the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India, a day after his predecessor Urjit Patel resigned. (Photo: File | PTI)

Economy: Will govt get its act together?

Rural distress has been deepening with farmers taking to the streets, despite the government's attempt to assuage their...

14 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said India and Pakistan need more steps like this (Kartarpur Corridor) for peace in the South Asian region. (Photo: ANI)

Leaders need a cautionary whisperer: It's the press' job

PM Imran Khan must be inundated already with advice proffered by his friends, his critics, his wives.

14 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

Congress Party workers celebrate the party victory in the states Assembly elections, at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The Game of Change: Stormy days lie ahead

This isn't how the BJP's spin masters and pundits will frame the narrative in the coming days.

13 Dec 2018 5:37 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said his partys victory was a clear message to PM Modi that people are not happy with decisions, including demonetisation and those pertaining to farmers and youth. (Photo: ANI)

Pappu' can not only dance... he can make others dance too!

The watershed moment was his 40 minute-long pointed speech in Parliament which he capped with a forced hug on a...

13 Dec 2018 5:31 AM IST

Congress Party workers celebrate the party victory in the states Assembly elections, at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The electorate chose the lesser of two evils

Indira Gandhi had her greatest electoral triumph in 1971 because she was able to highlight the good she had done.

13 Dec 2018 1:00 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Has Macron imbibed any lessons so far?

Macron's popularity, meanwhile, has been in the low 20s, and one recent poll has it down to 18 per cent.

13 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

Bill Gates is more concerned about the benefits his organisations like Microsoft or Gates Foundation can reap.

Mystic Mantra: Bill Gates and the new awakening

Osho, the enlightened mystic of modern times, made meditation the central point of his spiritual teaching.

13 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

RBI governor Urjit Patel

A disappointing choice

There's a fundamental difference between an economist and a bureaucrat heading the central bank.

13 Dec 2018 12:05 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

MP: BJP bid to retain power was abortive

The final score-line in the Hindi heartland read 0-3 against the BJP, with its arch-rival Congress taking everything.

13 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

It is a journey from a mundane to a spiritual field of life, though remaining within the householders way of life.

Mystic Mantra: Life is a train journey

The sense of duties and responsibilities will prevail over expectations and disappointments.

12 Dec 2018 1:53 AM IST

Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, goes to polls on December 9 and 14. (Photo: PTI/File)

Lotus pond is shrinking: Regional parties must rework 2019 strategy

Miscalculating the power of parochial sentiments, couched in the idiom of Telangana nationalism, has cost the Congress.

12 Dec 2018 1:53 AM IST

Congress workers celebrate victory in state assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

A clear sign that the mood is changing

The Congress managed to snatch Rajasthan from the BJP in a tighter contest than was expected.

12 Dec 2018 1:53 AM IST