Home » Opinion » Columnists

Columnists - Page 174

The economy had contracted by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21 on account of impact of COVID pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The world economy and us: Are we decoupled?

It is time the Union government offered an honest, realistic and objective assessment of where the economy is headed.

12 Dec 2022 1:35 AM IST

Mallikarjun Babu had a secret weapon: his cousin, film financier Govardhan Babu. Who owned a souped-up, twin-carb Premier Padmini with floorshift gears, alloy rims, multibranch exhaust, air-conditioning and a cutting-edge stereo system. (Image by arrangement)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How Mallikarjun Babu's secret weapon...

To this day, Malli, now a grandfather, gets a befuddled look in his eyes and bites his lower lip suggestively when the...

11 Dec 2022 1:25 AM IST

Mallikarjun Kharge succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old partys highest office (PTI/R Senthil Kumar)

Anita Katyal | Kharge ups the ante on Sonia cabal; Kanhaiya may head...

It is not surprising Kanhaiya is being considered for a larger role in state politics given his proximity to...

11 Dec 2022 1:12 AM IST

The truth, on the other hand, is that public confidence in the judiciary will be shaken if, faced with a prima facie case of his bias, the judge insists on deciding the case.

Pavan K. Varma | In collegium debate, speed, transparency key concerns

The crux of the problem is that all governments would like a more pliant judiciary, supportive of its actions and agenda

11 Dec 2022 12:56 AM IST

The next lines of the verse whose first lines words are Christmas is coming are Please put a penny in the old mans hat? If you havent got a penny, a hapenny will do (Representational Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | Will a wave of strikes in UK take the joy out of...

At every Tube station, on every main street and outside most supermarkets, the poor man's/woman's hat/metal bowl is...

10 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Cristiano Ronaldo (Twitter)

Shobhaa De | No one can really bajaao Ronaldo's band in Qatar

This is star power! A five-time Ballon d'Or winner! Nobody can take away Ronaldo's glorious career and incredible...

10 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

It is never too early to explore more intrusive management measures to improve the efficiency of public expenditure. 9Representational Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Indian economy between a rock and a hard place

Budget reform must enable doing more with less, cut waste, improve project execution, and control administrative...

9 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

among all childhood vaccines, measles is one of the most effective vaccines and two shots of the measles vaccine to a child reduces the risk of disease that is close to negligible. (Representational Image/AP)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Amid surge in measles cases, it's time to step...

A measles vaccine has been available since 1963 and used in India's universal immunisation programme since 1985

9 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (Photo: ANI)

Dilip Cherian | Kerala babu finds himself caught in crossfire between...

The Kerala high court dismissed a petition which sought the court's intervention to ensure that the governor signs bills...

8 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Don't set bar too high for India's G-20...

The G-20's consultative and advisory nature argues against the drama of the ambitious and action-oriented programme...

8 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court's...

On the face of it, the collegium system is indeed untenable in principle in a democratic system. But it is not a simple...

7 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same ideals

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same...

There is a belief that Sardar Patel would have sorted out Pakistan and we would never have had the Kashmir problem

6 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST