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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi needs to govern quietly, stop bragging

Whether it is convincing or not, it showed that Modi was seriously engaging with his critics.

10 Oct 2017 2:25 AM IST

No saviour' is coming to rescue Pak from itself

Movements require a mobilising vision, commitment, organisation, struggle, feedback, and participatory decision-making.

10 Oct 2017 2:16 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Talk about a takeover falls flat as Chief is uncertain

Throw in a bit of anti-US and anti-India hysteria and you may even wonder why we haven't already had a coup.

9 Oct 2017 1:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted there was a slowdown in economy but also said it was temporary. (Photo: PTI)

Use huge reserves to revive the economy

The Modi government finds itself in a chakravyuh it is unable to fight its way out.

9 Oct 2017 1:20 AM IST

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

When Muslims do it, it's called terrorism

India's law against terror is called Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and was legislated by the Vajpayee government in...

8 Oct 2017 12:46 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after taking charge at her office in New Delhi, becoming the first full-time woman Defence Minister of the country. (Photo: PTI)

Of defensive Sitharaman & sidelined neta

Sitharaman has grown in stature after she was elevated to Cabinet rank and moved from the commerce ministry to the...

8 Oct 2017 12:41 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: AP)

Move closer to Japan, but respect the past

Technically, Andaman and Nicobar Islands became the first territory to be liberated from the British by flying the...

7 Oct 2017 12:18 AM IST

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont told a crowd of cheering supporters (Photo: AFP)

Hostile reaction to referendums will worsen matters

The Spanish state's reaction detracts from its moral authority.

6 Oct 2017 1:19 AM IST

A newspaper article written by Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday in which he slammed the governments handling of the economy has sparked a raging political debate with opposition leaders coming out in his support while top ministers rejecting his criticism. (Photo: PTI)

After the Sinha ripple effects, wait & watch

The latest in the line of the government's critics is Arun Shourie, who repeated earlier assertions.

6 Oct 2017 1:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the BJP National Executive meeting at Talkatora stadium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

More toilet talk vital for a cleaner India

The Press Information Bureau says over two lakh villages have become open defecation-free.

5 Oct 2017 3:18 AM IST

Saudi women, which going by the Kingdoms definition are only those born to a Saudi father, are an integral part of the new Saudi Arabia that seeks to banish all foreigners from its government. (Photo: AP)

House of Saud and its jubilant tale of progress

A victory for Saudi women thus comes at the expense of heightening Saudi nationalism and even xenophobia.

5 Oct 2017 3:16 AM IST

Malerkotla Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a procession on Muharram in Malerkotla. (Photo: PTI)

The wretched of the earth

In their popular message, both events Muharram and Ram Lila are observed as marking the triumph of good over evil.

4 Oct 2017 12:49 AM IST