The Islamism bogey in Kashmir

It was Bertolt Brecht who once suggested, in his sharp, almost genial way, while talking of a different uprising, in 1953 in East Germany, that the state could, as a solution, dissolve the people.. Read full story

Will Anil Agarwal beat Mukesh?

Dear Anil Agarwal,
The Indian media are agog you are set to overtake Mukesh Ambani as India’s biggest corporate promoter. You have made a massive $9.6 billion bid for 60% of Cairn India, wh.. Read full story

The BPL conundrum

Over the last few decades the BPL (below poverty line) concept has become central to our thought processes regarding poverty alleviation and inclusive growth. An increasing number of welfare prog.. Read full story

The buck must stop

The audacity of hope is no longer a Black American, with a middle name Hussein, and a last name suspiciously sounding similar to Osama, becoming the President of the United States.
Instead, the .. Read full story

Official Worries

THE SUPREME Courts Vishakha Judgement of 1997 is now seen as a landmark in legal guidelines for cases of sexual harassment at the workplace.This judgement was delivered after Bhanwari Devi a develo.. Read full story

Kashmir: Victim of vested interests

The turmoil in Kashmir has become too lucrative for the local politicians,bureaucracy,militants,security forces and their associates for any one of them to seek its resolution,sa.. Read full story

Azadi and swaraj

A few things must happen in Kashmir before a political solution is found. There have to be public apologies and reparations from both the state and central governments for the deaths of civilians, par.. Read full story

Plans that fulfil people's aspirations

Confirming an observation Nandan Nilekani makes in Imagining India, Sunil Khilnani (author of An Idea of India) says, “The statistics of India’s new growth economy grip the popular imagina.. Read full story

Thinking clearly about inflation

The subject of inflation, which occupied the media and the politicians in 2008 until the global financial crisis put an abrupt end to it, has returned to the centre stage of the policy debate. The big.. Read full story

Fire moves on quick knees

Independence day came and went with a disgruntled former policeman throwing a shoe at Omar Abdullah, the embattled chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Since June 11, when a teenager called Tufail Mat.. Read full story