BJP-ruled states are worse than the others because they are frivolous
On the whole BJP-ruled states are not doing very well because of theatrics and outright populism.
Aug 10, 2018, 14:02 PM IST
Mindless meddling: The anti-business disease of Maharashtra's order on food in multiplexes
Mumbai is struggling in the rain. But the government seems more interested in mindlessly populist meddling with non-essential movie-watching.
Aug 04, 2018, 18:17 PM IST
Damn India's cities, running them is not glamourous enough for our politicians
Our political masters are interested only in things that are exciting, and not doing things right.
Jul 31, 2018, 19:53 PM IST
Narendra Modi's foot-in-mouth ministers should measure their words
Two Union ministers made statements that directly undermine the rule of law. This could have dangerous repercussions.
Jul 20, 2018, 13:26 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor must chill, 'Hindu Pakistan' remark was unnecessary hyperbole
Maybe the hyperbole confirms that Shashi Tharoor has fully joined the ranks of Indian political tradition.
Jul 13, 2018, 14:07 PM IST
India a land of many centuries: Lynchings exist side-by-side with the modern
we have industrial hubs, cosmopolitan pockets, metropolitan cities, metrosexual men, emancipated women, and instances of lynching. Many centuries also live in India, some of them making all of us uneasy.
Jul 07, 2018, 15:40 PM IST
Petty politicking should stop when India faces international embarrassment
Both the Congress and the BJP are guilty of often putting petty politics ahead of India's image and inetrests.
Jun 29, 2018, 19:41 PM IST
Sterlite shutdown - Myopic decision
The Tamil Nadu Environment & Forests Department’s Government Order for the “permanent” closure of Sterlite Copper, the Vedanta Group’s copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi, is shortsighted and grievous. It doesn’t augur well for industrialization—not only in Tamil Nadu, which is a leading industrial state, but also in the entire country.
May 30, 2018, 10:31 AM IST
Bank privatisation is only solution
Neither the PCA nor any other framework can cure the banking sector, for the problem is structural rather than functional: it is the government ownership that is at the heart of the rot.
May 24, 2018, 16:19 PM IST
Price controls: Remedy worse than malady
The wise, they say, learn from the mistakes of others, while fools learn from their own mistakes. Our political masters refuse to learn any sensible lesson.
May 10, 2018, 18:48 PM IST
On his 200th birth anniversary, Karl Marx continues to haunt us
Marxism is at the end of a day a collectivist and totalitarian philosophy. And, at the heart of collectivism and totalitarianism lies darkness.
May 03, 2018, 14:00 PM IST
In their blindness, there is no difference between Asaram bhakts and Leftists
It is easy to dismiss or ridicule Asaram's bhaktas as irrational people, but their behaviour is the same as those who continued to support the horrors of Russia and China.
Apr 27, 2018, 18:42 PM IST
Left-liberal warning in bid to remove Chief Justice of India: If you are not with us...
Justice Chandrachud was a hero when he slammed the Modi government over privacy. Now, he is a villain, because if you are not with us…
Apr 21, 2018, 14:10 PM IST
Mainstreaming the Northeast: What might work, and what might not
To what extent the Northeastern states succeed will depend on several factors. It is, however, indubitable that the direction is right.
Apr 18, 2018, 20:03 PM IST
Sleep of reason produces monsters and Bharat bandh
Parochial and knee-jerk reactions from the political class and intellectuals have left no room for meaningful interface and dialogue over the Supreme Court's order on the SC/ST Act.
Apr 05, 2018, 12:28 PM IST
Still wedded to Socialism, Congress has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing
The recent Congress plenary session has showed that the Congress still wants to undo the liberalisation that its own government started in 1991.
Mar 20, 2018, 12:16 PM IST
Mandatory CSR is morally reprehensible, logically repugnant, and economically wasteful
Compulsory CSR also flies in the face of Make in India programme.
Mar 13, 2018, 13:45 PM IST
