Opinion
School Closures and the Hidden Costs of This Market Failure
Women’s workforce participation in urban India has fallen further. They continue to shoulder additional online-school responsibilities, mostly juggling two children while managing the house.
Sharpening Russia-NATO Acrimony over Ukraine is a Strategic Nightmare for India
New Delhi’s diplomacy will be sorely tested if confronted with a ‘you are either with us or against us’ moment in the event of hostilities flaring up.
Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s Statement on Indian Democracy Presumptuous and Preposterous
It is ironical that the MEA is implicitly disowning and reprimanding someone who belonged to the Indian Foreign Service and held top diplomatic posts.
Padma Bhushan to Pichai, Nadella Shows Why India Must Stop Viewing Itself Through Western Prism
When did JRD Tata get the Bharat Ratna? His contributions to India are beyond compare and yet he got it near the end of his life, while Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella got it a lot earlier.
UP Next: Congress’ Big Worry — If Priyanka Gandhi Mobilising Discontent Will Benefit Samajwadi Party
The Congress neither has any vote base nor a strong organisation to translate the political discontent into a vote base; it also lacks a strong cadre in UP.
Omicron Still Active in Communities, This is Not the Right Time to Reopen Schools
The gains made over the last two years as a result of keeping schools closed will be lost if we reopen them immediately.
Nalin Mehta Writes: 5 Reasons Christophe Jaffrelot and Ashoka University Data on BJP, Caste Are Wrong
Instead of looking at new evidence carefully and responding with reasoned evidence-based critique, respected scholars have resorted to shooting the messenger and stooping to demonstrable falsehoods.
Foxconn in India: The Chinese Media Reaction Shows Beijing Spooked
India is among a small group of countries which has the essential elements to provide an ecosystem for manufacturing that can rival China.
Opinion: The Single Story Syndrome in Kashmir Valley
The media faction running secessionist propaganda was emboldened by financial and moral support provided by Pakistan’s ISI through separatist organisations like Hurriyat Conference.
Industrial Policies Alone Cannot Give Desired Results in Tech Sector. Just Look at US, China Mistakes
Protectionist measures in the name of self-sufficiency cannot foster growth in complex technology supply chains and can lead to discouraging innovation and slow growth.
Baahubali, Pushpa, RRR: The South Rises as Bollywood Appears Fake, Out of Touch
The Southern film industry has expanded the national imagination, adding greater diversity, new stories and new ways of being Indian.
Novak Djokovic — The Isolated One
Most people can’t seem to understand his stance of not taking the vaccine, others believe this is hardly the right fight to fight.
It Boils down to Rice: Why China Enjoys Special Treatment in Sri Lanka
Though India signed its first Free Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka in the late 1990s, upgrading it at the appropriate time has remained an uphill task.
In 2022, Stop Worrying about Reading, Writing, Maths and Help Kids Cope with Their Feelings
There is a much closer integration of classroom and online teaching under the generic term of blended or hybrid learning. Classroom time will be reduced but not removed.
Hinduism and Hate Speech Do Not Mix, ‘Dharma Sansad’ in Haridwar Was a Blunder
Such conclaves and hate speeches only give a handle to those who wish to defame Hinduism and delegitimise Hindutva.
Do Vaccines Work against Omicron, is it as Deadly as Delta? FAQs on New COVID Variant Answered
For the short term, there is both good and bad news on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.