Opinion

Leaders of mainstream parties in Kashmir issued statements to condemn the killings but didn’t bother to visit the family members of the slain leader.

Churchill was an enthusiastic advocate of military intervention to quell the Russian Revolution, and wrote ferociously about the dangers posed to the world by the 'International Jews', his racist term for communists, and their 'sinister confederacy'.

Access to sanitary products, safe and hygienic spaces in which to use them, and the right to manage menstruation in a dignified manner is a fundamental need of women and girls everywhere.

While the British rule in India began in 1757 after the battle of Plassey, the British established their formal military and political control over Assam and Manipur in 1826 after their victory against the Burmese army.

And thus is born the multi-tasking 'superwoman' or a 'supermom' with 12 hands, who is supposed to be this multi-tasker woman so effectively managing her home, office, children, kitchen, the in-laws, parents and much more. And all this, when, all that her...

Till we were locked down, we didn’t have to face this situation. While the lockdown loosens, greeting a loved one with a jhappi is a reflex action in many parts of India. Few of us realise the other person can do without such an overt act of affection.

The killing of George Floyd in the US reflects the hypocrisy and insincerity of those who raise their voice against injustice done to people outside India but remain largely unaffected when similar acts of murder and violence are unleashed on their own ci...

Allowing Huawei or ZTE to be a 5G equipment provider to Indian telecommunications firms will be like asking the Chinese Communist Party to run our general elections.

Hard-bitten Shiv Sainiks complain that while this government is run by the NCP on the ground, it may be the Shiv Sena, which will be left shouldering the blame for any slip-ups.

Wolf warrior diplomacy, a euphemism for aggressive behaviour by China’s diplomats, has been on display for a few months now. It can be clearly seen that Covid-19 or not, the aggressiveness is there.

If the Chinese economy takes a bad knock as a fallout of Covid and India gets its act together, the balance-of-power equation has the potential to shift significantly. China’s calculations are transparent.

With the advancement of medical science, it is now evident that disease outcomes, occurrences and health systems differ for women and men.

The coronavirus lockdown is like a temporary dam to hold back flood waters. However, once the dam is dismantled, the flood waters come rushing in to inundate areas that had been kept dry.

The present government’s record in reviving the agriculture sector does not instill any confidence. India’s Average Agricultural GDP growth has plunged to 2.9 per cent from 2014-15 to 2018-19.

The BMC may have waited for coronavirus to flare up, rather than pre-empt it by launching aggressive, pro-active measures to screen residents of slums and lower-income group housing, which house over 60% of Mumbai’s population.

Is this the long awaited, take-off moment for the Indian economy? Has the PM divined the magical balance between social justice and unshackling the entrepreneurial genius of aspirational India?