Opinion

Kashi Corridor and India’s emerging cultural renaissance

05 Jan 2022 02:10 AM IST

The country’s esteem has risen in the world as a result of its growing economic strength and the efforts towards cultural revival. The world respects those who value their own culture.

REFORMER NARENDRA MODI REMINDS ONE OF RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY

04 Jan 2022 08:38 AM IST

Considered to be the Father of the Indian Renaissance, multifaceted social, religious and educational reformer Raja Rammohan Roy, whose mission was admired and adopted by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, is renowned for his pioneering role in opposing practices like Sati, child marriage and social divisions and for advocating education. Prime

Prognosis of Hindu-Muslim hate in modern India

04 Jan 2022 08:34 AM IST

Learned, spiritual people should mull over ways to get rid of factors promoting hatred.

TRI-SERVICES INQUIRY INTO GENERAL RAWAT’S CHOPPER CRASH VIRTUALLY OVER

03 Jan 2022 06:52 AM IST

Lack of depth perception by the pilots could have contributed to the Helicopter crash that killed General Bipin Rawat, his wife, Madhulika and 12 others near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu last month. The Tri-services probe headed by Air Marshal Manvendra Singh is in its final stages and before the findings

India needs to tap Oman, boost economic, strategic ties

03 Jan 2022 06:51 AM IST

There are immense possibilities of strengthening mutually beneficial ties between the two countries that New Delhi must leverage.

DOUBTS PERSIST ON RAHUL’S COMMITMENT TO POLITICS

01 Jan 2022 02:18 AM IST

The reports regarding Rahul Gandhi’s latest visit abroad, probably to Italy, where his maternal grandmother stays, has raised serious doubts regarding the former Congress president’s commitment to politics. In fact, he has been overseas multiple times this year and even Trinamool Congress Supremo, Mamata Banerjee, recently pointed out that Rahul

Dissent vs descent: The democracy debate

01 Jan 2022 02:17 AM IST

The Narendra Modi government has always encouraged constructive criticism and dissent, which are the bedrocks of democracy.

CHINA IS WEAPONISING THE INDIAN OCEAN

31 Dec 2021 07:06 AM IST

The Indian Ocean is India’s backyard, but China wants to control the region and its waters. They are doing that by establishing a permanent naval presence in the Indian Ocean. The maritime strategist Alfred Mahan said more than a century ago that, “Whoever controls the Indian Ocean will dominate Asia.

India can be a moral, spiritual leader in eco-conservation

31 Dec 2021 07:04 AM IST

India, with 6,000 years of history, has always been a very obedient citizen of the nature. Environment in India was not an object of description, rather it has always been a ritual, a religion to learn something and to know the summary of living things.

GEOPOLITICS 2021: ONE HIT, TWO MISSES

30 Dec 2021 06:45 AM IST

Looking back, one of the most significant geopolitical developments in 2021 has been the institutionalization of the Quad—earlier known as the quadrilateral dialogue—comprising India, the United States, Japan and Australia. What was earlier nothing more than a chatroom, had two major meetings this year, first a virtual one of the

Some thoughts on the judicial oversight of executive actions

30 Dec 2021 06:44 AM IST

One understands judicial oversight as a process by which the judiciary examines the legality of any executive action according to the provisions of the Constitution or law of a country.

NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR

29 Dec 2021 07:04 AM IST

It is that time of the year when we do stock-taking of the year gone by, and for those of us in the media, we pick a Newsmaker of the Year. Unfortunately, the newsmaker is still the coronavirus or more specifically the horrid Delta variant that ravaged so many homes