Opinion

KAMALA HARRIS BREAKS GLASS CEILING TO ATTAIN NEW HEIGHTS

09 Nov 2020 07:46 AM IST

The 2020 American elections were indeed historic in multiple ways, resulting in a mammoth victory for the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team. In fact, Kamala, whose mother hailed from Tamil Nadu, has broken the glass ceiling; she is the first woman and a person of colour to attain the second highest

Let foreign universities enter India but with proper regulation

09 Nov 2020 07:45 AM IST

The country’s interest would be best served not by preventing foreign educational institutions but by ensuring proper regulatory measures. Thankfully, the government has taken up this issue afresh to design an appropriate legislation for the same.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat needs an upgraded food security system

07 Nov 2020 09:54 AM IST

India’s food security measures must be updated with the changing times. There is an urgent need to ensure more wholesome rations, assure farmers a uniform income, and integrate the food processing industry to fortify the nutritional, social and economic benefits of the system.

BIDEN GOOD FOR INDIA, NOT SO GOOD FOR BJP?

07 Nov 2020 08:53 AM IST

Most of us have been keenly following the US presidential elections, but what is interesting is that everyone has a point of view. If this election has been seen as one that has so sharply divided America, then it has had an equally divisive impact on India. Speaking on the

The problem of religious violence in secular nations

06 Nov 2020 04:23 AM IST

Secular republican values precede private institutions and religious sectarianism in France and India, yet both countries have witnessed brutal assaults by Islamist forces. Sadly, these are often downplayed due to certain inbuilt weaknesses in both nations.

AMERICA NEEDS TO BE UNITED TO BE GREAT AGAIN

06 Nov 2020 04:17 AM IST

The ongoing poll process in the world’s oldest democracy has brought out the fault lines in the country’s social fabric and has demonstrated beyond any doubt that in order to be great once again, America needs to be united first. The nail-biting finish to the election does not appear to

Criminalisation of marital rape in view of transformative constitutionalism: An analysis

05 Nov 2020 06:01 AM IST

Marital rape is an unrecognised offence in the Indian criminal justice system. Exception 2 to Section 375 of the IPC excludes marital rape from the definition of rape otherwise envisaged within this Section. The roots of such non-criminalisation can be traced back to our colonisation by the British. Section 375

AMERICAN MEDIA, POLLSTERS LOSE ONCE AGAIN

05 Nov 2020 05:36 AM IST

Whatever be the outcome of the US Presidential election—at the time of writing it is not clear who is winning—if there is one thing that stands out, it’s the failure of American mainstream or legacy media, as well as pollsters and polling agencies, to project the correct picture of the

Women safety depends on representation in Parliament

05 Nov 2020 05:35 AM IST

Women’s rights and safety will continue to be issues until women are better represented in the country’s legislative and policymaking processes. Political parties need to work towards creating safe spaces for women within their structures and making them more visible on the electoral scene.

BOTH POLITICIANS AND VOTERS ON TEST IN BIHAR POLLS

04 Nov 2020 05:38 AM IST

These elections are not just seeing a battle between Tejashwi Yadav and his bête noire, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. There is another high-profile test at play over here: The image of Bihar. For perhaps the first time in the state the poll narrative is not so much about caste as

Animal spirits are back to bolster Indian economy

04 Nov 2020 05:36 AM IST

While the agrarian economy did the heavy lifting, India’s economy picked up speed in September also because of the revival in demand and business activity. Five of the eight high frequency indicators, including exports, improved in September, while three were steady.

TALK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN KASHMIR IS PREPOSTEROUS

03 Nov 2020 05:22 AM IST

Changes in the land laws of Jammu and Kashmir have resulted in speculation about possible demographic changes in the newly formed union territory. Separatists and so-called mainstream politicians of Kashmir are trying to make a cause célèbre out of it at a time when they are not in a position