Opinion
OPINION | Jaishankar's Tata Gig Will Raise Eyebrows But India Needs to Shed Hypocrisy and Reward Talent
Whatever the details not yet disclosed, it is safe to assume Jaishankar will earn at least ten times the salary he received last from the government of India. And thereby hangs a case of outdated ideas, misplaced morality and convoluted thinking on what g...
Surendra Nihal Singh: The Editor Who Taught Me the Value of Space, Time and Ethics
Probably, the last of the editors, who believed in keeping intact a wall between editorial independence and business, Mr Singh was a fighter, who saw The Statesman through the dark, dark days of the Emergency. He was the only editor, as far as I know, who...
OPINION | Rahul Gandhi Has Cracked the Code to Defeating PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah Ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections
Rahul Gandhi has not only realised Modi government's weaknesses but has also launched an aggressive campaign against it. This comes at a time when regional parties, inside and outside the NDA, have sensed that a BJP's victory in 2019 could wipe out their...
Fighting for Survival, Mayawati Ready to Play Second Fiddle to Deve Gowda in Karnataka Elections
BSP supremo Mayawati will address a rally in Karnataka on Saturday. This will be her first poll rally after the decimation of her party in last year’s UP Assembly elections.
Opinion | Cauvery Verdict a Shot in the Arm for Siddaramaiah Ahead of Karnataka Assembly Polls
Even though any judgment in interstate water dispute won’t be fully satisfactory for all, Karnataka has more than one reason to smile after the Supreme Court verdict in the cauvery issue. The Congress can certainly use it in the poll campaign in the Cauve...
OPINION | One Nation, One Election Will Kill the Spirit of India's Constitution
Simultaneous elections might seem like an exciting proposition but it will, in the long run, strike at the roots of our democracy and kill the very spirit of our Constitution.
BA Khan | Chief Justice Dipak Misra, You Must Now Repair the Damage
A Judge is Like a Hermit, But Even a Hermit has to See What is Happening Around Him
Colin Gonsalves | Four SC Judges Have Signalled to All Judges That 'Executive Interference' Can't be Tolerated
Never in the history of the Supreme Court, except during emergency and Indira Gandhi's time, has there been such interference by the executive.
OPINION | A Foolhardy Decision in Kulbhushan Jadhav Case by Islamabad Can Damage Indo-Pak Relations Forever
The hard fact remains that despite Pakistan’s claims that Kulbhushan Jadhav was an agent of R&AW, he was in fact abducted from Iran, a third country, by Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.
OPINION | Deeper Analysis of Gujarat Verdict will Disappoint Congress Cheerleaders
The BJP’s vote share in 2017 show that one in every two persons voted for them — despite a strong anti-incumbency factor after 22 years of ruling — a remarkable achievement measured by any metric of psephology and politics.
OPINION | Stop Outraging Against Lankan Cricketers For Wearing Masks, It's Shameful For Us
At the time of writing this, in Delhi, the levels of the deadliest, tiny particulate matter — known as PM 2.5, which lodge deep in a person’s lungs — range between 200-300. Some of the places are worse. The level of PM 2.5 in Anand Vihar is 999, in RK Pur...
OPINION | How History’s 'Heroes' and ‘Villains’ Are Playing Lead Roles in Gujarat Poll Battle
Fact and fiction blend seamlessly into the electoral pottage, as combatants lay claim to heroes of yore and invest their rivals with all the vices of long-dead scoundrels.