Opinion
Opinion | Biden-Xi Summit: No Significant Breakthrough in San Francisco
To alter the dynamics behind the deterioration of their ties, a redefinition of their interests and policies is needed. This is not on the cards
Opinion | Navigating Challenges: How BJP Holds The Upper Hand in Rajasthan Elections
The BJP’s strategic manoeuvring and its ability to tap into the electorate’s desire for change has undoubtedly placed it in a strong position to challenge the Congress government in the Rajasthan elections
Opinion | Lakdi ki Kaathi: The Loss of Childhood in Hindi Cinema
Children deserve a happy childhood. But are all of them as fortunate as Mini and Pinky in ‘Masoom’ (1983) were? Let us take a walk through some of the dark lanes portrayed in Bollywood where children were waylaid of their innocence
Opinion | Significance of Diwali from an American Adoptee of Hindu Dharma
For Hindus, Diwali reminds us of the assurance that truth, light, dharma, and knowledge always prevail over darkness, ignorance, and adharma. Just as a spark or a small flame peers outward and penetrates many square miles of prior darkness
Opinion | Trump-Biden Rematch Exposes Broken US Politics
A new opinion poll conducted by The New York Times-Siena College projects that if the presidential election pitting Donald Trump against US President Joe Biden was held today, Trump would win a comfortable majority
Right Word | How Pakistan is Using Afghan Refugee Crisis to Arm-Twist Taliban
The deportation is likely to adversely affect law-abiding Afghans and Pashtuns in the area and may indeed trigger a humanitarian catastrophe, exacerbating the security situation along the Afghan-Pakistan borders
Book Review | How 2024 is the Year of Reckoning for India, Indians and Indian Politics
A review of Minhaz Merchant’s new book, ‘Modi: The Challenge of 2024’
Opinion | How Cooperative Movement is Scripting the Story of a ‘New India’
Amit Shah has accomplished quite a lot with the Cooperation Ministry. The Centre is now in the business of controlling the cooperative movement nationally. Some analysts have described the movement as the ‘scaffolding’ that holds up rural India
Opinion | Electoral Bonds: Balancing Act Between Political Funding Privacy and Democratic Transparency
Initially heralded as a tool for purifying the opaque financial channels of India’s political entities, electoral bonds are now being scrutinised in the nation’s supreme judicial forum as a potential ‘corruption of democratic principles’
Opinion | Assembly Elections 2023: Last Chance for Congress to Save Itself from Becoming a Political Fossil
Much would depend on whether the Congress holds, if not improves, its position in the coming weeks or loses momentum as the Modi juggernaut gathers speed and the BJP’s vastly superior resources of money and power come into play
Akhil Vaani | It is ‘Wake Up Sid’ Time: We Are Losing The War Between Killer Air and Clean Air
It is a myth that the Delhi-NCR pollution is a winter crisis. Various studies and the raw data of the Central Pollution Board are eye-openers. Pollution is a yearlong problem, and residents of Delhi-NCR hardly experience “good” or “satisfactory” air day
Opinion | Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami Speech: Unite to Lead by Example
Forging unity by rising above selfish and divisive tendencies disrupting Bharat’s growth seems to be the central theme of the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s speech
Opinion | Bhagwat's Vijayadashami Speech: Quest for Selfhood And Affirmative Action to Achieve Social Equality
With every passing year, the RSS has been pushing for ‘Samajik Samrasta’ and this is going to be its major focus in Amrit Kaal too
Malaysia’s Balancing Act with China and Other Allies, And Why It Must Be Prepared for Any Outcome
As responses from China and those from the US and its allies become harder, Malaysia will be forced to make a choice, or the choice will be made for it by either of the sides
Opinion | ‘Crybaby’ Canada Silly to Invoke Vienna Convention, But US Comes Out Sillier Exhibiting Colonial Mindset
Instead of making Canada realise that it cannot run with democratic India and hunt with Khalistani terrorists, the US and the UK have behaved like the white bullies of the yore who would come out to the rescue of ‘one of their own’
Opinion | Gorkha Connect with Indian Army Deep and Historic; PM Modi Must Ensure Ties Remain Intact
PM Modi is the only person who can break the stalemate. The Gorkha connect is not ‘hiring of soldiers’, as BBC called it, but a strategic bonding between peoples of two neighbouring countries with whom India has claimed special relations