Columnists
Savarkar a national icon? BJP’s new poll trick
The present regime’s effort is not the first, although this campaign is more amplified, given its mastery in political communication.
A relentless war rages on in the Middle East
The Kurds have been abandoned and left to die; it is not for the first time that an American ally has suffered such a fate.
Better not trust capitalists, sign up for ‘green army’ instead
The Thunberg pater familias was correct in identifying such words as potentially problematic.
Tackling global poverty: Do the poor get a voice?
Banerjee and Duflo teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kramer is at Harvard University.
Telangana’s RTC crisis is everyone’s problem
The RTC crisis has been created by the government, and particularly by the Chief Minister himself.
America needs to get serious about peace in Afghanistan
Pakistan has played a constructive role in facilitating meetings between the US and the Taliban.
Nobel for stern critic of Indian govt’s eco vision
Dr Banerjee never took his eyes off India and his insights were not restricted to poverty alone.
From Wuhan to Chennai: Reading the tea leaves...
It is not quite clear why Chennai was chosen as a venue for the informal summit between Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi on Saturday.
As Donald Trump talks peace over Turkey, Kurds bear the brunt
Clearly, out of the mouth of (orange-maned) babes there do occasionally come words of truth.
Are these early shoots of a ‘reforms’ revival?
This is a huge step away from the “Nelson’s eye” which was being turned to the crisis earlier.