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The author is a noted media academic and columnist, and former Dean of Symbiosis and Amity Universities.

An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala's foreign aid conundrum: A way out

Kerala's request for Rs 2,000 crore ($286 million) for the rehabilitation of those affected by recent floods.

24 Aug 2018 12:41 PM IST

Atal Bihari Vajpayee respected the right to dissent or disagree, as a part of polemics, and yet engaged with the dissenter, within and beyond his own party, which is so important in current times. (Photo: File | PTI)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 10 things the nation will never forget

His was a perspective of reconciliation with the Opposition, and respect and consensus for allies.

16 Aug 2018 5:37 PM IST

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra (Photo: PTI)

Real Power with the elected government

'L-G not independent, Delhi not a full state'.

4 July 2018 1:16 PM IST

Here 11% of the children finishing school joins a college whereas in the US, this figure amounts to a whopping 83%. Indian education system is one of the largest in the world with 1.4 million schools, 36000 higher educational institutes and 227 million students. There are 789 universities, 37,204 colleges and 11,443 stand-alone institutions in India- UGC.

Autonomy in, UGC out: Wither public higher education?

Further, there exists a lot of confusion on what does this autonomy entail.

30 Jun 2018 12:51 PM IST

Arvind Kejriwal along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as well as Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai met Anil Baijal and demanded that he direct the IAS officers to call off their strike and punish those who struck work for four months. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

Delhi statehood: Debate revived

The draft bill passed by the Assembly says that Delhi being the national capital can be divided into two parts.

25 Jun 2018 11:34 AM IST

Kejriwal along with his deputy Manish Sisodia and two other ministers - Gopal Rai and Satyendar Jain - met Lt Governor (LG) Anil Baijal at 5:30 pm on Monday and since then, they have stayed put at the LG office. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

Kejriwal dharna, Delhi statehood and the Federal Front

Paradoxically, despite leaning towards a broad united front against BJP, the Congress continues to treat AAP as a...

18 Jun 2018 10:43 AM IST

Indian tourists mainly come to Sri Lanka during the month of May due to the summer holidays.

The Sri Lankan sojourn: Clean, green and serene

Throughout the year Sri Lanka has a good tourist turn out as different nationalities arrive in different time periods of...

7 Jun 2018 1:21 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Chikkamagaluru in poll-bound Karnataka. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4India)

What BJP needs to do to win 2019, turn disadvantage into advantage

BJP still has the edge and with some deft steps can regain the narrative.

2 Jun 2018 12:10 PM IST

Security personnel lathi charge on political party workers who were allegedly involved in ransacking a polling booth and public property during Panchayat elections, at Rampur of South Dinajpur district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Bengal panchayat elections: Delegitimising run of TMC, legitimising...

Panchayat elections in Bengal have regularly witnessed violence since the 1980s.

24 May 2018 2:51 PM IST

The opposition parties will also discuss the idea of having a broader consensus on how to defeat the BJP in the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: File | PTI)

Finding Nemo: Alternative politico-economic vision for the 'United...

Failure of BJP to 'buy' a majority in Karnataka has emboldened Opposition parties to think of an anti-Modi force across...

23 May 2018 10:19 AM IST

BJP has proved an overwhelming number of opinion and exit polls wrong in the Karnataka Assembly election result. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

BJP's Karnataka victory decoded and why Congress lost the plot

Siddaramaiah-led Congress ran a campaign based on Bihari versus Bahari model of Nitish Kumar of Bihar, but failed.

15 May 2018 1:24 PM IST