Home » Opinion » Op Ed

Op Ed - Page 10

A physically disabled man walks outside a deserted railway station in Guwahati on April 19, 2020. (AP)

Customise model of social distancing for the disabled

Home to 21 million disabled people, India has a daunting challenge ahead

25 April 2020 2:02 AM IST

Over 700,000 Indian students are studying abroad.

Amid corona crisis, what are the options for Indian students seeking...

While the world is gripped in the panic of the coronavirus, it is important to keep in mind that this too shall pass

25 April 2020 1:23 AM IST

An Indian Finance Ministry employee walks carrying files outside the ministry building on April 20, 2020. An increasing number of officers are opting to work from home amid concerns over the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (AP)

Virtual working is just an option for post-corona times

What Covid-19 may indeed accelerate is a world that offers the option between physical and virtual ways of functioning.

24 April 2020 8:26 PM IST

This is a good time to say goodbye to alcohol. (AP)

This is the right time to ban alcohol forever

A country that claims Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation should relinquish liquor in toto.

21 April 2020 11:40 PM IST

A security guard and worker wearing face masks walk past portraits of Chinese leaders (from left) Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, and Liu Shaoqi in the window of a photo studio in Beijing. (AP)

Chronicle of corona foretold: How China wrote the script many years...

The year of the Corona Virus is a necessary chronicle in the grander narrative to establish China as the centre of the...

21 April 2020 7:16 AM IST

The people have been in a virtual lockdown for a decade and a half now. (File Photo: PTI)

For red corridor to win Covid war, truce a must

The present situation also endangers both sides the Indian armed forces and the PLGA

19 April 2020 5:07 PM IST

Wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus, South Korean president Moon Jae-in (left) and his wife Kim Jung-sook pose as they cast their votes in the election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea on April 10, 2020. (AP)

Moon wins as Koreans back his strategy to tackle Covid-19

South Korea's coronavirus strategy has been widely praised by experts as well as WHO for being prompt, nationwide, clear...

18 April 2020 8:05 PM IST

Almost every political party swears by Dr Ambedkar even though the position of Dalits, minorities and other marginalized sections has barely improved since his death. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Revisiting Dr Ambedkar in contemporary India

The privileged sections have shaped a limiting image of Ambedkar

16 April 2020 10:54 PM IST

Central Reserve Police Force personnel prepare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and face masks for healthcare staff at a CRPF facility in New Delhi on Tuesday, April 14,2020. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Fighting coronavirus is a battle in the dark

The virus' potency is magnified several times over by the socioeconomic conditions in developing countries

16 April 2020 12:38 AM IST

Whats it going to be like when were back on our feet. (DC Photo; Satish Basavaraj)

Imagining a safe India, after coronavirus

How should India reimagine and remake a post-coronavirus future?

15 April 2020 3:43 AM IST

Only a despotic government can tell its people not to help someone in need. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy) basic humanity.

Banning giving charity to poor totally heartless

Tamil Nadu has a rich tradition of social work

15 April 2020 3:27 AM IST

A massive protest in Assam against mob violence in 2018. (PTI)

Fake news in the age of coronavirus is a flirtation with utter chaos

And yet, Supreme Court guidelines to prevent and punish mob violence remain in the books, unimplemented

15 April 2020 1:41 AM IST