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True secularism, Indonesian style

True secularism, Indonesian style

Indonesian Ulema Council had asked restaurants to cease functioning in daylight ‘to respect those who are...

30 Jun 2015 1:24 PM IST

Great recession to Great Depression II?

Great recession to Great Depression II?

After the great recession that started in 2008, and eight decades after the first Great Depression wreaked havoc across...

30 Jun 2015 12:51 PM IST

Capitalism for everyone

Capitalism for everyone

Mr Clinton was in London giving the keynote address for the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism

29 Jun 2015 11:42 AM IST

Signs of Emergency?

Signs of Emergency?

Can we have another Emergency? This is the question uppermost in the minds of very many people. These “very...

29 Jun 2015 11:27 AM IST

Dilli Ka Babu: NHAI left out

Dilli Ka Babu: NHAI left out

Karnataka government has let five senior officials off the hook

28 Jun 2015 12:44 PM IST

Why India hates Bobby McJindal

Why India hates Bobby McJindal

In the late summer of 2001, I spent four months in the United States on a fellowship. Bang in the middle of that period,...

28 Jun 2015 12:31 PM IST

Have you deregistered?

Have you deregistered?

A few months ago, I tried to book a gas cylinder for my home in Bengaluru. Now as many of you will know, it has become...

28 Jun 2015 11:48 AM IST

Cabbages & Kings: Humanity adrift

Cabbages & Kings: Humanity adrift

“I was torn in conscience and mindThe prophet said we must chooseBetween some rules on a stoneDictated by an...

27 Jun 2015 6:54 AM IST

To forget is costly

To forget is costly

At the best of times India is bad at commemorating the past. Under the circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the...

26 Jun 2015 12:19 PM IST

Mystic Mantra: The pursuit of happiness

Mystic Mantra: The pursuit of happiness

What kind of world can this be, where no one is satisfied with what he has?

25 Jun 2015 11:10 AM IST

Emergency in the newsroom

Emergency in the newsroom

Nothing energises a news room as much as a cataclysmic event. The Emergency clamped on the country late on the night of...

25 Jun 2015 10:31 AM IST

Reluctant adversaries

Reluctant adversaries

Moscow has major interests in areas of conflict and could help in their resolution

23 Jun 2015 1:42 PM IST