Opinion: A No-Trust Vote Plays In PM Modi's Favour

Opinion: A No-Trust Vote Plays In PM Modi's Favour

Sanjay Singh | Friday July 28, 2023

One wonders why on 26 July 2023, the newly formed 26-party opposition grouping, INDIA, was so hell bent to prove Modi's prophesy right by moving a no-confidence motion against his government in Lok Sabha.

Opinion: Why Climate Change Is A Health Crisis

Opinion: Why Climate Change Is A Health Crisis

Lakshmi Sethuraman, Granthika Chatterjee and Ritika Ramasuri | Wednesday July 26, 2023

The monsoons made a late start in most parts of the country this year. Predictions of lower-than-normal rainfall in some parts only inflamed public anxieties in the summer that witnessed 96 heat-related deaths reported from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Opinion: The Challenges For 'Friends-With-Benefits' BJP And JD(S)

Opinion: The Challenges For 'Friends-With-Benefits' BJP And JD(S)

Bharti Mishra Nath | Wednesday July 26, 2023

The Karnataka election results have brought together strange bedfellows trying to forge a united opposition in the state. Despite ideological differences, the proximity between the BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) is growing.

Opinion: The Electoral Math Of INDIA vs NDA

Opinion: The Electoral Math Of INDIA vs NDA

Amitabh Tiwari | Wednesday July 26, 2023

The contest for 2024 is heating up as the Congress and the BJP both finalising their alliances. A 26-party consortium named "INDIA" is set to compete with a 38-party NDA

Opinion: The Desi 'Oppenheimers' And How They Were Treated In India

Opinion: The Desi 'Oppenheimers' And How They Were Treated In India

Pallava Bagla | Tuesday July 25, 2023

The Hollywood movie Oppenheimer is a biopic of the scientist who made the atom bomb for America, but who made India's atom bombs?Let us revisit the hard work and sacrifices of those Indian nuclear heroes.

Opinion: Uttam Kumar, The True Star

Opinion: Uttam Kumar, The True Star

Shantanu Guha Ray | Monday July 24, 2023

Bengal's classiest filmstar was shrouded in mysteries. I never met him but heard countless stories about the person and his acting prowess. And his temperament.

Opinion: India's Perplexing Allegiance To The Commonwealth

Opinion: India's Perplexing Allegiance To The Commonwealth

Bibek Debroy and Aditya Sinha | Monday July 24, 2023

The need to break free of the shackles of colonial legacy is an essential step for former colonies to assert their independence.

Opinion: In The Name Of I.N.D.I.A

Opinion: In The Name Of I.N.D.I.A

Vinay Sahasrabuddhe | Monday July 24, 2023

Brinda Karat, within 24 hours of the much talked about Bengaluru meeting of 26 opposition parties, strongly criticised Mamata Banerjee as anti-democratic. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar openly expressed his reluctance to be the Convenor of the yet

Opinion: Age Of Consent In India - What Is The Debate?

Opinion: Age Of Consent In India - What Is The Debate?

Bharti Mishra Nath | Saturday July 22, 2023

The courts in India are flooded with cases on the rampant misuse of the POCSO Act (Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act of 2012), in which consenting teenagers are prosecuted for acts that become illegal simply because of their age.

Opinion: How The Opposition Can Win In 2024

Opinion: How The Opposition Can Win In 2024

Keshava Guha | Thursday July 20, 2023

If INDIA wants to defeat the NDA, it needs either nationally widespread anti-incumbency of a kind not yet evident, or it needs to be able to partially rewind the nationalisation of our politics.

New Dharavi To Produce Millionaires, Not "Slumdogs": Gautam Adani

New Dharavi To Produce Millionaires, Not "Slumdogs": Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani | Thursday July 20, 2023

My first tryst with Dharavi was in the late 1970s. New to Mumbai, I was just another anonymous youngster lured to the big city by opportunity and my own optimism that I would make a beginning in the diamond trade.

Opinion: INDIA, The Death Of UPA, And A 2018 Reminder

Opinion: INDIA, The Death Of UPA, And A 2018 Reminder

Sanjay Singh | Wednesday July 19, 2023

It wasn't too long ago that the Left-leaning intellectuals and some 'centrist' leaders like Rahul Gandhi talked about "two India" -- an 'India' shining for a select few and the 'Bharat' of the masses, afflicted by poverty and backwardness.

Opinion: Political Violence Dents Bengal's Image

Opinion: Political Violence Dents Bengal's Image

Shantanu Guha Ray | Wednesday July 19, 2023

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

Opinion: Dear BJP, Your Nervousness Is Showing

Opinion: Dear BJP, Your Nervousness Is Showing

Ashutosh | Wednesday July 19, 2023

Finally, the war has begun. The two armies are ready. One has 26 parties and the other has 38. One is called INDIA and the other is NDA

Opinion: Caution For Congress From Bengaluru

Opinion: Caution For Congress From Bengaluru

Ajay Kumar | Tuesday July 18, 2023

This disproportionate reward for the party finishing first in India's FPTP system is, of course, at the centre of the ongoing Opposition efforts to combat the BJP in the 2024 general elections.