Analysis

Why a ‘cashless’ society would hurt poor

By Dana Kornberg India recently tried to reduce the use of cash in its economy by eliminating, overnight, two of its most widely used bills in what was called ...Read More...

Amar Akbar Anthony remake can teach lynch mobs patriotism

By Sidharth Bhatia Amar Akbar Anthony, that great entertainer from the 1970s, has completed 40 years. The movie is a staple on television and despite its period feel, has ...Read More...

Farm loan waiver: Robbing Peter to pay Paul

Dr. George Jacob Kochi: The federal government recently informed the Supreme Court that despite a multipronged approach to improve income and social security of farmers, over 12,000 farmers have ...Read More...

Three years of Modi government – an over view

What is obvious is the rise of the Hindutva forces in the country and the centralization of the cowRead More...

As Darjeeling burns, bad news for India

Kanchan Gupta The demand for a separate Gorkha state has come back to life. Long dormant, the desire for a Gorkhaland has been given new breath by the West ...Read More...

Encounter refugees, embrace them

We need to stand up with refugees, to accompany themRead More...

Cooking beef in public to protest

By Vidhi Doshi Kozhikode: As soon as the evening call to prayer sounded over Kozhikode, a line formed along the esplanade. Volunteers started heaping food onto plates, cautious to ...Read More...

Beef, peacock and a heartless Major Gogoi were mere diversions

S.R.Praveen Beef, peacock and a heartless Major Gogoi were mere diversions from some really damaging news for the Sanghi Government in the past few weeks. These are some of ...Read More...

Suicides turn epidemic in ‘God’s own Country’

By Dr George Jacob Kochi: In the last weekend of May, I had an extremely disturbing and difficult undertaking at hand. One of my nephews passed away. I, as ...Read More...

Bihar’s mass cheating scam, only one third students pass

Indrani Basu Two years after viral photos of mass cheating in high school exams in Bihar blew open the holes in the state’s education system, the results show a ...Read More...