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A cry against hollow public life

Students are protesting on their own, as a generation let down by the institutional and political order

The perils of RBI’s fixation on inflation

Pulapre Balakrishnan

The long wait for empowered mayors

G. Ananthakrishnan Mayors in many global cities go on to lead their country; in India it is the opposite story, with politics to be blamed

Sparkling people, a spiritless Opposition

Vidya Subrahmaniam The streets are in ferment over the Citizenship Act, but the political Opposition is still to catch up

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Intransigence as villain of the peace?

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The perils of post-370 diplomacy

Substance across the Arabian Sea

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Deciphering Greta’s climate message

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Upholding the ideals of fairness and rectitude

Internationalising the Kashmir issue

Piecing together the Maharashtra mandate

Missteps by the ruling alliance rejuvenated a moribund Opposition; a maze of social identities are now resurgent

The new gold standard in development economics?

With RCT becoming a dominant factor, ‘randomistas’ could be changing the social sciences paradigm

Settling the Ayodhya case once and for all

There must be an understanding that in the outcome, there is neither victor nor vanquished

When the abstract destroys the physical being

Human rights should not be defined on the basis of religious, national or cultural differences

India’s big foreign policy shake-up

The Modi government’s hyper-activism marks a clear break with the past. But is it also backed by an underlying vision?

The poll wind direction may have changed

Despite the BJP’s advantages in Maharashtra and Haryana and emphasis on issues of nationalism, local issues counted

Two elections and a dent to a jingoistic edifice

The BJP’s pursuit of a hypernationalist approach in Maharashtra and Haryana did not fetch it complete dividends

A case against judicial recusal

Despite the controversy, Justice Arun Mishra’s recusal is not in fact mandated by the law on judicial impartiality

Minding the gaps in India’s data infrastructure

The national discourse can ill-afford the danger of being hijacked by the poor quality of data

Leaving the door open to a border settlement

In finding solutions India and China must learn from the past; the legacy of 1962 was one of missed opportunity

Asia’s remarkable economic transformation

Governments played a vital role, ranging from leader to catalyst or supporter, in Asia’s half-century of development

A time-tested way to trade away conflict

Trade strengthens peace and there needs to be a revised strategy towards restarting cross-Line of Control trade

After Mamallapuram, the reality of asymmetry

If India does not wish to live in a China-dominated global order, it must make difficult choices now

Unresolved questions in a sordid episode

The CJI was exonerated of charge of sexual harassment, but there is no remedy yet for the complainant’s victimisation

In pursuit of complete dominance

To dominate Maharashtra, the BJP will have to manage complex political, social and economic factors like the Congress did

The dominant caste dilemma

The BJP forces dominant castes to moderate their posture to aggregate weaker sections; the Congress is still learning

Vital additions to empirical research

Despite limitations, the use of randomised control trials has led to a paradigm shift in development policy evaluation

The operative word must be bilateralism

Using their convergence of perception on many issues, India and the U.S. can work closely in reshaping the global order

Taking national data seriously

India must not trade away its national data rights at the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations

Lynching, the scourge of new India

The word lynching is of foreign origin. But this does not mean that mob killings are alien to India

Financial stability and the RBI

The slowing of the economy suggests that the central bank’s stance on inflation may have impacted growth

Scholarship in times of populism

In these changed times, there has to be a reiteration and defence of the basic principles of constitutional democracy

A tax policy that could work

Ensuring, with political will, that multinational companies actually pay their fair share of taxes is a feasible strategy

Making a friend of the neighbour

The challenge before India is to deepen the tactical engagement with China keeping strategic glitches at bay.

Towards an Asian Century

As the West re-evaluates ties with China and India, there is an opportunity for a ‘grand bargain’ at Mamallapuram

It is still an amber light for road safety

In spite of the ambitious provisions in the amended Motor Vehicles law, safe road behaviour is still miles away

In Mamallapuram, seeking the true north in ties

The India-China informal summit is another opportunity for both leaders to reset relations in an era of geostrategic flux

Affirmative action at the crossroads

The Harvard undergraduate admissions case has elements that strongly resonate with the Indian reservation debate

Maintaining the India-China stride length

Wuhan was meant to stabilise India-China ties at a time of major global changes; the basic understanding must continue

Rethinking water management issues

NITI Aayog’s strategy for water resources is a continuation of failed policies of the past

Stirring up the truth about Zero Budget Natural Farming

Zero Budget Natural Farming has no scientific validation and its inclusion into agricultural policy appears unwise

A Bill that undercuts key constitutional values

There is ample evidence that the protection of minorities is not the genuine objective of the Citizenship Amendment Bill

A road to economic revival runs through agriculture

The current growth slowdown is an ideal time to implement doable agricultural reforms

In search of the Wuhan spirit

At the Mamallapuram summit, India must ensure that it does not provoke China, leading it to indulge in ‘adventurism’

Rethinking college recruitment

Underlying problems need to be addressed before the tenure track system is introduced in the IITs

The brick and mortar of FDI 2.0

‘List or trade in India’ should be used as a strategic policy tool to enable Indians to become shareholders in MNCs

Making political parties accountable

A Supreme Court judgment on non-governmental organisations throws light on the powers of an undiluted RTI

Decoding the corporate-Hindutva alliance

It spells double danger — threatening India’s secular and democratic standing and miring the economy deeper in crisis

Mahatma Gandhi 150th birth anniversary: Recovering Gandhi’s religious vision

It’s time to challenge the idea of religion as a monolith and follow Gandhi who encouraged multiple religious attachments

The link between jobs, farming and climate

It is imperative to focus on agricultural production in devising a long-term solution to the problem of unemployment

Strictures in the name of security

The curfews, detentions and lockdown in Kashmir have only made the border, and our forces, more vulnerable

Seeking harmony and moderation in Ayodhya talks

Now that both parties have expressed faith in mediation, the emphasis must be on healing minds and hearts

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