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A net verdict that falls short of expectations

Suhrith Parthasarathy

The judicial ruling on the Kashmir communications block has hardly struck a blow for the doctrine of proportionality

Equity’s weak pulse and commodified medicine

Soham D. Bhaduri

A cry against hollow public life

Krishna Kumar 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 central bank’s shift of focus from financial stability to inflation targeting could have led to regulatory infirmity

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Part of a larger game plan?

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Investing in India-Russia relationship

Maharashtra polls: all fronts and no back

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Nuclear disarmament: building the momentum

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Iran: is confrontation avoidable?

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Afghanistan – a way forward

A great opportunity for Indian science

India is a land of ancient civilisation that had made fundamental contributions to human knowledge in the hoary past. Even the discovery of the

Judicial appointments and norms

“…The public injury which may be caused by appointment of a Judge lacking in integrity would be infinitely more than the public injury which may result from non-appointment of a competent Judge possessing integrity.”

The imminent demise of New Labour

Next week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will address what arguably is his last Labour Party conference as leader. Despite widespread speculation that

Who stands to gain from war hysteria?

What is abundantly clear is that neither India nor China stands to gain from the war hysteria that has been whipped up through the recent months over the relations between the two countries.

Employment guarantee or slave labour?

The delays in NREGA wage payments are not just operational hurdles — they reflect a deliberate attack on the scheme.

Myth and reality in India-China relations

Some myths are frightening and need to be exploded. Some realities are potentially so dangerous that we can ignore them only at our peril.

Meddling with public sector banks

Central bank oversight has ensured that the Indian banking sector is in good shape. But in a strange policy twist, the government has approached the World Bank for a loan to recapitalise the nationalised banks that may well come with conditionalities for extensive financial deregulation.

A tipping point in the Afghan war

The Kunduz incident has led to the compulsion, felt for a while already, for Berlin to redefine the German role in Afghanistan.

The road to inclusive growth

Why the provision of a good school education is the key first step.

Engaging Nepal: some difficult questions

India can continue to let its suspicion of the Maoists be the over-riding objective of its Nepal policy or seek to play a pro-active role in engineering the kind of consensus it has done since 2005.

On pursuing independent foreign policy

Independence in conducting foreign affairs is highly cherished by peoples. But it should be recognised that ‘independence’ works in different ways.

U.S. exit from Afghanistan to bring gains

An American military exit from Afghanistan, far from boosting the global-jihad syndicate, is likely to trigger developments largely internal or regional in nature while aiding the global fight against terrorism.

Ishrat is why encounters need judicial probing

It’s time we stopped rotten elements in the police and security forces from literally getting away with murder.

Internet gains vs Wall Street innovations

There are contrasting value systems at play in the universally beneficial development of the world wide web and the skewed financial reward structure that rules the markets.

Religion in the public sphere

Unless the secular character of the public sphere is retrieved, the religious character that it has come to have could impinge on the functions of the state.

Maharashtra polls: Act II, Scene I

There are more fronts in the fray across the State this time. And with multi-cornered contests in almost all seats, there could be some major upsets.

The Hurriyat's moment of decision

Will New Delhi's latest attempt at an engagement with Kashmir's secessionists prove more fortunate than its four earlier attempts? Speaking from the

Lessons from a deadly catastrophe

The catastrophic accident that wrecked Russia’s largest hydroelectric plant last month blew a gaping hole in Siberia’s energy balance and highlighted fatal flaws in government economic strategies.

Pakistan policy: Sharm-el-Sheikh and after

It has been clear for some years now that India is unable to fully comprehend or address the complexities of a changing Pakistan. Not surprisingly,

Iran: Ahmadinejad toughens stance

Iran’s political scene continues to be fluid as the Opposition’s campaign against the results of the June presidential elections is being met with a

Everything for justice

Any judge who seeks immunity from truth under the cover of the robe robs the rights of We, the People of India.

New wave of Islamophobia in Europe?

It would be foolish to conflate a few isolated incidents but to dismiss them as aberrations would be to deny the prejudice Muslims face across Europe.

Indian interests in regional security

India cannot remain impervious to the threat of spread of challenges from Afghanistan to neighbouring countries.Islamic radicalism and its manifestations of separatism and extremism justifying terrorist methods of conflict add to the potential for instability in Central Asia.

Legislating against hunger

The time has come for a comprehensive right-to-food law to tackle the deprivation and food insecurity that haunts India.

The mystery of Mother Teresa

To love one’s neighbour was to love God — this was the key, not the size of her mission or the power others perceived in her. Mother explained it thus to her biographer: “We are called upon not to be successful, but to be faithful.”

Hillaryland under an African sun

Far from assuming the role of a frustrated domestic political leader, Hillary Clinton has taken on her new responsibilities with great verve

Caste and inequalities in health

Caste is a major indicator of health outcomes and mandates the need for interventions that change social structures.

A homecoming for yesterday's jihadists?

Hundreds of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen cadre in Pakistan are seeking a new life in their old homes in Jammu and Kashmir.

The fog in the Hindu Kush

The 19 th century Prussian military theorist, Carl von Clausewitz, wrote in his famous work, On War: “The great uncertainty of all data in war is a

Are Indians really a challenge?

In a recent speech delivered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States President Barack Obama referred to Indians and Chinese students as a source of

Seeking a fair deal for Muslims

The Rajindar Sachar Committee’s report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in India struck a blow to the Congress’ democratic and secularist assertions made over the decades. It lays out the actual conditions the Muslim minority faces and how it lags behind in terms of human development indicators.

Drought management for rural livelihood security

Agriculture is not just a food producing machine but the backbone of the livelihood of 60 per cent of Indians. The extensive drought spotlights a situation of mass rural deprivation and a mindset that is insensitive to it. But there are some encouraging signs. What should be done to meet the challenge?

Drought of justice, flood of funds

Ask for expansion of the NREGS, universal access to the PDS, more spending on health and education — and there’s no money. But there’s enough to give away to the corporate world in concessions.

Taking goals of NREGA-I forward

Envisioning NREGA-II is key to realise the unfulfilled dreams of NREGA-I, which has failed thus far to break free from a debilitating past.

Climate change and G8 summit

The G8 summit has delivered precious little on climate change for the developing countries even as the developed countries have hailed the consensus on the 2°C limit on global warming as a major achievement.

To divide is to multiply in northeast

The curious thing about banning rebel outfits is that the action has followed or has been followed by the emergence of clones, often carrying the same name, styling themselves dissident or pro-talks factions.

Skeletons in the Generals’ cupboards

It is time for the truth about command failures during the Kargil war to be made public.

Questions of real national security

Policies with regard to agriculture, education and health need to change in order to ensure a meaningful and wide-ranging security for this country.

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