Expert Views, Opinions, Comment, Editorial Column, News Columns - The Hindu

Unlocking war histories with a purpose

Arjun Subramaniam

The declassification of India’s military history should also lead to building on successes and avoiding past follies

The ideas that Satyajit Ray couldn’t film

Amitabha Bhattacharya

A nurse showing Covishield vials at an coronavirus vaccination centre, in New Delhi, on June 14, 2021.

A policy difficult to defend

Soham D. Bhaduri Allowing money spent out-of-pocket to feed vaccine production in India is regressive and inequitable

Planning for a biosecure future

Happymon Jacob COVID-19 has further highlighted the biosecurity concerns of synthetic biology

Other Articles

First
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Next
Last

Preserving India’s archives

The ideas that Satyajit Ray couldn’t film

A nurse showing Covishield vials at an coronavirus vaccination centre, in New Delhi, on June 14, 2021.

A policy difficult to defend

Unlocking war histories with a purpose

Biden’s Manichean vision

Planning for a biosecure future

The signal from the Iran presidential election is clear

The non-transparent process of candidate selection has carefully rejected reformists and focused on hardliners.

Learning to take questions

Schools reach out to the media for publicity but are averse to scrutiny of any kind

Making peace with nature

A decade of protecting and reviving the ecosystem will help India in various ways

Should retired officials be barred from disclosing information?

The restrictions in place must be based on operational calculations

The rope of federalism and an unwanted tug-of-war

The controversy in West Bengal, over political and administrative issues, is an aberration in the federal polity

The murky space of ‘social audio’

While apps like Clubhouse give a push to innovation, privacy and data rights remain out of focus

South Asia’s healthcare burden

Despite the debilitating pandemic, state investment in the health sector remains deeply inadequate.

A hospital’s misplaced priorities

The notice by GB Pant Hospital to its staff against the use of Malayalam was in poor taste

The promise and perils of digital justice delivery

Phase 3 of the e-Courts project can harness technology for service delivery without increasing surveillance risks

Building trust in governance

A service delivery platform which builds trust between citizens and government has shown results

Preparing for the next COVID-19 wave

Vaccinating the vulnerable, constant surveillance and reliable data will help India tackle the third wave

The proportionality principle

Hamas endangers Israeli civilians by targeting them and endangers Gazan civilians by using them as human shields.

State interventions, Lakshadweep’s future

The archipelago’s integration into the mainstream should not lead to emotional alienation and physical damage

Towards a stronger mental health strategy

More needs to be done in India in the context of COVID-19, which has exacerbated mental illnesses

Students’ safety, first

Career, safety, and empathy were the criteria considered while debating the CBSE Class 12 exam

Beijing’s belligerence and Dhaka’s pushback

As the Quad gains momentum, states in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia are more likely to resist Chinese largesse

Cease the conflict and build the peace

With a section of the young generation rejecting violence, Israel and Palestine must explore peaceful negotiations

Behaviorial change can reduce transmission

There are different ways, rooted in behavioural science, that we can employ to improve mask wearing

Recognising sex work as work

Adults have the right to earn through providing sexual services and live with dignity

The time to limit global warming is melting away

There are no second chances and nations must use COP26 to address the enormous threat of climate change

Information Technology Rules: a case of overreach?

Only the judiciary, and not the executive, should give an order on traceability

Behind headlines and numbers, stories of invisible lives

The lives of many in China have been turned upside down by the one-child policy

A new home for old artefacts

A planned decision to move the National Museum could serve the institution’s interests well

Asking the right questions

The Naomi Osaka episode is a deeply nuanced issue and calls for a larger conversation

A far-reaching tax measure

The U.S. push for a global minimum corporate tax may help India, but it can also cause international disagreements

Close the vaccination gap, in global lockstep

Immunisation needs cooperation and is a prerequisite for lifting the restrictions holding back economies and freedoms

Comments to avoid in long-standing ties

Some actions of political figures in India are detrimental to the consolidation of cordial bilateral ties

The cautionary tale in Osaka’s exit

The high-handed world of tennis must open its eyes to the delicate subject of mental health

The economic toolkit revealed

With monetary policy having run its course, fiscal policy alone can spur the economy

A fatal war on transparency

Official secrecy on pandemic policies aggravates a crisis

What explains the surge in FDI inflows?

Unprecedented short-term foreign portfolio investments are entirely responsible for the surge

Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands

Though the pandemic has amplified its contributing factors, policy and programmatic interventions can save children

Co-WIN, casinos and luck

The psychology behind trying our luck at booking a vaccine appointment is the same as in gambling

The Indian model of coexistence

Israel and Palestine will have to seek a solution through non-violence, and could take a leaf out of India’s book

Recognising caste-based violence against women

By repeatedly setting aside convictions under the PoA Act, courts bolster allegations that the law is misused

Power play to bring the digital ecosystem to heel

While there are problems in the system, ill-considered regulation such as the new IT Rules is not the way forward

Holding leaders to account

Any regime which demonises critical voices against it does a great disservice to the idea of politics

Only a global effort can tame COVID-19

What we need is the mass production of vaccines in order to inoculate the global population

Evidence of how little the judiciary has learnt

The Tarun Tejpal case judgment must not be allowed to become a precedent in derailing the workplace safety of women

Humanity matters, capitalism needs an upgrade

The COVID-19 vaccine crisis is an opportune time when companies must rethink the purpose behind their existence

In Lutyens’s Delhi, where some buildings will soon be memories

Familiar places, visited by the most and least powerful, are on the demolition list

Addressing vaccine hesitancy

Those unwilling to take vaccines don’t just need more science but guidance

First
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Next
Last

Sulabh Srivastava

26K | Uttar Pradesh scribe who expressed threat to life by ‘liquor mafia’, dies in ‘road accident’

A file photo of shops on S.P. Road closed, during the lockdown, in Bengaluru.

19K | Highlights of COVID-19 restrictions in Bengaluru effective for a week from June 14

Relatives offer flowers and perform rituals at the grave of a person who died of COVID-19 at a crematorium on the outskirts of Hyderabad on May 23, 2021.

19K | Excess deaths in Hyderabad are 10 times the official COVID-19 toll for Telangana

Tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Lake on February 10, 2021.

14K | A year after Galwan clash, China beefing up positions along LAC

Megha Rajagopalan.

11K | Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing China's vast infrastructure for detaining Muslims

Rajkumar Haryani, who painted his body to create awareness about vaccination, receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2021.

10K | Explained | Why did the Centre reverse its COVID-19 vaccine policy?

Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi. File

10K | G7 summit | Modi calls for adopting ‘one earth, one health’ approach to deal with coronavirus

10K | Y.S. Sharmila | The rise of the daughter

(Clockwise from top left) Nimisha alias Fathima Isa, Sonia Sebastian alias Ayisha, Reﬀeala, and Merrin Jacob alias Mariyam. Photo: NIA

10K | India unlikely to allow return of 4 Kerala women who joined Islamic State