Here's a list of editorials that were well-received by our readers during the year.
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Inhuman and unconscionable | July 29: The editorial extraordinary that appeared online on July 29 and in the newspaper on July 30 that spoke of the debate over the death penalty for Yakub Memon, accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Yakub Memon was hanged to death in the early hours of July 30 in Nagpur. | |
The government gives in | Sept 1: On how the Union government let the land acquisition Ordinance lapse. The confusion in the government over the legislation showed up in more ways than one, the edit states. | |
OROP and after | Sept 8: Regarding the government's implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme, the edit says it was a huge relief to the veterans of the armed forces and also to those now in the services. | |
Mythology and science | Jan 6: Instead of fostering scientific temper, the edit finds that the 102nd Indian Science Congress has provided a forum to seed the minds of young people with pseudoscience. | |
The importance of net neutrality | April 4: On how TRAI and its approach to Internet regulation could endanger the very feature of the Internet that has made countless start-ups possible. | |
The attack on Charlie Hebdo | Jan 9 : The Hindu's stand on the terrorist attack at the office of Charlie Hebdo that killed ten staff at the French satirical weekly, including four of its top cartoonists. | |
Silence is not an option | Feb 9: On two statements by U.S. President Barack Obama on religious tolerance in India and how they embarrassed the Narendra Modi government. | |
The importance of Article 370 | Oct 15: Following a High Court observation that Article 370 has acquired a state of permanence, the editorial discusses the bedrock of the constitutional relationship between J&K and the rest of India. | |
The accidental Chief Minister | Jan 7: On Jitan Ram Manjhi and the unusual circumstances under which he became the Chief Minister of Bihar. | |
A step in the right direction | Jan 3: The editorial calls the draft National Health Policy 2015 the first step in achieving universal health coverage. |