From The Wires
The celebrated sociologist stirs up a controversy at JLF with his remarks on corruption and Dalit, leading to an FIR and calls for his arrest
Sat Jan 26, 2013
Opinion
The MHA must have the honesty to admit that as a result of its bad handling of the Headley case, the extradition door has been closed for ever. But an option of limited utility still remains open
B. Raman
| Sat Jan 26, 2013
USA: POLITICS OF CLOTHING
For most women of South Asian origin, clothing is never a non-issue—it remains a crucial marker of cultural identity.
Ania Loomba, Pavithra Jaisankar
| Fri Jan 25, 2013
View From Israel
The dire predictions of the pessimists were scattered to the winds. Israel has not gone crazy. It has not moved to the right. The fascists have not taken over the Knesset.
Uri Avnery
| Fri Jan 25, 2013
Despatches
After the first day at this year’s literary festival Jaipur, our books editor offers tips on how to get invited to a literary party
Satish Padmanabhan
| Fri Jan 25, 2013
64th Republic Day
' It is time for the nation to reset its moral compass. Nothing should be allowed to spur cynicism, as cynicism is blind to morality. We must look deep into our conscience and find out where we have faltered'
Pranab Mukherjee
| Fri Jan 25, 2013
View From The USA
The rape and gruesome murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi on December 16th was treated as an exceptional incident in the USA...
Rebecca Solnit
| Thu Jan 24, 2013
Despatches
On the way to Jaipur, our books editor captures the literary sights and sounds: first on the station, and then on the train
Satish Padmanabhan
| Thu Jan 24, 2013
Opinion
Neither in the narrative of the FBI nor in that of the NIA is there much reference to the Indian cells of Headley and Rana. No attempt has been made to identify them and question them.
B. Raman
| Thu Jan 24, 2013
View From UK
The issues politicians do not discuss are as telling and decisive as those they do. And the loudest silence surrounds the issue of property taxes.
George Monbiot
| Thu Jan 24, 2013
ON RECORD
'It is tragic that Maoists had to wake us up to the concerns of tribes. Issues raised by the Maoists are serious and we need to respond to them politically, not just militarily'
Jairam Ramesh
| Wed Jan 23, 2013
Full Text
Full text of the report by the Committee constituted to suggest amendments in laws for sexual crimes which was submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs
J.S. Verma, Gopal Subramanium, Leila Seth
| Wed Jan 23, 2013
Interview
'More people use it, more the applications that are created and downloaded... iPhone applications were developed because the iPhone became so popular.'
Uttam Sengupta
interviews Arun Sundararajan | Wed Jan 23, 2013
Book Extract
Dreamworld of the ‘Consumer’: Today, consumption is the activity that determines us; it defines what we are.
Aditya Nigam | Extracts from Desire Named Development By Aditya Nigam
| Wed Jan 23, 2013
Counterpoint
Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde's deeply prejudiced and communal stewardship of the union ministry of home affairs needs to be condemned by all right-thinking persons.
B. Raman
| Tue Jan 22, 2013
Second Inauguration
As the NYT put it, the American President suffused his second Inaugural Address with the spirit of a favourite phrase: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to heed “the fierce urgency of now.”
Barack Obama
| Tue Jan 22, 2013
State Snippets
While Akbar's arrest was triggered by inflammatory speeches in Nizamabad and Adilabad, political observers say the action against Asad boils down to vendetta politics.
Madhavi Tata
| Mon Jan 21, 2013
Opinion
It will be childish and presumptuous to compare Rahul Gandhi to President Barack Obama or to project his Jaipur speech as his Obama moment.
B. Raman
| Mon Jan 21, 2013
Gujarat
Nothing sums up the state of the Congress in Gujarat better than the fact that the principal opposition is without a legislature party head a day before the first session of the newly elected Gujarat Vidhan Sabha
R.K. Misra
| Mon Jan 21, 2013
Opinion
Algerian firmness in dealing with Al Qaeda-affiliated jihadi terrorists in Northern Mali starting from January 11, 2013 has lessons for India
B. Raman
| Mon Jan 21, 2013
Full Text
That's the answer, says the new Congress VP in his first speech to the AICC. The centralized, unresponsive and unaccountable systems of decision-making in governance, administration and politics have to change.
Rahul Gandhi
| Sun Jan 20, 2013