Old Editorial
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Broke Britain
Great Britain led the world on the back of hefty financial gains accruing to the nation from its twin pursuits — namely industrialization and colonisation — for two centuries. Having created and retained a position as…
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Compromised
Two major exposes by an alert media seem to have changed the political scenario of the country. The first involving Jay Amit Shah, son of BJP national president Amit Shah, in a multicrore corporate fraud rocked…
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Farmer First
Farmers across the nation are at the receiving end of governmental apathy. This is so even as the Union Government has come up with a promise to double their income by year 2022. The hard fact…
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Virtual Eye
The Income Tax (IT) department now intends to ferret black money out by analysing big data from users’ posts on social media sites. The intention is undoubtedly noble but such a move is not only invasive…
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Terrorized by Terror (Opiate)
Initially, when Brazil, Russia, India and China got together at New York City in September 2006 and thought of pooling all resources for creating a better life for their citizens and formed an organization titled BRIC,…
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Sanitising Life
Protests against the way the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has been rolled out are massive in the past few days of its implementation.It is understandable that a new system will take time to settle…
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Bigotry
In the times of Twitter, Krsna is an eve-teaser. What the avatar of Vishnu is believed to have done in his time and age would not have been the subject of scrutiny under the lens of…
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Straitjacketed by interests
Results of Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation election has reaffirmed the necessity and inevitability of coalition politics. Shiv Sena with its tally of 84 and the BJP with its pack of 82 are faced with the unenviable…
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Charkha Spin
History is a statement of facts of the past; and its distortion an injustice to future generations. Still, over the generations, history often gets distorted to suit the whims and fancies of those in power.Which is…
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Rising entropy
It is said that women will not be molested only in societies which have absolutes. The molestation of 3 young women in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar is unique. Lewd comments by an anti social prompted the…
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Blame the media
Amid strong views that India is going to the pits when it comes to cases of rape and crimes against women across the country, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has come up with a statement that would…
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Black & White
India has transformed into a state of black & white. Either you are a ‘Bhakt (white) or you are a Pakistani (black). Dialogue and discourse has died a sudden death in India. On 8 November 2016,…