Old Editorial

Nepal was, through ages, a dependable ally for India. Proximity, a common religion, similarities in culture, and mutually beneficial engagements between people as also the Royal family and the Indian government saw the relations in top…

The Bihar election results have opened many a new page in the Indian political dictionary. The ‘trolls’ and ’bhakts’ of Damodardass and BJP would certainly be demoralized and disheartened after the events of 8 November 2015.…

India’s relations with Israel have taken a blow. This happened when Israel refused to allow the entry of communication equipment, which President Pranab Mukherjee was carrying with him to gift to a Palestinian university. Israel is…

India’s ambitious Solar Mission is facing serious odds. This, after the US put a spoke into its wheels by taking up the issue of governmental subsidies to the mission, and moving WTO’s trade court to stop…

Democracy is a lot like water. It is a resource that needs to be conserved, nurtured and protected. Increasingly we find that Members of Parliament, both from the Treasury and Opposition benches, are taking democracy and…

Raja Ravi Varma Coil Thampuran (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist (from the princely state of Travancore, Kerala) who shot to fame because he mostly painted Hindoo Gods and…

In this perceived age of transparency and accountability, there is no doubt that political parties should be above board. They must seem to be open to and under public scrutiny. The Supreme Court intervention recently, based…

Humans can do without any luxuries of life, but not without food and shelter – clean water and unpolluted air being essential requirements too. Human beings are known to have lived like animals for centuries. Then…

Some seven decades into the formation of United Nations, there is growing clamour for UN reforms. Integral to this is the expansion of the five-member Security Council. It is notable that a high-power panel has come…

The idea of a ‘welfare’ state, when extended beyond acceptable larger good, ends up giving free food to the citizens. It surely has a humanitarian side to it. At the same time, the negative (and probably…

The top man of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat, has raised the hackles of some people, and not just of Christians. By making a public remark that Mother Teresa’s epochal social service had a religious…

The grim situation prevailing in Bhubaneswar should have all citizens worried. The complete collapse of the police administration mocks what many may call the rule of law. The continuous and miserable failures being noticed in recent…