The Kerala police on Friday arrested a man and detained another in connection with the recent killing of a pregnant elephant. The arrested man, an employee of an estate that g
I have written in these columns about Gandhi’s response to the plague epidemic in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1905. When after an abatement, the contagion was threatening
Ever since the lockdown began, stories of migrant workers have haunted the country. These stories of suffering and hardship have become the face of the coronavirus disease (Co
In all the discussions and writings on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the Dogra factor is almost always neglected or passed over. The fact is that the state of J&K would not have
I don’t know how you feel but I feel that there is a World Cup-shaped hole in my heart. Since that semi-final encounter, an entire country has been stunned and silenced by t
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes pride in thinking big. He is also known to have a particular affinity for mega-campaigns and milestones. In his second term in office, Mr Mo
India and the United States (US) are renewing negotiations on a slew of trade differences. And, so, it is not surprising that President Donald Trump has set the tone by again
It was in May 2018 that the people of Karnataka voted for a new assembly. But if the current political crisis in the important southern state continues unabated, Karnataka cou
The Congress today stands at an inflection point. The resignation of Rahul Gandhi as party president has sparked a lot of speculation and discussion on “what now?”. This i
India’s population has reached 1.37 billion, according to the recently released United Nations World Population Prospects. Every fifth Indian, 248 million in all, is a young
People like me, whose lives are focussed on nurturing ideas of equity and sustainability, tend to read up the budget word for word, analysing it in detail. This year, however
An examination of the state of India’s economic affairs reveals that the balance sheet of the Narendra Modi government is a lopsided one, with more losses than gains. Unemp
In a residential area of Delhi recently, people from two communities suddenly came to loggerheads. What began as a parking dispute took a communal turn. As usual, people gathe
The creation of the Jal Shakti ministry to look at the management of water resources and water supply in an integrated manner is a welcome step. Working with states to provid
The recent spike in tensions between the United States (US) and Iran has a familiar ring to it. But that does not reduce the risks for the two parties as well as the other cou
