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PM Modi came to power with the promise of creating millions of jobs for young Indians. (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)

Data wars will intensify as polls near, get ready

At a time of deep agrarian distress, there is also no comprehensive official data on farmer suicides.

31 Jan 2019 12:36 AM

The egg is a polarising issue, but not along neat, predictable, party-political lines. (Representational Image)

India’s ‘egg wars’ and our political priorities

If Mr Upasane’s words sound like they are stigmatising the everyday egg, which many of us have for breakfast, it is meant to be so.

24 Jan 2019 12:02 AM

Can learning outcomes be a poll issue in India?

The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2018) covers 596 districts in rural India and a total of 354,944 households and 546,527 children.

19 Jan 2019 12:09 AM

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: ANI)

Looking backwards as we look ahead to 2019

Today, religion and mythology make up the main course on the high table of political discourse in this country.

27 Dec 2018 12:48 AM

Congress Party workers celebrate the party victory in the states Assembly elections, at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The Game of Change: Stormy days lie ahead

This isn’t how the BJP’s spin masters and pundits will frame the narrative in the coming days.

13 Dec 2018 5:37 AM

Will it be a junior doctor or a senior doctor who will conduct the operations and is the doctor qualified to carry out the surgery he/she is conducting, as health analyst Anant Bhan asks. (Representational Image)

Looks can kill: Watch docs, hospitals closely

The investigations cover coronary stents, pacemakers, hip implants, knee implants, breast implants, pelvic meshes and intrauterine devices.

29 Nov 2018 12:05 AM

There were many challenges on the ground — lack of awareness about polio, misconceptions and myths revolving around the polio drop itself.

Must religion & health be on collision course?

In the city, the corresponding figure was 302. Health experts consider an AQI (air quality index) above 100 as unhealthy.

15 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

Don’t undermine SC, that would hurt India

The Supreme Court, as every Indian citizen knows, has served as the final word on some of the most important issues facing the country.

01 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

Alpesh Thakor, a Congress MLA, is reported to have made an inflammatory speech that stoked anti-migrant sentiments.

Insiders and outsiders: Why migrants are vital

Young India is hungry for jobs that pay, and there are not enough — a harsh reality that even official documents are forced to acknowledge.

18 Oct 2018 4:32 AM

Now, male behaviour is on the radar too; a rising number of women are saying ‘no’ to unsafe workspaces, for themselves and others. This is one of the biggest achievements of the #MeToo campaign. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

#MeToo to #UsToo: Power lies in numbers

The stories of sexual harassment that we are hearing today can’t be all lumped in one basket.

13 Oct 2018 2:02 AM

Why ‘constitutional morality’ is vital, and matters to us all

Lawyers and judges have in the past weighed into the discussion on constitutional morality with great vigour.

04 Oct 2018 6:20 AM

In Kerala, those protesting against the bishop who allegedly raped a nun say they won’t back down. (Representational image)

Why religious leaders could turn predators

The powerful often flout the law because they know they can get away; the club of the powerful look after each other.

20 Sep 2018 1:45 AM

Lois Sofia was arrested after the plane landed in Tuticorin and Tamilisai filed a complaint with the airport police. (Photo: File)

Dissent & democracy: A real debate needed

Some of the recent arrests were under UAPA, a law that turns on its head the principle that everybody is innocent till proven guilty.

06 Sep 2018 7:55 AM

An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Rising above adversity: Signs of hope in Kerala

Flooded Kerala has shown us what resilience means and what a joint rescue effort by officials and the people can achieve.

23 Aug 2018 6:54 AM

In the Deoria and Muzaffarpur shelters, we see bureaucratic complicity and dereliction of duty at several levels. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

After Bihar-UP horrors, act fast, halt kids’ abuse

There are around 9,000 government-run childcare institutions and shelter homes for women/girls across India.

09 Aug 2018 6:01 AM

Mob violence is a marker of governance deficit. And as the 2019 general election nears, expect the Opposition parties to tap the issue. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Vikas and violence can’t go together

Development programmes work best when there is social stability.

27 Jul 2018 12:38 AM

Most Indians see Vietnam through the images of war, bloodshed, suffering, and iconic photographs such as the one of a naked little Vietnamese girl fleeing her napalmed village. In Vietnam, they call it the “American War”. Millions of Vietnamese were killed; more than half were civilians; thousands of Americans also died. (Photo: AP)

How a nation deals with the past: An Asian story

As elections draw closer, expect more prattle about the past, more talk about Mughals who ruled centuries ago, their monuments, their mayhem.

18 Jul 2018 7:27 AM

Don’t let the poison of hate spread, fight back

This time, the target was none other than external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who was being viciously trolled in the social media.

28 Jun 2018 2:48 AM

As things stand today, there is no comprehensive legislation on data protection in India. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why guarding privacy, protecting your data is becoming vital in our digital age

No one quite knows when the Srikrishna Committee will present its final report to the government, but it could be pretty soon.

14 Jun 2018 2:15 AM

A woman places flowers by a mural showing Savita Halappanavar (Photo: AP)

When religion and healthcare collide

Savita’s family, and activists in Ireland and around the world, have argued that her life could have been saved had the foetus been removed sooner.

31 May 2018 1:06 AM

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