Editorial

Anilla Cherian  The campaign points out that $3.4 trillion is the approximate value of the 518 institutions that have divested to date including: faith-based groups: 26%; foundations - 24%; governmental organisations- 14%; pension funds -…
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Aakar Patel On January 3, 2014, Deccan Herald reported an interesting story under the headline: "Modi will be a disaster for India: PM" In what was to be his last press conference as prime minister, Manmohan Singh said: "Without discussing…
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Setting all dissensions aside Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has won Anantnag literally. The large turnout of women voters during the polling itself was an indication that they are going to elect her and the tradition of low turnout at the…
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India's energy quest looks to continue for quite some time more with Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) entry delayed due to opposition from China and other countries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been very optimistic after the US visit and…
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Kalyani Shankar  After tasting rebellion in Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand and Puducherry in recent times, the Congress's latest headache comes from Karnataka, the biggest Congress-ruled State.…
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Dr Abhishek Chowhan “A 19 year old boy from an upper middle class family started using alcohol and cannabis when he was 14 years of age to conform to the peer groups. Initial experiments during social gatherings rapidly developed into…
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Ashok K Mehta  Last week two back-to-back book discussions on war and hard power passed off routinely when they ought to have attracted higher political and public interest and attention: After all, it is never too late to review past…
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Calling for revival of Indo-Pak talks, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday batted for taking cultural route too for the promotion of peace in the region. There is no doubt that cultural route can have ready…
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Britain has voted itself out of European Union, this sounds adverse signal for India and its corporates who have business exposure to UK. Though at present country's strong macro-economic fundamentals will help it withstand the fallout,…
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Rohit Dhankar "The child lives in a somewhat narrow world of personal contacts," says John Dewey. He thinks that from this "narrow world," the child has to be taken to a world which is "stretching back indefinitely in time, and extending…
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