editorial article

Hiranmay Karlekar  The attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on March 2, in which nine persons were killed and 19 wounded and the chancery was damaged, deserves more than passing attention. No less a person than Mr Hamid Karzai, a…
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  Joginder Singh  In our country, some sections of the media thrive by criticising every move of the Government - no matter what the latter does. The latest case involves the sedition charges filed against some students of Jawaharlal…
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Prof (Dr) R. D Gupta The concept of family farming came to fore in, 'The United Nations high level political forum on sustainable development, created during Rio + 20 Conference which took place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012'. It…
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   Mahadeep Singh Jamwal A common man has very little expectations from a popular government i.e. a source of lively hood to earn two time meal, and small shelter. It is enough for him to praise the government and their leaders. Little…
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 RK Pachauri  The dramatic drop in global oil prices raises questions on whether major changes in the mix of energy for reducing emissions of greenhouse gas will take place within the desired time frame. The Paris agreement on climate…
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      Lt. Gen (Retd) S.K. Sinha Progressive and liberal views are welcome in a democracy... Maqbool Bhat, Yakub Memon, Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab have been hailed as heroes in JNU. The legitimacy of hanging can be questioned and different…
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    Maj Gen S G Vombatkere (retd) At present, there is no law on privacy, but in Rajagopal Vs State of Tamil Nadu (1994), the Supreme Court opined that privacy is inherent in an individual's right to personal liberty. Also, Section 8(1)(j)…
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   H. R Phonsa On the night of 3rd and 4th April 1984, he was found sleeping on the bare broken stone metal at Nagpur, where he had gone to inaugurate the Marathi daily newspaper "Bahujan Times" his dream project. Kanshi Ram was convinced…
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     Ashutosh Misra Controversies emanating over the right to freedom of speech and expression is common to democracies. The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, the US and India, among others, constantly contemplate over how much is…
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   Gwynne Dyer   Exactly five years after Egypt's democratic revolution triumphed, the country is once more ruled by a military office. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power in July 2013, and he is even nastier than his predecessors.…
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