Little sweet in sugar package
Rural distress is not restricted to sugarcane farmers. Redemption is possible only with structural reforms. The Rs 7,000-crore sugar...
Disinvestment, then and now
It seems that the incumbent regime is uncomfortable with the D-word. We don’t slaughter cows, Arun Shourie once said,...
Sterlite: When Caesarism undermines administration
The casualty is the image of India as an investment destination. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is often accused of...
George Orwell 2.0 in Karnataka
Lawmakers elected by people are herded, flocked, and shepherded by party bosses. Is it democracy? During the high-voltage drama...
Feminism is illiberal
The recent spate of rapes highlighted by the media has once again brought the champions of feminism to the fore....
Liberals on jihad mode against Kanye West and the West
The rapper Kanye West’s slavery remarks are indeed insensitive. He suggested that the blacks in America chose to become and...
We need policing, not moral policing
Instead of tilting at windmills and crusading against porn, focus should be on improving law and order. Our politicians...
Rape and reason: Remedy is in improving justice delivery system
If rape and murder have the same punishment, the culprit will find it reasonable to kill the victim, for this...
Tripura sheds Left-inspired stagnation
At 46, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is young by the standards of Indian politicians—and looks younger and fitter...
Aadhaar: Eternal surveillance is the price of welfarism
Left-leaning activists crying themselves hoarse over Aadhaar are being delusional. The Supreme Court has rightly raised questions about the...
Farming woes: The cure is not more socialism
That rhetoric and events are no substitute for reforms is increasingly becoming evident in the economic sphere. The farmers’ march...
Oligarchs’ code broken
On 28 February, the arrest of Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, by the...
Privatisation only solution to improve public banks
Tis a lesson you should heed:/Try, try, try again./If at first you don’t succeed,/Try, try, try again—so goes the inspirational...
Budget 2018-19 flirts with socialism
The budget that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented on 1 February has confirmed, if any confirmation was needed, that...
Hurting sentiments not reason enough to ban books, movies
The grounds offered for banning movies, books, etc., in India are so wide ranging that if these are accepted, all...
Statism, socialism continue to mar economic policy
That the Narendra Modi government earnestly desires high growth is indisputable. This is in sharp contrast with the attitude of...
Sonia Gandhi’s unhappy legacy
Sonia Gandhi is viewed by left-liberals as a leader who successfully took on the Bharatiya Janata Party and ruled the...
No one is talking about bank privatisation
The debt recovery process in the cases of Bhushan Power & Steel Limited, Electrosteel Steels, Essar Steel, and Monnet Steel...
Government intervention in economy must stop
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to project himself as pro-development and business-friendly, various organs of his government don’t...
It’s right to offend that makes speech free
What Churchill said about buildings—we shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us—is equally true for ideas. Further, bad ideas always...
100 years of communist revolution: Massacres, mayhem that sympathisers do not tell you about
In a country known for ignorance of and unconcern for history, it is not surprising that few, at least in...
