Congress’ leftward tilt will hurt it
In a way, Congress’ crisis is part of a global pattern of liberal and social democratic parties being overtaken by...
Telecom, banking packages may work, but PLI can’t revive auto sector
The package includes several measures, the most important being a four-year moratorium on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The Narendra...
Twenty years later, it is Taliban redux
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This is surely true in Afghanistan. On 11 September 2001,...
Q1 GDP figures are depressing but not surprising
The problem is the government’s statist attitude and its reluctance to decontrol the economy at the pace that is required....
Economy needs reforms, not words and repackaged programmes
The recovery will remain sluggish so long as India Inc is berated for not doing enough. Human beings and...
Australia’s ex-PM shows how to appease China
Kevin Rudd has offered a shield to Xi, the most dangerous leader of this century, against almost every allegation hurled...
End of retrospective taxation may revive Vodafone Idea
An obnoxious law that from the start was a regressive and job-killing idea is now repealed. The resignation of Kumar...
Age of idolatry
Freedom of expression in our country gets curbed every passing day. From political leaders to tetchy individuals and groups, everybody...
Left peddles guilt in America to destroy it
In the US, right from schools to the military, Marxist theories are being taught, despite the fact that they have...
Non-alignment helped Taliban gain power
Had India helped the US and sent soldiers to Afghanistan to help the Afghan armed forces to combat the Taliban,...
Central Vista: Monument of New India
It is not just the BJP but all parties show eagerness to discard conventions. Much has been said and...
CCP@100: Pugnacity sans pause
Xi’s centenary speech has confirmed that under him the CCP will remain as obnoxious, bellicose, and wolfish as ever. ...
A global unholy alliance sustains China
What the rich, the powerful, and the influential in the West do vis-à-vis Beijing may look astonishing. Xi Jinping’s China...
The poverty of compassion
The biggest problem with the activists, most of whom are Left-leaning, is that they are opposed to anything that is...
India forgets to remember 30th year of reforms
Typically, the liberalizer pleads with Leftists to seek their approval for, or at least condonation of, reforms. The ruling dispensation...
Intellectuals’ folly, credulity over corona helped China
Such was the hatred for Trump that Fauci’s role in promoting the controversial gain-of-function research was ignored. Over a year...
Mela during corona surge is a potential disaster
More than a century and a half ago, in 1867 to be precise, Swami Dayanand Saraswati did something that today...
Imran Khan trying to be ‘a good Muslim in old age’
Pakistanis are not taking their Prime Minister’s regressive and reprehensible remarks lying down. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s attempt to...
WHO’s Tedros pulls up China, meekly
Tedros’ change in stance should be viewed against the backdrop of the growing condemnation of and scepticism over the WHO’s...
China opposes Quad, but it should be strengthened
The only good that has come out of the coronavirus is that it has woken up the world, especially India,...
Ripped jeans, angry sanskaris
One would have expected Tirath Singh Rawat, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, to be worried about the most...
Government should go forward on privatisation
What really plagues privatisation and other liberalising moves is the public discourse, which remains essentially socialistic. With the Narendra...
Tells us why, tells us how
The draconian sedition legislation was never an archaic law; it has been used by every regime. Against the backdrop of...
Tells us why, tells us how
The draconian sedition legislation was never an archaic law; it has been used by every regime. Against the backdrop of...
