Editorials

Birthday bumps

UPA 2 has been an inert government. It must take the blame for institutional imbalance As the UPA enters its 10th year in power, its own birthday cheer seems forced. In its second stint, elected with ......read more

Addressing the deficit

The Sino-Indian economic partnership has been a stabilising force Delhi and Beijing must build on The shadow of the PLA’s Ladakh incursion may have come in the way of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s vis......read more

It's cricket

T20 must be taken seriously, it cannot be dismissed as a seasonal affliction In the last week of the Indian Premier League’s sixth season, even if Sreesanth had not disturbed the self-congratulatory t......read more

From Beijing to Kabul

Domestic criticism of India’s handling of its foreign policy risks missing the forest for the trees. India’s management of the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh, the Indian government’s reticence on ......read more

Talking about Benghazi

The furore over the Benghazi talking points continues. Republicans still see them as the main event in a campaign to embarrass President Obama. The president, for his part, calls them a “sideshow”. Fi......read more

A welcome candour

Singh-Li talks could be the first step towards a new equilibrium in Sino-Indian relations The military intrusion into eastern Ladakh by the People’s Liberation Army last month has shaken Delhi. India’......read more

A callous justice

Khalid Mujahid's death raises vital questions about justice delivery in terror cases Khalid Mujahid’s death, in the custody of the Uttar Pradesh police, has touched off questions about how terror cas......read more

Hands off

Frisking remains a fraught issue, everywhere exposing insecurities Location, location, location” is not only a seller’s mantra, it appears. In government, too, location seems to condition beliefs. Ele......read more

With China, keep it real

Delhi must focus on honestly discussing serious differences, and finding practical solutions The Chinese premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India this week is a good moment to inject much-needed realism in......read more

For all our children

It is heartening that the draft children's policy includes needs of those with disabilities With the National Policy for Children, 2013, the government is making a concerted effort to not only protec......read more

Not quite Nixon

The current crisis in the Obama administration cannot be compared to Watergate Standing before reporters Thursday, President Obama declined an invitation to compare the recent scandals weighing down h......read more

Under suspicion

The crisis of cricket involves its administrators’ credibility, not just the shenanigans of individual players Thirteen years ago, when the authorities announced they had proof to implicate cricketers......read more

Thinking local

The Karnataka secret ballot was unusual for Congress, used to surrendering its will to the high command In choosing a chief minister through secret ballot in faction-ridden Karnataka, the Congress mad......read more

Sharing the past

It cannot be the preserve of a few great museums. Cambodia's claim on its stolen statues underlines this This could have been a sequel to Wilkie Collins’s novel The Moonstone. Tenth-century Khmer sta......read more