Thursday 20 August, 2009
The CJI’s suggestion that high court judges increase their workload from 210 days to 220 days is welcome; but it’s still too little, too late....Wednesday 19 August, 2009
It is true that the wonderful “liberal principles” don’t quite apply to non-US citizens at immigration check....Monday 17 August, 2009
The statement by the Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, in regard to our defence preparedness vis-ŕ-vis China is shocking.Saturday 15 August, 2009
Garbage accumulation and unhygienic health conditions have become endemic to the lives of villagers and NREGA can serve as a potent medium to mobilise people...Friday 14 August, 2009
Saubhik Chakrabarti has done an excellent job analysing the causes of failure for Indian agriculture....Thursday 13 August, 2009
Swine flu has created panic across the country. It is known that the death toll is increasing but one would like to question....Wednesday 12 August, 2009
The fear surrounding the H1N1 virus is justified . The question is how organisations like the WHO failed to advise and coordinate restrictions on travelling from countries...Tuesday 11 August, 2009
Shekhar Gupta’s assessment that Indo-Pak relations are bedevilled by the anti-Indian “virus” in the mind of the Pakistani establishment is correct....Monday 10 August, 2009
Whether judges should be required to reveal their assets is thought provoking....Saturday 08 August, 2009
Tiruvalluvar was a poet-saint who wrote for all humanity. A figure like him is universal and cannot be claimed by any one community alone.Friday 07 August, 2009
It is really unfortunate that the Maharashtra government proposes collective punishment on entire villages where atrocities against Dalits are committed.Thursday 06 August, 2009
The first swine flu fatality means the government can’t be complacent as to the actual number of the infected. It also exposes the laxity of state measures and the inability...Wednesday 05 August, 2009
The government must, more actively, scan incoming passengers at airports. So far, this job has been confined to ineffective paperwork....Monday 03 August, 2009
Apart from the substance of Manmohan Singh’s joint statement with the Pakistan PM, the question is....Saturday 01 August, 2009
Till the PM’s parliamentary address about the Sharm el-Sheikh joints statement, nobody, even many in his own party, appeared to believe him.Thursday 30 July, 2009
Omar Abdullah has set a high moral standard by resigning as Jammu and Kashmir chief minister.....