In praise of women
By: Sumit Paul Woman has been the primary source of intellectual inspiration for man. When Muhammad was disturbed by the divine voices echoing in his mind and doubted their authenticity, it was...
View ArticleEL Ratings a watershed move for infra finance
By Pawan Agrawal In January, an innovative rating scale for infrastructure projects based on the ‘expected loss’ scale was launched in an initiative led by the finance ministry together with rating...
View ArticleAustralia captain Steve Smith was a victim of pressure
By Boria Majumdar Did anyone risk taking a bathroom break as the Day 4 action was on in Bengaluru? I’d very much doubt it. That’s how good this Test match was. Every ball was drama....
View ArticlePM Modi needs to politically rebrand Indian-Americans in Trump’s America
By: Pranab Dhal Samanta Hate attacks trigger a different fear, one rooted in a deep suspicion that somewhere, the State is complicit. It is a self-serving logic that deters any argument on evidence, at...
View ArticleConstruct potential
By: Filipe Barbosa Et Al The construction industry is one of the world economy’s largest sectors, with $10 trillion spent on construction-related goods and services every year. But the industry has an...
View ArticleFor a new humanity
By: OSHO The most important need of humanity today is to be made aware that its past has betrayed it. There is no point in continuing with the past, for doing so will be suicidal....
View ArticleImagine what can be achieved if all women are empowered to contribute
By Anil Agarwal International Women’s Day was celebrated on Wednesday. But millions of working women across the country are yet to find a link with India’s success story, particularly as entrepreneurs....
View ArticleDirect action from the Budget mandates must reflect ground realities
By: Purvi Mehta In every Union Budget presentation, agriculture is given a place of prominence. This is not surprising, given that 50% of India’s population is dependent on agriculture. Budget 2017 was...
View ArticleYoga unlocks your energy
By: SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV The term ‘yoga’, for many, means physical postures, and that too twisted, impossible ones. But that’s not what we’re referring to as yoga. Yoga means to be in perfect tune....
View ArticleIndian players should not pay attention to Australian antics
By Anand Vasu It takes a certain kind of person to watch reality television of the kind Bigg Boss dishes out. A group of edgy people locked in an artificial location, thrown into conflicts that...
View ArticleGST is the super expressway India must take to become an economic superpower
By Sachin Bansal Almost 20 years ago, a pathbreaking infrastructure project that connected India like never before took off. In more ways than one, the Golden Quadrilateral highway network has...
View ArticleHappiness and bhakti yoga
By Yogacharya Kundan Kumar To attain jitendriyata is to achieve full control over one’s senses. This leads to what is called God-realisation. In this controlled state, all pain and suffering cease...
View ArticleCongress trips ‘outsider’ Kejriwal on canal issue
By Ajay Vir Jakhar It was a forgone conclusion that Akali Dal-BJP alliance was heading for a collapse at the hustings. While India focused on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Punjab resolved to defeat...
View ArticleUP victory gives BJP and India chance of 7 years of stability
By Ashok Malik In its sheer magnitude as well as potential consequences, the BJP’s and Narendra Modi’s victory in Uttar Pradesh is without parallel. The previous victory of similar size in an assembly...
View ArticleThanks to SP, this mandate comes as no surprise at all
By Mohammad Sajjad The unprecedented victory of the BJP in UP has come as a big surprise for everyone, including for the victorious BJP. Well, it shouldn’t. The last two governments headed by Mayawati...
View ArticleUP elections 2017: PM Modi has moved one step closer to his objective of...
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay The verdict is nothing short of an unprecedented renewal of mandate for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It endorses every contentious measure he has undertaken over the past...
View ArticleHeady mix of memory and desire; UP win reincarnates Modi as messiah of poor
By Shikha Mukerjee To win the biggest prize of them all, the BJP created a precise mix, a fabulous mesmerising combination that persuaded voters in UP to press the button on the ‘lotus’. It combined...
View ArticleBJP’s victory in UP shows the faith people continue to repose in Modi’s...
By Neerja Chowdhury Clocking unprecedented sweeps in UP and Uttarakhand, the BJP has emerged as the country’s party No. 1 and set to take India into a new phase of politics and governance. Under the...
View ArticleWhy Modivian politics will change India
By Saubhik Chakrabarti In responding the way it did to Narendra Modi, India’s largest state has given India’s Prime Minister an opportunity that comes only to a few leaders in democracies anywhere: the...
View ArticleThe fall of Mayawati: Brahmins leave the BSP building
By Ajoy Bose The devastating rout of the BSP finally brings the curtain down on the amazing saga of Behenji. Her meteoric rise since the early 1990s has been followed by successive setbacks each worse...
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