Time for introspection
An institution can play a leadership role only if it comprehends the dynamic nature of its mission and goals in professional terms and understands the importance of looking within One of the most prestigious national institutions of India, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), is in ferment. Not for the first time....
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Delhi lessons for BJP: Controlled aggression
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Gandhi lives on
16 February 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
Who will seed organic India?
15 February 2020 | Indra Shekhar Singh -
People still vote for rozi-roti
15 February 2020 | Shivaji Sarkar -
He lit a billion lives
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Tough job on hot seat
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Total disclosure
15 February 2020 | Pioneer
The price of politics
Jammu has always guarded India with its blood. To imply that it can only be recognised at the cost of Kashmir is to further diminish the Dogra identity and nobility of yesteryears Post-independence, public imagination, political passions and administrative prioritisation in the “Crown of India” were fronted by the Kashmir Valley,...
To drive or not to drive?
Sometimes even someone like me has to face some deeply existential questions, especially when confronted with something like the new Audi A8L Should I be honest for a moment, as much as I love driving cars, it is more often than not an extremely stressful activity. And if you drive in...
Revitalise farmers’ cooperatives to grow incomes
Associations can grow as viable, member-controlled, self-sustaining businesses if they constantly work on reshaping the interaction of their members with themselves Small farmers are the key to ending poverty and hunger and promoting sustainable development. But they are among the most underserved population and are highly susceptible to food and nutrition insecurity....
Address key issues
For Ayushman Bharat to be a success, hospitals must start delivering services at Govt-approved rates, but a lot needs to be done The public healthcare systems in the country have shouldered the burden of providing affordable and accessible services to scores of Indians for long. However, the sheer expanse of the...
A tightrope walk
The rising tension between the US and Iran is a litmus test of India’s new policy of multi-alignment within the region The end of 2020 will be intensely awaited by the world as it seeks an answer to the burning question, will Donald Trump, who just triumphed in the impeachment proceedings,...
Will Cong learn now?
The infighting has spilled out in the public space, plunging the party to new lows The Congress wouldn’t have been the way it is without its egoistic sabre-rattling and dirty infighting. But the knives-out civil war and the unabashed blood-letting in the party, post its unprecedented debacle in the Delhi Assembly...
Another Pak ploy
The Imran Khan Government has jailed global terrorist Hafiz Saeed yet again to wriggle out of the FATF grey list This is as anodyne as it can get, Pakistan imprisoning globally proscribed terrorist and mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks Hafiz Saeed. For the nth time. That too on terror-financing charges....
