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Precious resource in peril
December 06, 2021 8:34 am
🔴 P Chidambaram writes: The two reports — ASER 2021 and NFHS-5 — capture the picture of real India, unlike the BSE index or the NIFTY index that capture the health of no more than 100 listed companies.
Walking down the aisle alone
March 21, 2021 8:54 am
Brides, traded by their fathers for a dowry, were once formally exchanged at the altar. And yet fathers have continued to walk their daughters down the aisle as an ode to the tradition
P Chidambaram writes: May the tukde tukde gangs grow stronger until they achieve their Constitutional goals
February 16, 2020 11:20 am
There is nothing unusual or inherently wrong about a right-wing ideology. It is only when right-wing leaders politicise their religion and attempt to divide people on the ground of religion that the Constitution is violated and social harmony is disrupted. The BJP has done just that.
7% growth will mean little or nothing to the poor, unemployed and exploited sections
July 14, 2019 7:42 am
Seven per cent growth will be totally insufficient to create wealth or enhance welfare. Seven per cent growth will not generate the millions of jobs that are required. Seven per cent growth will not raise the per capita income of the lowest deciles (the bottom 20 per cent) of the population.
Across the Aisle: Emulate, do not envy
August 26, 2018 4:01 am
The first year was promising and the second year too started well. The first major blunder was demonetisation on November 8, 2016. This was followed by other blunders — flawed and hurried implementation of GST and tax terrorism.
Across the aisle: State election, nation-wide effect
May 06, 2018 12:01 pm
Mr Siddaramaiah must prove that his decision to contest from two seats did not prevent him from campaigning vigorously for the maximum number of Congress candidates. Above all, he must keep the focus on 2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy — a slogan gifted by Mr Modi!
Across the aisle: Southern flames may scald the nation
April 08, 2018 4:04 pm
Post-1991, every state could take advantage of a more open economy, less control and state-specific strategies. States that were once regarded as having low potential now claim to have achieved high growth rates.
BJP’s attempt to define a nationalist as one who will say 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' is a gross distortion of history
March 27, 2016 7:24 am
'Project Nationalism' seeks to bludgeon the people to submerge their individual identities in a presumed national identity
Across the Aisle-Aadhaar Bill: Ends right, means wrong
March 20, 2016 6:31 am
In 2013, the Supreme Court, by an interim order, ruled that Aadhaar could not be made mandatory to receive benefits. In 2015, the case was referred to a larger bench to decide the question whether Aadhaar infringed the right to privacy.
Across the Aisle: A call to the collective conscience
October 18, 2015 10:11 am
The writers are protesting against events that have not only political overtones but have profound social consequences. Are all Indians obliged to conform to one notion of religion or food or language or dress?
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