Opinion

Odisha CM Mohan Majhi and Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai are the latest examples of the silent, gritty saffron outreach across several decades

It’s not the Prime Minister’s morality that’s elastic, it’s the opposition’s definition of fact that seems to be stretched infinitely

India's service sector, a key driver of growth, faces a skills gap that's hindering its potential. Bridging this gap, through targeted education reforms and skill development, is crucial to unlocking its full potential

History needs historians, good, old Jadunath Sarkar-like historians, and not politically correct ‘public’ intellectuals… err historians like Romila Thapar and Anirudh Kanisetti

How valid is Rahul Gandhi’s accusation about Modi’s re-election jeopardising the Constitution? He should actually look into the assault launched on the Constitution by her grandmother Indira Gandhi in the 1960s and ’70s

Madhavi Raje Scindia, mother of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, served as a living bridge between two South Asian nation-states, India and Nepal, and two different communities, Marathas and Rajputs

In 2019, Congress contested 67 UP seats solo, winning only Raebareli. This time, allied with SP, it is contesting just 17. People close to poll planning point out that it has been done to conserve the party resources for more realistic contests

A populist Congress looking for the shortest route to power has decided to skip the stairs and take the elevator instead

CRISPR is a ground-breaking scientific breakthrough that has revolutionised the field of genetics

The Congress and Rahul Gandhi may have handed to PM Modi on a platter the lever for changing the course of the campaign by talking of ‘wealth redistribution’

‘Terror Financing in Kashmir’ by Abhinav Pandya goes in-depth into the history of terror financing in Kashmir. He pointed out that Pakistan transformed the terror funding business into a robust parallel conflict economy, with the conflict elites having su...

The Congress should listen to Sardar Patel, who was aware of the ugly face of capitalism, but he also understood very well that wealth had to be created first before it could be distributed

Ever since liberalisation created the conditions for wealth creation, more and more Indians are buying into the idea. The interest is because unlike free benefits showered by the state, wealth creation is an incredibly empowering and emancipating pursuit

The Congress party has never given up on the idea of benefitting Muslims. There are many examples of the party using its executive and legislative powers in office to enact legislation discriminatory towards Hindus

The Modi-Biswa Sarma double engine is the key carrier of creating opportunities for the state, fulfilling the aspirations of the youth, bridging inequity and putting Assam at the centre-stage of development, inclusivity and equity

Time and again the Indian voter has outfoxed the strategists and pundits. This is the most distinguishing feature of Indian democracy that those who ratchet up the canard of ‘Democracy in Danger’ fail to get