Opinion

The West watched with awesome astonishment, the performance of India — the rising star; for the East, it was a moment of wondrous enchantment to witness India’s scientific prowess to achieve a soft landing on the Moon

ULFA (Independent) neither possesses the firepower which characterised its ‘revolutionary’ innards at one point in time, nor does it have the support of the people of Assam

Announcing August 6 as India’s National Mental Health Awareness Day and August as National Mental Health Awareness Month will be everlasting tribute to the memory of Keshav Desiraju

Udhayanidhi Stalin’s message has gone out loud and clear. The innate bigotry and violence of it may gladden many of his supporters, but it will also polarise and consolidate votes against him

The digital wind is blowing from the East now, and it's full of innovation and spicy memes

The Shraadh ceremony performed at Gaya is a gift by the living, to their ancestors, an expression of solidarity, which would enable the souls of ancestors to ascend to higher planes of existence

Over a lakh Hindu temples being controlled by the State, more than 10,000 Hindu-run schools closed due to RTE Act; 77 per cent of Delhi is being claimed to be Waqf land: Welcome to the ‘Islamic Republic of India’

While numerous liberal voices critique the democratic and secular facets of India, there appears to be a dearth of attention on the religious segregation taking place in Pakistan

Parliamentary democracy has its own pitfalls and after more than seven and half decades of Independence, there is a need for a different type of government, which can take India faster on the path of development

Pakistan has plundered natural resources of PoJK while India has enriched the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan has established launch pads to infiltrate India and cause harm. India has held G20 to uplift J&K

What Pietro Valle witnessed in the wild hills of Gerusoppa in the 17th century was simply the time-tested Indian method of learning. Marvellous in its simplicity and an incredibly powerful method whereby what you have learned stays with you for life

The courts incorporating WhatsApp as part of the legal service workflow demonstrates the industry’s commitment to adapting to the evolving needs of clients in an increasingly digital world

In the bustling political landscape of the INDIA bloc, it would be an oversimplification to assume that every political party unequivocally endorses Rahul Gandhi's ascension to the central stage

A number of West Asian countries that are overall well-disposed to India are now investing heavily in Pakistan. That also means the number of investors who will push for stability in Pakistan are more and with a larger clout

The visible presence of Rohingyas, a poor district administration and the lack of IAS officers have all contributed to the state of affairs in Haryana. And the change can start from anywhere, but it has to start immediately

Indira Gandhi’s economic policies were such a failure that inflation stood at 34.7% in 1974. At one point, the government attempted to lower market demand by freezing wages – an entirely anti-working class, anti-poor move