Narendra Modi government

Indian democracy’s moment of truth

Once admired for its commitment to pluralism, India no longer stands out as a model democracy.

Is BJP's policy of exclusion and segregation backfiring?

PM Modi's decision to inaugurate the new parliament building himself has garnered scrutiny.

Textbook revisions in India / History rewritten is not really history

While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.

India’s democracy in detention

What happens to Gandhi has important implications for India’s future.

BETWEEN THE LINES / Two years of Modi government

If I were to award marks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his two-year governance, I would give him four out of 10.

FROM A BYSTANDER / Will Pathankot derail Indo-Pak dialogue?

No one had expected that the Modi-Sharif Lahore dialogue on December 25, 2015 would be challenged so soon.

WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE

The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.

India's economic growth slows to 7%

India's economy grew at an annual rate of 7% between April and June, official figures have shown.

HUMOROUSLY YOURS / The Gift of the Maggi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes up as one of the top of ten criminals. That is according to Google. There has to be a bug in the algorithm.

May 16, 2015
May 16, 2015

Courts tilt towards rich

Salman and Jayalalithaa can afford the best of legal brains in the country. But the judges, who heard their cases, too have to see that they deliver justice however weak the prosecution is.

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