The present trend of the world economy seems to move towards ‘anti-globalisation’. With an average growth rate of just 3.5%, countries seem to think more about their own welfare than the world as a whole. The Brexit is a clear example of this. A natural corollary is the increasing interest ...
The Supreme Court’s final verdict on Ayodhya is out. Almost all political parties have accepted it with grace. The Prime Minister has said that it is victory for none and has sought peace. The reactions of the media too have been generally rational. The Hindu’s banner heading says: Temple in dis...
Economics is too important to be left to economists alone – that’s how two of the three economists, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, who won the Nobel Prize this year, end their latest book, Good Economics for Hard Times. Abhijit Banerjee has raised a lot of controversies by winning the prize;...
The India-China meet in Chennai, though of a short duration, is of great significance. It’s the meeting of two major economies, which are growing at a faster pace than others in the world. But the talks will not be an easy one. There are thorny issues like Kashmir, Akshai Chin, and China’s indul...
An autistic child, Greta Thunberg, has shaken the world from its slumber. Even the trolling by the President of the most powerful nation could not deflect her from her conviction. Standing on the podium at the World Climate change convention in New York, she pointed out to the leaders of the world o...
India’s tourism prospects, by all counts, are incredible. With its diversity in culture, topography, flora, and fauna, India, perhaps, has no match. Then why is it in the 34th position in the world tourism map and a single digit growth rate?Globetrotters know well where to search for wildlife or t...
Infrastructure in a way is the essential “inners” of any development plan. Without it there is no progress; but with its right support you can achieve whatever you wish to build upon. However, infrastructure is expensive and eats away much of your ‘capital’.A country progresses with its inve...
Gopalaswami Ayyangar, a minister in Nehru’s cabinet, a former dewan of Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir and who principally drafted the Article 370 argued in the Constituent Assembly of J&K in 1949 that unlike other princely states, J&K was not ripe for integration with Ind...
Journalists are not always a very disciplined lot.Keeping them at an arm’s length can be a good strategy for the government – and that can happen as a result of their own misbehaviour; but banning them from the source of information can have different implications.This is precisely what happened...
The parliament for the second NDA government opened, for a change, with a healthy debate. In recent times, the Indian parliament has witnessed acrimonious exchanges and people have often expressed their unhappiness with the misuse of this wonderful platform for communication and learning.Debating on...
