Editors' Picks - Page 28

Opinion

Dilli Ka Babu: Corruption dilemma

In the past, customs authorities in India have detected a few cases of smuggling to and from China.

14 April 2019 3:28 AM IST

Opinion

Anti-intellectualism: Its boons and pitfalls

It should be said that the Congress Party’s dynasty is itself not particularly qualified in the educational sense.

14 April 2019 2:29 AM IST

Opinion

Cabbages & Kings: Why are India’s airports so strict?

The immigration officer performs some mysterious manoeuvres with one’s passport on the counter beneath eye-level.

13 April 2019 7:43 AM IST

Opinion

‘Nation First, Self Last’ is an empty slogan

Shah had said that Congress leaders should drown themselves for proposing the weakening of the Afspa law.

7 April 2019 2:34 AM IST

Opinion

Oil has empowered regimes led by fanatics across the Islamic world

The madrasas and mosques they finance distort the message of Islam and pervert the role of that religion and its...

6 April 2019 2:28 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: Spiritual benefits of selfless service

If we just think about our own response to examples of service that we witness we can get an inkling of why it is such...

5 April 2019 2:19 AM IST

Opinion

Dev 360: As India votes, whose voices will be loudest?

In this fluid and fast-changing scenario, can one definitively predict poll outcomes?

4 April 2019 7:27 AM IST

Opinion

Revenge of the Raj: UK disarray as Jallianwala anniversary looms!

The biggest wake up call for the government came when Theresa May lost the vote on the Brexit plan last week for the...

1 April 2019 12:32 AM IST

Opinion

Dilli Ka Babu: Lohani’s return to Air India

It is said that employee unions were still a roadblock to the divestment of Air India, slowing down the winding up...

31 March 2019 4:15 AM IST

Opinion

Democracies need NGOs to protect rights

The United Progressive Alliance set up a group of people from civil society and called this group the National Advisory...

31 March 2019 4:04 AM IST

Opinion

Politics is creating antagonism to distort culture

For those who are sceptical of the metaphor of a country having a “soul”, I can refer to it as a struggle for the...

30 March 2019 2:50 AM IST

Opinion

EC must encourage people to contest polls

Candidates are also disqualified if they have been convicted for some specific offences that are listed.

24 March 2019 12:15 AM IST