Why Labour is glad that PM is Liz Truss
Truss is committed to the small state and is something of a free market radical but it remains to be seen if she will be able to steer the UK out of troubled waters. …
Post and Opinion
The question this Teachers’ Day: Why are an increasing number of teachers failing to establish a bond with students?
On top of the bureaucratic legacies of colonial rule, the Indian school teacher now faces new social and economic forces. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar) It seems that teaching the young is no longer …
The happy family. But who’s family?
The stereotypical idea of a ‘complete’ family in India has always been a mother, a father and two children. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational) What is family? Is it the cousins you grew up playing with at …
The inner life of Virat Kohli
Sandeep Dwivedi writes: As articulate as ever, in the interview titled “Heart to Heart” that went viral, Kohli seemed in a mood to lay it all out. He said that he is looked on …
On freebies: We are asking the wrong questions
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (L) and PM Narendra Modi. (File) Measures that benefit the poor are questioned, without considering other wasteful expenses Written by Neha Shah , Atman ShahSeptember 2, 2022 4:18:08 am A debate on freebies …
Death of Mikhail Gorbachev: The leader the nation was unprepared to follow
The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s tragedy was that his strategies of statecraft lost equilibrium, which was most essential during a period of transition when values and institutions were losing their relevance and consensus was …
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Who Ended Cold War, Dies At 91
The changes that Mikhail Gorbachev set in motion saw him lionised in the West. (File) Mikhail Gorbachev, in power between 1985 and 1991, helped bring US-Soviet relations out of a deep freeze and was …