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By Beni Sumer Yanthan Brother, Your blood has drenched this earth And soaked up our sins, Your silent screams now hang above This parched town Where the mist gathers at dusk To pay homage to your last moments. Your body became the battlefield Of a republic at war with itself, Your song is now a […]
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By V Upadhyay In mainstream economics, the questions related to distribution are generally not considered very significant. Discussion of distribution is confined to the field of Welfare Economics where utilitarianism provides an important theoretical framework to debate social welfare issues. Utilitarianism had initially allowed for redistributive measures if they had the effects of increasing total […]
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Non-implementation of open-ended procurement policy in true letter and spirit is against the mandate of Food Corporation of India
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Not buying parboiled rice in Yasangi effectively means not buying a single grain from Telangana this season
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The problem is consistency, and from time to time, Indian focus keeps shifting from the SAARC region
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Though an important policy direction, National Monetisation Pipeline is fraught with risks, and requires careful planning and implementation
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With cooperation and dialogue, the international community can leverage COP26 to reduce the points of friction
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By Pramod K Nayar “You…have a natural flair for justice, and that has led to your having a natural flair for crime”. “It was feeling…It wasn’t really…logical deduction. It was based on a kind of emotional reaction or susceptibility to – well, I can only call it atmosphere”. These two quotes between them encapsulate the […]
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With depleting coal stocks and rising energy demand, going big on green power is the best bet
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By Rityusha Mani Tiwary The United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced a new trilateral defence deal (AUKUS) on September 16, 2021. The former two agreed to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines and deploy these in the Pacific region. In recent years, China has demonstrated increasing power and influence in the region. The trilateral is […]
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When startups can raise billions without any difficulty, why is infra financing proving to be a puzzle over decades?
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As the woman who changed Germany demits office after 16 years as Chancellor, there’s a new German Consensus that there will be no more new fences
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By R Gandhi Cryptocurrencies, or virtual currencies, have caught the fancy of over one-and-a-half crore Indians as per claims of cryptocurrency exchanges. The trading volume in these exchanges has been growing smartly. This is despite the regulatory uncertainty, looming legislative ban and reluctance of banks to provide banking services surrounding cryptocurrencies in India. Even during […]
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By Pramod K Nayar Poetry has often had to engage with the horrors of industrialisation or imperialism. The English Romantics’ antipathy towards railway lines is well known. As industrial modernity continued on its unstoppable way, cities like Paris and London were transformed from the inside out. Alongside machines, industrial complexes and urbanisation, poets also observed […]
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As the US called curtains on its ‘forever war’ and evacuated its last soldier, it left behind a country in a complete mess. Even its own coalition partners were dismayed and could make little of Washington’s harried exit. Many Afghans are now without a ‘home’ and almost half the population needs humanitarian assistance to survive. […]
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Frederick Forsyth’s masterly tweaking of the spy thriller gave us a classic that made murder a high-class, highly skilled profession
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The fate of Afghanistan’s rich archaeological history, art and artefacts remains uncertain
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Margaret Cousins, an Irish by birth, set the tune and Herbert Murrill, an English musician, made it speedy and bouncy on the lines of French national anthem La Marseillaise
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Equipping and empowering our migrants to deal with the complications that arise at various stages of migration is no more an option
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In fragile Northeast abound with border disputes, the flare-up between Assam and Mizoram over territorial claims is risky
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The world’s ‘Second Oldest Profession’ -- spying and espionage -- has been an integral part of the state system way before Pegasus
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The Olympics beginning in Tokyo from July 23 will see many firsts -- deferred by a year, no crowds, athletes in a bio-bubble and stringent protocols
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Despite several turbulent events, failed experiments and policies, the party persists
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As a disparate new coalition with a mere single-vote majority takes charge in Israel, it could mean more status quo than change
