C Raja Mohan writes: The two leaders have turned the traditional discourse on India-US relations in Delhi and Washington on its head. This can open the doors to technological and defence collaboration

Policing initiatives have helped make Ahmedabad’s annual event a celebration of harmony and brotherhood

Banks are commercial enterprises and should be allowed to operate accordingly. In principle, separating a commercial decision such as loan recovery from criminal proceedings against wilful defaulters is a step in the right direction

The state stands at a crossroads. Together, we must make our choice — to accept what is right and to reject what is not

Statistical gymnastics won’t change the fact that India has seen its most inclusive growth since 2014

Mihir Bhatt, founder of the All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), an Ahmedabad-based NGO who was in Kutch a day after the cyclone hit, recalls how “everything seemed cleaned up”.

She was booked under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act over the video.

A secret meeting between Arun Kumar, the RSS joint general secretary who coordinates between the BJP and the Sangh, and the BJP high command has created ripples in the party’s upper echelons.

Rahul Gandhi could not have chosen a worse moment to try and convince the Indian diaspora in America that he is a worthy alternative to Narendra Modi

We must re-set our goals. We must aim at achieving 8-9 growth quickly and aspire to double-digit growth. Those goals seem beyond the capacity of the present policymakers and rulers.

The 2010 report of the Punchhi Commission offers a way to break the deadlock in the state

Prabhash Ranjan writes: Trade multilateralism might be out of fashion for the US, but remains of vital salience for countries like India. Hence, India, under its G20 presidency, should work with others to drive the WTO reforms agenda aimed at making trade multilateralism inclusive

PM Modi's US visit next week is likely to give an impetus to trade, especially defence industrial infrastructure and critical and emerging technologies

Removing theory of evolution from science textbooks will hamper development of critical faculties

My wish for the next 25 years is that we acquire the ability to look deeper into our understanding of culture, both at a policy level and as consumers. Let us go back a few steps and try to retain the diversity of context, rather than allow one loud, monolithic narrative to overwhelm everything else

Odisha train tragedy underlines the problem of governance failure. Mediocrity is rewarded, excellence is a casualty

Nepal PM’s visit showed that the political and psychological barriers that have long hampered cooperation between Delhi and Kathmandu have been diminished

Their performance in terms of GDP growth has been somewhat subdued compared to the UPA. But it has done better in taming inflation, keeping agri-growth respectable, and implementing welfare schemes.

Each time there is a demand for the resignation of the Railway Minister on grounds of “moral responsibility” after an accident, the example of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri is always quoted.

Youth everywhere worship at the altar of money, which is why irreverent tech billionaires are icons exactly the way famous football players and Hollywood stars are.

Being an Institution of National Importance, every Indian art form deserves a space in Kalakshetra. However, ideals of chastity, class, and caste have prevented the inclusion of growing art forms.

The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, seems determined to tear apart the social fabric of Mumbai city in the hope of electoral gains next year.

There is a long list of acts of omission and commission in the last nine years that contributed to the accident that has cost 275 lives and wrecked the lives of hundreds of families.

Our hard power of domestically made drones, planes, and aircraft carriers must combine with the soft power of domestic universities, think tanks and schools that generate globally relevant books, articles, papers, technology, research, translations, and patents