'Global Zero' Possibilities
The IAEA Director General, Yukiya Amano recently mentioned that "as a human being, as Director General of the IAEA – and not least as a citizen of the only country ever to experience the unspeakable horror of nuclear bombs
A ruling party appointee
Intellectual life in India has been thrown into a crisis. It is party time for social scientists, former judges and ex-bureaucrats using the wildest discretion possible to define situations and issues, unmindful of the realities and expectations.
A man with two faces
Malaysia, a vital member of ASEAN, has been facing a huge turmoil in the last couple of years with hard-core Islamist fundamentalists hell bent on turning the nation into an Islamist state based on the Shariat .
Media losing credibility
Market forces coupled with political influence totally dominate the news domain today
Rahul laments mediocrity
In his debut speech after assuming the official second-in-command position in Congress, Rahul Gandhi was as candid as he was reflective.
Try solar power
An unusual failure of rainfall all over the country has landed India in a crisis of power shortage since we are largely dependent upon hydel generation of power. More power must be found if India’s development is to be sustained.
Mamata can do better
Paradoxical as it may sound, a common Bengali, who a year ago perceived Mamata Banerjee as the symbol of change and reform, now believes that the lady occupying the office of the chief minister has turned into an autocrat.
Benghazi to Blackwater
Attacks on embassies, especially the US embassies, in conflict zones, have become a norm these days.
Are we doing enough?
I have just returned from Assam after holding the first ever march against child trafficking that traversed over 300 kilometres from Guwahati to Dhubri.
Affordable Healthcare
According to the World Health Organization, India’s out of pocket expenses on healthcare stands at 73 per cent, which is among the world’s highest.
Book Review:Farishta
Patricia McArdle’s Farishta is an important book in more ways than one. Firstly, it is an account of the conditions that the NATO troops have to face in Afghanistan and other war zones in the Middle East and West Asia and how the interminable wars that the West has entangled itself in is affecting the morale and psyche of the young soldiers
Book Review: Tiger Warrior Fateh Singh Rathore of Ranthambhore
Adventures of legends like Jim Corbett, Verrier Elwin and Salim Ali dominated India’s vast and varied wilderness for a long time. Now, we get to read about Fateh Singh Rathore - the Tiger Man of India.
The Dragon takes a turn
For China watchers in India and elsewhere, especially in the ASEAN region, the recently concluded 18th Party Congress (18 PC) of the Communist Party of China has brought no relief or news to cheer about.
The Swinger’s Club
My father grew up by the Ganges, in the streets of Varanasi. Summer dawns were spent in the lap of the river, diving off rooftops, crossing the currents and racing with friends between the banks.
West plays dirty
The US and the West, in addition to the unilateral economic and financial sanctions they have imposed which are outside the UN framework, have recently made the Iranian media target of their illegal actions. But this time the victims of the attack are not the people of Iran but the Persian, Arabic and English language audience of the Iranian media throughout the world.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
