Commentary

Kho Kho’s Grand Resurgence: A Historic Step Towards Global Recognition

January 7, 2025

Kho Kho’s journey to international prominence has been a long one. Last showcased at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as part of a demonstration of traditional Indian sports, the game’s reemergence in the global spotlight represents more than just a sporting event—it’s a

Bonds Of Disempowerment

Abid Shah

March 26, 2024

Commentary

Suddenly, electoral bonds (EBs) which have been in active use in polls for years to fund political parties and enable them to meet their needs or expenses during election campaigns have turned sour. Now they stand scrapped or banned for what seems

Will Legally Guaranteed Enhanced MSP Aid Crop Diversification?

Vivian Fernandes

March 18, 2024

Commentary

The protesting farmers of Punjab have put their stir on hold after suffering a fatality and some casualties in Haryana Police’s tear gas firing in the third week of February. Their strategy is not clear as, once the model code of conduct

Nano Urea Being Hailed As Miracle Fertiliser By The Government Without Much Evidence

Vivian Fernandes

February 28, 2024

Commentary

This government cannot be faulted for evidence-based decision-making. It has promoted traditional agriculture, chemical-free organic cultivation, and back-to-basics Zero Budget Farming. One or more of these concepts has been mentioned in four of the past five Budget speeches. In her 2023 budget

Historical Hysterics Over Ayodhya And Ram May Charm Voters But Harm Future

Abid Shah

February 1, 2024

Commentary

History is once again being mauled on the pretext of resurrecting purportedly long-lost glory—to set India on a cleverly crafted course that is yet to find an electorally determined future for the polity, society, economy and so on. This is deserving of

NITI Aayog’s Deprivation Index Is A Perception Management Exercise

Vivian Fernandes

January 22, 2024

Commentary

According to a ‘discussion paper’ released on January 15 by NITI Aayog, there has been a huge reduction in multi-dimensional poverty in the nine years of the Modi government and a faster decline than under the Manmohan Singh government. The document has

Mass Suspension Of MPs Is A Blow To Parliamentary Democracy

Jayanta Bhattacharya

January 4, 2024

Commentary

The old and the new stand, staring silently at each other. Each with its own memories. The rotund—a relic of British rule in India—stands with almost a century of history written within its walls. The deltoid—projected as a modern marvel—stands with history

Of Boorish Cricket Fans Spiralling Down The Rabbit Hole Of Hate

Jasvinder Sidhu

October 17, 2023

Commentary

Millions of Indian cricket fans must have seen the viral video on social media in which some boorish cricket fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad chanted “Jai Shri Ram!” (Hail Lord Ram!) as Pakistani batter Mohammad Rizwan walked back to

Israeli Politics Can Hold Back Progress On The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Vivian Fernandes

September 27, 2023

Commentary

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) hinges crucially on Saudi Arabia and Israel resolving their political differences of 75 years. Though Saudi Arabia and Israel do cooperate on various issues, they have not established diplomatic relations. But they are less prickly than

G20 Summit: India Wants To Preach To The Global North But Not Set Its Own House In Order

Manan Kumar

September 8, 2023

Commentary

Delhi is decked up for the grand finale of the G20 Summit, which will be attended by some of the most powerful world leaders, on September 9 and 10. In the run-up, putting itself on a moral high ground, India has put its weight behind

Food For Thought: Can Conservation Agriculture Mitigate Climate Change Impact?

Kalyan Chatterjee

August 18, 2023

Commentary

Food security no longer remains simply a matter of increasing productivity and growing more grains. High-yielding varieties, extensive use of fertilisers and more irrigation worked like magic for the past few decades to pull India out of its dependence on imports to

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Kho Kho’s Grand Resurgence: A Historic Step Towards Global Recognition

Bonds Of Disempowerment

Will Legally Guaranteed Enhanced MSP Aid Crop Diversification?

Nano Urea Being Hailed As Miracle Fertiliser By The Government Without Much Evidence

Historical Hysterics Over Ayodhya And Ram May Charm Voters But Harm Future

NITI Aayog’s Deprivation Index Is A Perception Management Exercise

Mass Suspension Of MPs Is A Blow To Parliamentary Democracy

Of Boorish Cricket Fans Spiralling Down The Rabbit Hole Of Hate

Israeli Politics Can Hold Back Progress On The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

G20 Summit: India Wants To Preach To The Global North But Not Set Its Own House In Order

Food For Thought: Can Conservation Agriculture Mitigate Climate Change Impact?

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