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Inflation
Forward trading in commodities in India should be stopped immediately to contain the inflation. 
Comment By: Balu
The evil reservation
Reservation may have started giving a slight edge to the neglected/backward lot, but it is turning out to be an evil, with every community demanding and taking to the streets, holding-up the nation for days together, destroying public property and causing damages beyond anyone's imagination. Do we really need this kind of reservations, which ignites fires and divides the already fractured society?
Comment By: B Krishnan
Who makes the Prez
We call ourselves the largest democracy but it is at issues like the upcoming President elections that one is forced to believe that what we call a democracy is nothing but a real farce. If we as the public cannot decide who our next president should be or have no right to determine the person who should be in charge of the country, then why should we call ourselves a democracy. I've always been taught that it is the peoples' will that is to be executed. But it’s the politics that decide.
Comment By: Raneeth Reghu
Morality
I believe that morals are absolute and not relative to our individual opinions and beliefs. Today, 'Freedom' has become a byword for autonomy. We want to become 'the law' and dictate our terms, our way. Our expressions of affection in public goes to the extent of flaunting our relationship unblushingly, even amorously. I'm not advocating moral policing, however it seems that a regulatory code of conduct must be in place to prevent frequent embarrassment. The hue and cry over couples romancing in public places needs another hearing. 'Who will decide what is obscene or not?' is still the big question. Hitler's morals were relative but he did believe them absolutely. Didn't he?
Comment By: Ashish Mishra
Cricket Mania
The heroes are deeply hurt by accusations that they have lost focus on the game and are raking in the moolah through endorsements and branding. Sachin says that cricket is everything for him. Unfortunately his credibility is at stake due to his lacklustre performance. There is a perception that he does not wish to quit and is manipulating to stay in the team by edging out the junior players, because that will end his endorsement earnings. I appeal to him and his senior colleagues to restore their credibility by taking a vow to stay away from all endorsements and concentrating on the game.
Comment By: Natarajan
Indian Cricket
Wining and losing is part and parcel of the game. My emphasis for this World Cup is for the players to give their best performance. It will be difficult to win all the matches but what is important and is a must is the performance of our players.
Comment By: nanichecks
Noida Killings
Policemen involved are equally responsible for crime, which has taken place in Noida. Police have shown total apathy in the entire case right from the beginning. Had they paid proper attention to complainants when first few cases of missing children came to light, the culprits could have been nabbed and lives of so many children could have been saved. Strictest possible punishment should be given to all involved so that it can act as deterrent in future.
Comment By: Vinay Shah
Reservation
The UPA government should not have gone for reservations with the objective of vote bank politics. It should have thought about the present competitive world where there is place for only best performers. If there is reservation the quality of people in top posts will go down and that in turn will lead to poor performance. The government should therefore not have gone for reservations.
Comment By: sandeshk
Reservation Issue
Politicians are using the reservation issue for getting votes. In view of the changed circumstances, fast developing technology and competitive sprit in younger generation, there is no need for any kind of reservation. Earlier there was so much demand for government jobs. Now the situation is quite opposite. Instead of creating unnecessary controversies, people in power must think of ways to eradicate poverty and illiteracy for the betterment of the lives of the downtrodden.
Comment By: Sapd
Reservation
Giving reservation on non-merit consideration would fuel up the competitiveness in general category student. They will have to share a meager 50 per cent. The outcomes are seriously dangerous. You must be aware about recent rising number of suicide among boards student due to bitter competition, this, move to provide quotas will also facilitate the loss of our precious human asset in my opinion.
Comment By: Arpit
Reservation in premier colleges
By extending the SC/ST/OBC quota in premier universities across the country like the IITs and IIMs, the government is playing with the future of deserving and meritorious students. The issue might have been raised in the name of the development but it is no more than a political gimmick to secure votes.
Comment By: Apoorv Bansal
Right to live
Palestinians have a right to live freely just as Israelis do. Bulldozing houses, killing people through air strikes is sheer injustice.
Comment By: Majid Khan
Justice to Meher Bhargav
Meher Bhargav must get justice. The inefficient police and power wielding politicians must be punished. The judiciary and press must get the authorities to act. I hope a messiah appears and punishes the rotten politicians and corrupt police.
Comment By: S Kumar
Religion based head count
A politically motivated twist is being given to the Sachar Committee's asking about the data regarding the number of Muslims in the armed forces. Its criticism is ridiculous because such a data is routinely collected and freely available. The debate should not have been initiated, particularly by the media.
Comment By: Balvinder
Sting Operations
The recent sting operations carried out by the media are welcome. This is the only way to get rid of corruption in the society.
Comment By: Durgaram
Bihar Verdict
The recent poll result in Bihar is a severe blow to the credentials of the President and Prime Minister of India. The Supreme Court has termed the dissolution of Bihar Assembly as unconstitutional and this has been confirmed and affirmed by the Bihar election result.
Comment By: S.Dhanaraj
Bihar Assembly Dissolution
The Supreme Court has given the interim judgement, holding the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly as unconstitutional. This means Bihar was unnecessarily denied an elected representative government. Besides, in holding elections so soon after the earlier polls, the taxpayers' money is being spent, which otherwise could have been used for providing a decent living to the poor and the downtrodden. Who is accountable for this mess? If a government servant is instrumental in wasting public money, he is punished. The same standards must be applied in the case too.
Comment By: Suryanarayana
Iran vs USA
Is there no end to the diplomatic servility of our politicians? It is a politically good move to get into the US camp by supporting them but that should not come at the cost of a country's sovereign image. If USA succeeds in splintering the Developing Nations into disparate groups, we will not only be alienated from our allies but might actually end up on the wrong side of the political spectrum.
Comment By: Jeetu
Area of darkness
When the lights go off in India's financial capital and production falters in the nation's most industrialised state, then there is truly cause for concern. In a sense, the recent power crisis in Maharashtra, which has led to authorities resorting to load-shedding to cope with shortfall peaking at as much as 4,000 mw, can be justly described as a problem of the State Government's own making. Enron's project at Dabhol was supposed to bridge the gap between power supply and demand in Maharashtra; it was a medium term arrangement.
However, the project was ill conceived to begin with and Enron's going under stymied Dabhol's take-off. Three successive Governments in Maharashtra have done precious little other than wait for the inevitable to happen. But the current energy crisis in Maharashtra is symptomatic of a nationwide problem. Rare is the State that is not plagued by increasing demand and static or shrinking power supply. Both industry and agriculture continue to suffer on account of insufficient power supply in States like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh. The problem is compounded by populist schemes ranging from providing free power to farmers to charging unrealistically low tariffs that leave power plants gasping for resources. It is often claimed by Government that there could be no quick-fix solution to India's looming power crisis because power plants have a long gestation period.
That is not a sudden realisation; those charged with planning the country's infrastructure and energy requirements have been well aware of projected requirements and projects should have been initiated to cope with rising demand for power. The Government of Gujarat has shown the way by switching over to gas-based power production, which is both financially viable as well as eco-friendly, and is now self-sufficient in this crucial area of economic development.
What is lacking is national perspective planning and time-bound implementation of projects of which there have been none in the last decade although demand has grown manifold. It is fine for the Prime Minister to call for bipartisan consensus on framing a national power policy, but it is imprudent to launch grandiose schemes like Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana and promise to light up rural households in 74,000 villages when there is not enough to meet the demand of existing consumers. Such declaratory politics may fetch gratification for individuals and parties, but they do not make any substantial contribution to infrastructure building. New civilian nuclear power reactors can lead to quantum leap in power production, but for the moment that remains a pipe dream.
Meanwhile, Government must make personnel dealing with power distribution accountable and grids should be automated to ensure that States borrowing power adhere to established international norms of sticking to allotted quotas and settling bills on time. In the absence of decisive action and an overall policy, consumers will continue to suffer. This is best exemplified by the impact of the power crisis on industry in Maharashtra; the fallout will be felt beyond the State's boundary. Industry is already complaining of huge losses in production owing to prolonged power cuts and has cautioned buyers of further price-rise owing to increased cost of production. The writing on the wall is clear to all, except authority: Everybody must pay for Government's folly.
Comment By: Vipin Agnihotri
Modi visa
Its high time we stopped cribbing over the visa denial to Modi. It only gives unwarranted importance to the hypocritical act. Modi is a product of our flawed system. Unless we can prove to the world that all are treated equally we will always be the worlds largest democracy, but never equated with western democracies. Should we play tit for tat? Do we actually have the power to embarrass the US with a visa denial to some diplomat or the other? I guess not. So lets be practical. Lets bring people like Modi and the 1984 killers to book. Then possibly we may find ourselves in a better position to react and act against such US actions.
Comment By: Anonymous
Wastage of money in Parliament
How can we allow these good for nothing politicians to waste our money by stalling or interrupting Parliament? We came out in huge numbers to cast our vote in their favour only to find them too adamant to address our problems in Parliament. They come up with non issues like Savarkar, Shankaracharya and so on. When they want to stage a walkout they'll come only to shout and disrupt. There should be a legislation to ensure their attendance. But the pity is they wont entertain such a proposal and if forced they would again stage a walkout!
Comment By: abhinav pankaj
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