Opinion

Opinion: The Age Of The 'Super-Bureaucrat' In New India

This is the face of federalism in the country now: Regent bureaucrat-rulers in state capitals who execute the Centre's agenda.

Opinion: The Cost Of BJP's All-Or-Nothing Bengal Campaign

Of course the party has lavished its own corpus of 'donations' on the polls, but in the still of the night, when ambulance sirens wail, does the BJP brass wonder if its Bengal mission was worth it?

Opinion: Democracy At Bayonet Point

Is it too late to start reclaiming our electoral space by rejecting the CAPF or its proxies? Is a community-managed pushback still possible, booth by booth?

Opinion: Why Meghan's Interview Doesn't Move India - Nalini Singh

Why has the Harry-Meghan 2-hour interview to Oprah Winfrey not evoked gut-wrenching sympathy in India for this biracial royal couple? Why haven't the descriptions of racism and Meghan's suicidal thoughts stirred white-hot loyalty for the Prince and his Duchess here in India?

Opinion: Open Letter To AIIMS' Dr. Gupta On SSR Case - Nalini Singh

I petition you to pronounce a binary forensic verdict - suicide or murder - and not suicide-wrapped-in-murder or murder-wrapped-in-suicide, triggering another meandering six-year capricious and shameless chase.