Doldrums And Derailed Schemes
Investment in Railways needs careful monitoring in light of poor performance
Late Seeds Of Illusion
Suddenly, ryots get false hopes. In poll year, harvest isn’t all about field crops.
The Same Old Taxing Times
A low fiscal deficit on his mind, the FM plays it safe with taxes. Only the old have reason to smile.
Modicare: Insurance Policy 2019
Jaitley promises succour, belatedly, to aggrieved sectors. But is it too thin a supply of oxygen for India’s distressed?
Nero Plays A Veena Called Saraswati
A sudden spurt in Haryana’s crime points to an administration that lacks in political will and is pressured by caste politics. The CM, though, will ‘remain’.
Ripples Turn Into Waves
Changed public sentiment puts Dhaka in a cleft stick on hasty repatriation of Myanmar refugees
Saluting The DM
I salute you, DM of Bareilly. Sure, Chandan Gupta shouldn’t have been killed in Kasganj and we grieve for him, but there is no need to bully our fellow citizens, just to prove the colonialists right.
The Mingled Light of Two Bleeding Moons
Wahhabism is transforming Indo-Islamic civilisation. A scholarly yet accessible essay collection analyses the interface between West and South Asian Islam.
Act 2 Diary
"You could say politics too is a form of theatre—an enactment or performance," writes veteran actor Govind Namdev about his acting journay and plans ahead.
They’re Calling It ‘Storyteller’s Jackpot’!
Scriptwriters come out of the shadows as Bollywood, its formulas failing, hunts for quality content
The British Seeds of Secession
The Sikh response to Indian nationalism was complex—loyal soldiers of the colonial army, they didn’t fall for the ‘separate electorate’ idea
Punjaap Tripped On A Fuse
An ambitious AAP flirted with the wrong sentiment in Punjab last year—separatism
A Neo-Colonial Project Called SDM Syndrome
A spurt in ‘separatist diasporian movement’ gives Canadian Khalistanis new impetus
A Few Queries, Just In...
India will want the visiting PM to reconsider his soft line on resurgent Sikh radicals in Canada
‘Sikh Extremists In Canada, The UK And Italy Are Working With ISI Or Independently’
Talking to Outlook, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh explains the role of 'foreign hand' in reviving Khalistani extremism in the state.
Panth And A Foreign Hand
A new real threat of Khalistani terror, fuelled and funded by foreign gurudwaras patronised by liberal white politicians, has revived memories of a blood-drenched era of Punjab’s history