Behind BJP loss: Failure to keep job promise, fix farm distress

'You look with hope at a politician who comes along and promises to change all that: 10 million new jobs every year, no need to touch someone's feet to get an introduction to an employer. And fix......

100 days of Trump: The good and the bad for India

'The domination of American foreign policy by the military poses some hidden dangers for us.''We must factor in that the Pakistani military and the US military have close ties going back three......

PM to scientists: Think big, think out of the box

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday inaugurated the 98th Indian Science Congress in Chennai. Following is the text of the Prime Minister's address on the occasion:"I am delighted to be here in......

Happy Birthday Mr Rushdie

Salman Rushdie, who was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth last week, turns 60 today. Salman Rushdie gets knighthood This is what the novelist told the audience at the India Abroad Person of......

Why the Saradha mess is not a 'chit fund' scam

One could not have imagined that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bertrand Russell will have anything to do with Saradha Realty - the company that has been making the headlines lately.' In the absence......

How to tackle volatile markets? A few tips

"Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or think sanely under the influence of a great fear...To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom". - Bertrand Russell, British......

The coming end of books?

The morning sky was overcast. A steady rain clattered on the tiled roof of the building that sheltered me as I waited for the library van to arrive from the state capital, Trivandrum. I was there......