Why the Parivar wants Dr Ambedkar

'The Parivar's ideology and politics was and remains the very opposite of what Dr Ambedkar stood for,' says Praful Bidwai. When it comes to sheer hypocrisy and double standards, it is hard to beat......

Dilemma of a Congress spokesman: Damned either way!

It is, as a matter of fact, not the spokesman's 'responsibility' to answer questions pertaining to people who are not related to the party, says Odisha Congress leader V B Routray This......

Bodh Gaya attack: An affront to Indic civilisational spirit

Bodh Gaya emerged as a centre that encouraged a continuous dialogue of civilisation, it has enabled India to re-forge her age old linkages with countries, who derived inspiration from......

Pakistan: The need for smart action

For the leader of the world's largest democracy and an emerging world power to be sharing the high table with leaders from P-5 and G-8 is no small honour. But for him to be pleading India's case......

Bill Gates to support sanitation projects in India

With the objective of addressing sanitation related health concerns, the Urban Development Ministry and the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation have agreed on a partnership to promote user friendly......

'Deficit must be well within 5% of GDP'

"To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end......

Growth of the digital media spurs conversations

The MC said, "Anyone who gives the wrong answer to my question will have to dance to a song played by the MJ in front of everyone."As a kid, I would have shrunk behind my parents to avoid being......

Wit and wisdom in 140 characters

Can one express ideas that would change the world, simply inspire it, or just allow oneself to be heard, in a box containing 140 characters? That is the test of Twitter, the latest plague of......

The men of Kargil deserve better

It is very difficult to be objective in evaluating movies on noble subjects. And themes cannot get much nobler than the Kargil martyrs.But subject matter alone does not cut it: for a movie to be......