Railways and a recipe for disaster

The twin-train derailments within minutes of each other that killed 25 people in Madhya Pradesh on August 5, 2015, is being blamed on flash floods. S Pushpavanam wonders if that is the only reason.......

Farmers in Haryana face a dilemma

The monsoon shortfall has resulted in a drought-like situation emerging across northern India. Add to that a shortfall in electricity and what emerges is a perfect......

Holy war in the nuclear age: A recipe for extinction

The ahl-al-kitab, or 'People of the Book' as they are know westward, have been locked in a conflict primed for a terrible end for over a thousand years. With nukes in the mix, these centuries old......

Why India must take care of its farmers

'I sighed, wondering what we'd eat if all farmers took jobs in the city and all their fields degenerated into land for sale,' notes Geetanjali Krishna.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......

India: A recipe for growth

If one were to ask what is the recipe for India's economic growth, the common answers would be: Growth in agriculture, led by good monsoons, and/orGrowth in industries, led by strong demand,......

Modi's new growth recipe - Just add water

Modi's irrigation push in the Budget is aimed at scoring on the political front along with achieving growth targets Like his father before him, Dattatatraya Kshirsagar, 80, has been looking......

Economic recovery: Will India Inc get third time lucky?

In both previous upturns after the 2008 global financial crisis, the revival halted within a year Will corporate India be lucky in its third shot at growth recovery since the 2008 global financial......

Sports should become a part of our lives: PM Modi tells India's youth

'There was a time when the children in the family went out to play, the mother would first ask 'when will you come back home?'. Now the times are such that children when they come home, they either......