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Where is India's Edward Snowden?

Any attempt by the Indian authorities to protest against extensive surveillance on Indians by the US will be hamstrung by what the authorities themselves are up to, notes Subir Roy. The United......

Rise of regional leaders may be a good omen for India

There is no reason to assume that a collection of powerful regional leaders will be bereft of vision and responsibility, says Subir Roy The latest round of assembly elections has come at a......

President Mukherjee and the future of Indian politics

Pranab Mukherjee's likely clear and impressive victory in the presidential poll will in no way reverse the perceptible decline of the Congress, says Subir Roy. The way Pranab Mukherjee has been......

A revamp of the Medical Council of India would be a welcome move

A recent report by the parliamentary standing committee on health and family planning pulled no punches on the abysmal state and poor functioning of the Medical Council of India. The shameful state......

A manifesto for the aam aadmi

The idea is to make unexceptionable broad promises so as to have the maximum freedom to devise policies if and when the opportunity arises, says Subir Roy. This is the election manifesto that the......

For India, high growth is now a mirage

With foreign trade now accounting for over 40 per cent of gross domestic product and the crucial psychological (through portfolio investment and stock market mood) and real role played by foreign......

Know your city to set it right

The ratio of municipal employees to population is better, but Indian cities are still at around a sixth of New York, notes Subir Roy India's cities are in poor shape and it is axiomatic that......

Coping well with Copenhagen climate

The climate accord secured for India a place at the high table in recognition of its importance for the rest of the world, says Subir Roy. India should feel rather satisfied by the way it has gone......

What the IITs really need

What is really needed is a tenure track where higher pay goes with accountability, not peer review which tends to favour the upward drift of the incumbent mediocrity, writes Subir Roy. India has......

Trade is good, India finally realises

Korean hardware prowess and Indian software prowess can result in a formidable partnership, writes Subir Roy. In the space of two weeks India has signed two economic agreements, a broad-based......

Remembering Pather Panchali with Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2.Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family,......

My father, Satyajit Ray

One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2. We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week. On May 12, Satyajit Ray's first film,......

Four blocks of Eden named after war veterans

IMAGE: CAB president Sourav Ganguly with Indian Army Personnel at the unveiling ceremony at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Four war heroes found a place of permanence in the......

Dalmiya set to be re-elected CAB president unopposed

BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to be elected unopposed in a straightforward affair at the Cricket Association of Bengal's 82nd Annual General Meeting in Kolkata, on Tuesday.Dalmiya, who......