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Cauvery Conflict Can Farmer-To-Farmer initiatives Be The Solution To The Dispute

The reappearance of the crisis shows that only equitable sharing of the river’s waters combined with scientific water conservation and management measures and time-tested farmer-to-farmer initiatives can be the solution to the dispute.

A Coup In The House of 'Tatas'

The crisis in the Tata group is not just a boardroom battle between Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry. It is a conflict between two ideas of doing business, between the old “Tata way” of taking a long-term perspective on investment and a new brash way of seeking quick returns.

Wrath Of Kashmir

The anger in the streets of Kashmir is not about economic stagnation or unemployment; it is about the people’s aspiration to live a life of dignity. It is high time New Delhi woke up to the reality. 

BSP Is Planning For A Straight Fight With The S.P.

The BJP’s plans of making it a straight fight with the S.P. in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections unravel after a State-level leader’s remarks against Mayawati bring the BSP back into the electoral reckoning.

Turkish Turmoil

After crushing the rebellion, President Erdogan is effectively in control of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, and many Turks know that his goal is to change the character of the republic, though he insists otherwise.

Travel Diaries: The Odisha Experience

A visit to Konark, Puri and Bhubaneswar in winter can be enriching in terms of experiencing their tradition and culture, be it in the performing arts, paintings and sculptures or handicraft items.

Shahabuddin Ahmed: Rebellious Free Spirit

The Bangladeshi painter Shahabuddin Ahmed amazes one and all with his creativity and inspires with his rebellious free spirit.

Nirbhaya Case: Of Juveniles And Justice

The passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015, in Parliament exposes the vulnerability of the system in the wake of a misinformed and hysterical campaign for legislative changes to punish juveniles committing heinous crimes as adults.

Rohith Vemula Suicide Case: The Death Of A Dalit Scholar

Rohith Vemula’s suicide in the University of Hyderabad brings into the open the deep-seated caste biases and discrimination against Dalit students, especially in institutions of higher education in the country.

The Union Budget's Silo-Based Approach To Health

The Union Budget uses a silo-based approach to health in complete disregard for what its own reports and data point out in terms of what is required for the nation’s health.

JNU Vs Anti-People Policies

JNU students vow to intensify the struggle for their constitutional and democratic right to criticise the government’s anti-people policies.

Health Survey Reveals Grim Picture

A survey conducted by the Women and Child Development Ministry and UNICEF in 28 States and Delhi presents a dismal picture of crucial maternal and child health indicators.

IPL Betting Scam: Price Of Greed

The action against the owners of two IPL teams that followed an inquiry into charges of betting is yet another opportunity to clean up Indian crickets Augean stables.

Death Penalty Litigation: Legal Crusaders

The death penalty litigation clinic provides legal representation and aid to death-row convicts, especially those from the economically and socially backward classes.

Caste Census: How Poor Is Poor?

The strategy of creating binaries of poor and non-poor from the household listings in the Socio Economic and Caste Census, 2011, is beset with problems of unfair exclusion and unjustified inclusion and is best avoided.

Rediscovering Pluto

Initial images and data from the NASA spacecraft New Horizons recent rendezvous with Pluto point to a surprisingly craterless mosaic of relatively ancient regions and very young places on the dwarf planet.

A Grave Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding In Yemen

A grave humanitarian tragedy unfolds in Yemen as the Saudi Arabia-led alliance backed by the U.S. continues its relentless bombing.

Return Of Social Democracy?

In the rubble of the financial crisis, pro-socialist political formations on both sides of the Atlantic attract the dispossessed.

In The Land Of Bears

The Daroji sloth bear sanctuary near Hampi in Karnataka is an ideal example of what can be done in conservation in a developing country.

India Dips A Finger In The African Pie, China Is Still Far Ahead!

India follows the West’s lead in trying to dip a deep finger in the African pie, but China is still far ahead in the race for resources in the continent.

Brexit Impact On "Emerging Markets"

Britain’s exit from the E.U. could disrupt world trade and jeopardise the process of pulling the global economy out of recession.

BJP: All is not well

The Bharatiya Janata Party is in a state of flux with party veterans poised to become the rallying point for forces opposed to the  authority of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, particularly in the wake of the party’s defeat in  the Bihar Assembly elections. 

G20 Summit: Terror Trumps Economy

It was hoped that the leaders at the G20 summit in Turkey would find a way out of the global slowdown in growth, but the events in Paris left them little time for that.

Economic War In Venezuela: Setback For Chavistas

Amid falling oil prices in a worsening economy and an “economic war” being waged by the private sector against the government, Venezuela’s United Socialist Party loses the National Assembly elections.

Horror Behind Bars

An exhaustive report based on inspection of Bihar’s 58 prisons tellingly brings to light the denial of the basic human rights of prisoners in the State and points to the need for prison reforms across the country.

COP-21: How The West Had Its Way

The story of the just-concluded COP-21 in Paris is one of clever manoeuvring by the U.S., both before and during the conference,false goals, and compromises by developing countries, all of which raise doubts about the seriousness of the West in fighting the war against climate change.

How Aadhaar Invasion Threatening The Citizen's Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights!

The Supreme Court appears nonchalant even though the government defies its interim order and makes Aadhaar mandatory for the delivery of subsidies, benefits and other entitlements, threatening the citizen’s constitutionally guaranteed rights.

Aadhaar Invasion: Politics of Exclusion

The idea behind the extensive push for Aadhaar does not seem to be addressing the real issues confronting people, that of hunger and deprivation, but mapping them for some intangible purposes.

Fast Forward On Implementing Pledges

Within a short span the Trump administration has escalated tensions, political, economic and military, all over the world.

Strained Democracy

The manner in which the Jayalalithaa government has filed defamation cases against political opponents and the media and gone about muffling dissent invites the Supreme Court’s criticism.