Dr Unni Krishnan Karunakara, former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, who is on a cycle tour of India to raise awareness and funds,

The Aam Aadmi Party has support from far and wide but what it needs urgently is a set of coherent policies so that people can make informed choices in

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the shrine of the war dead in Yasukuni sets off a firestorm of criticism in other countries in the regio

The tussle within some Central government Ministries over proposed cuts in the budget for rural development schemes has affected a promise made to sen

Suchitra Sen (1931-2014), the “Mahanayika” of Bengali cinema, was the first Indian to win the best actress award in an international film festival.

Namdeo Dhasal (February 15, 1949-January 15, 2014), Dalit writer, reformist and activist, believed in the power of the written word to bring about soc

The influence of radical Islamists like the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham has been growing along the desert road that straddles Iraq and Syria.

The ruling Awami League wins an election marred by boycott and violence. But the only solution to a looming political crisis is another round of elect

Interview with K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation.

This collection of essays sets out to argue a new theoretical framework underpinned by a Gramscian point of view.

America’s largest academic association votes to boycott Israel’s academic institutions and draws the ire of the powerful pro-Israeli lobby in the coun

The book faithfully recounts the building of India-South Korea diplomatic relations, without missing the big picture.

Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, accused of sexual harassment by a law intern, resigns from the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and alleges a conspirac

Changes introduced by the UPSC in the civil services main examination at short notice frustrate the hopes of lakhs of candidates and put them on the w

In a major breakthrough that promises to make India self-reliant in space technology, an indigenised cryogenic engine powers the Geosynchronous Satell

ISRO began studies to develop a cryogenic engine 40 years ago, but it fatefully decided to import technology at a high cost.

While the indigenisation of a technology acquired from Russia has taken two decades, ISRO’s efforts at developing an entirely indigenous technology a

Even Congress workers have begun questioning Rahul Gandhi’s “resolve and determination” to take up the responsibility of leading the nation.

The ICGC-India team’s study of oral cancer, the leading cancer among males in India, has revealed that alterations in several genes and biological pat

It is 18 years since Justice J.S. Verma delivered his flawed judgment on Hindutva, but no Chief Justice of India has thought it fit to constitute a la

Arvind Kejriwal’s offer of free water will provide some relief to Delhi’s population, but only an overhaul of the water management policy can cure the

The Hurriyat has a third faction now. Observers see the changes in the group as a threat to the separatist camp as a whole.

The Bali ministerial of the WTO ignores the original development agenda of the Doha Round, but India proclaims as victory an unfair deal meted out to

Two draft Bills on the Tribal Sub-Plan and the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan raise hopes of granting these decades-old schemes statutory status and ensurin

Interview with Rohulamin Quander, president, The Quander Historical Society.

High Court Chief Justices are now considered inferior to Supreme Court judges. It was not always so, as is clear from the case of Chief Justice M.C. C

In the coal blocks allocation case, the government tries to buy time citing inflated investment costs and putative losses of corporates as a defence a

Interview with S. Ramakrishnan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.