Opinion

If the government stays undeterred by the vilification campaign that invariably accompanies privatisation, it will not be difficult to raise even more, next fiscal.

In 2018, I founded the Save Youth Save Future (SYSF) Foundation. I sensed that young people are always told stories of death, I thought I must change their perception.

The acceptance of remedial benefits of Ayurveda will help the humankind. It is high time we accept the benefits of our ancient knowledge.

India can't look at Missionaries of Charity independent of the purpose it is meant to serve. Christian missions and missionaries aim to convert people to Christianity.

Government can’t play God to employment. It can’t say, ‘Let there be employment, and there was employment.’ There are three things the government should do in earnest.

Time has come for India to reassert its claim on Minsar, the Indian principality near Mt Kailash, and support Thimbu in its claims of the eight Bhutanese enclaves in Western Tibet.

It is hardly surprising that the BJP’s answer to the resurgence of Mandal yearnings has been to fall back on Mandir.

It is a well-known fact that Pakistani military officers and their families own most of the hotel business in Murree. No surprise then that as disaster struck, hotel rates soared.

As we were having our piping hot cup of tea and pakoras, two items that always greeted us on helipads, a young officer of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police approached us.

There needs to be rapid and sustained strengthening of the police forces to train and equip them to deal with armed insurgencies by themselves.

Given her size and potential, India could eventually emerge as a counterweight to China. It has therefore been Beijing’s endeavour to keep India off-balance and boxed in South Asia.

In a democracy, we cannot afford to have two sets of norms — one for men and another for women. In the 21st century, we can’t pretend to live in a seventh-century culture.

The proposal to raise the legal marriage age for women from 18 to 21 is aimed at empowering women and ensuring their overall wellbeing.

In normal circumstances, the Rajapaksa government would have sought China’s help. It already owes China around $5 billion. But, of late, China has become a no-go area.

My mother lost part of her gregarious nature and turned somewhat circumspect. From a jovial, light-hearted person she took to religion and to date spends many hours in prayer.

While ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’ agenda of the BJP remains in focus, the attention is increasingly shifting to states that have powerful state-based parties.