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Yakub Memon hanging is revealing of the bumbling Indian liberal

The 'bumbling liberal' & the 'neo-fascist' - two sides of the same coin. Neither has place in a moderate India

Lalit Modi and dejà vu UPA

Lalitgate has served as a reminder for how similar our mainstream political parties are in resisting institutional reform.

Why Barkha Dutt is wrong about women's safety in India

Did misplaced national pride inhibit the avowed feminist in Barkha Dutt from calling a spade a spade on women's safety in India?

Twitter dictates 5-star journalism in India

India's 30 million Twitter users now run roughshod over what's newsworthy for a population of nearly 1.3 billion people.

A different kind of freedom

Hatred against Monika Lewinsky and kindness towards a Canadian teen - both online - raise key question: why campaign for online freedom outshouts that against online bullying

De-politicizing our public spaces

Why must every public structure or initiative be bequeathed to the legacy of political icons?

Tarun Tejpal dumped: Moral victory or vigilante dominion?

Tarun Tejpal's ouster from the Times of India literary carnival after a Twitter upheaval poses many moral dilemmas

Modi's harsh winter test

The Winter Session of Parliament will be a litmus test for the PM's legislative reforms push & the market must prepare to be disappointed.

World Toilet Day and the economic imperative of toilets

Understanding the economic imperatives of sanitation on the second annual World Toilet Day

5 reasons why SBI's $1bn lifeline to Adani's Australia project needs to be questioned

Project viability, environmental battles, funding, high debt and demand for coal are the key concerns regarding the project

On The Menu: Culinary Politics

Food remains a great political tool to keep alive implicit caste boundaries in the modern Indian context

Can e-commerce bring shimmer back to the Banarasi saree?

PM Narendra Modi's pitch to weavers, urging them to use e-commerce to sell their weaves could be a game changer for this ancient cottage industry

Should India really be celebrating Burger King's debut?

India needs stricter laws to ensure it doesn't become a dumping ground for American food MNCs

Bhakts on a rampage

Modi isn't the problem, the growing fanaticism of his supporters is.

The Bhabha House dilemma

Centre keen to take over the iconic bungalow, but prominent citizens object. Both sides have a point.

Lessons from Bhutan for PM Modi

Importing valuable lessons on governance and public policy from Bhutan

Finding a middle ground on labour reform

An approach that makes small tweaks rather than fails on big promises is the need of the hour says a study.

Narendra Modi: Silent PM 2.0?

If under Manmohan Singh, there was an information deficit, under Modi there is a dialogue deficit.We now have a PM who speaks often, but only from behind the social media smokescreen.

Shashi Tharoor - The newest Modi buff on the block

Foes turned friends? Shashi Tharoor fawns over the new PM in a new Huffington Post op-ed

Are auto sales turning the corner?

New launches, improved sentiment and rural demand, fuelled by high election spending breathe new life into Motown