Opinion

It appears the plan to oust the BPF from the Bodo council was drafted almost a year ago, when the ruling BJP hurriedly cleared the Bodo Accord.

Setting the moral template in his span of control, as laid down by the Constitution, is every Commander’s duty; that he himself is also governed by it needs no re-telling.

To pass such a one-sided resolution on Kashmir that is devoid of historical facts and the current status of Jammu Kashmir can only be seen as a double standard set by OIC when it comes to India.

A situation favourable for horse-trading of legislators has been created by the wafer-thin majority with which the NDA government has been formed in Bihar.

Over the past six years, voters in states have voted for one party while choosing an MLA but differently when voting for a Member of Parliament. How would this play out in simultaneous polls? Are we restricting the choice of citizens?

At a critical time in our history, India gave Uyghurs sanctuary from the Chinese Communist Party. More than 70 years later, with the Uyghur people facing a genocide, we need India to do the right thing again.

The NDA and chief minister Nitish Kumar were facing a tough challenge from Tejashwi Yadav this time as the exit polls illustrated. But when Modi started campaigning, the NDA made a comeback in the contest.

The NDA is layering the peaceful rule of Nitish Kumar with development as its main agenda since November 2005 on the top of this fear factor.

After almost four decades post demand for reservations for the Maratha community has turned into a full-circle- from economic criteria to economic criteria via caste-based quotas.

The UN’s top representative in India, Renata Lok-Dessallien, feels free to lecture India but waxed eloquent about China during her tenure there. India must ask the UN to withdraw her from our country.

Even as policy practitioners strongly believe that India needs to do away with the MSP, it cannot be removed. Perhaps, the low hanging fruit here is to provide a guarantee for the MSP.

The Congress has lambasted the spendthrift BJP, alleging that the Sarbananda Sonowal government does not have money to offer free treatment to Covid patients, but it is ready take thousands of crores of rupees as loans to provide election sops.

Pranab Mukherjee's survival skills in politics are indeed remarkable. Despite all the ups and downs, he always bounced back.

Given India’s historical engagement with non-alignment, this might be more of a careful balancing act for India than for many other nations.

In India, the essential gap between master's and PhD for those like me who did not spend much time on field after completion of post-graduation was filled by a pre-doctoral programme like MPhil.

With different experts weighing in with several opinions on coronavirus, one thing is for certain -- for now we have to live with the virus. We have to mitigate its impact on our society, especially those who are already vulnerable.