Opinion

India: padding up for next UNSC innings

India must give exceptional weightage to how all Security Council issues have an impact on the subcontinent, writes Krishnan Srinivasan DESPITE the fact that India has served as a non-permanent member

‘Not yet a Hindu Pakistan’

Many regard Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist policies as an attack on India’s pluralism. But does that mean they must be completely discounted? IN THE night train operated by Indian Railways,

More than tit for tat

THE British-flagged tanker ‘Steno Impero’, heading for Saudi Arabia, was seized July 19 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in the Strait of Hormuz, after it rammed an Iranian fishing

The hospital for all wars

THE skin on her hands and face has the texture of wax that has melted and hardened again. The pores and hair are no longer visible and between the uneven

Darkness grows, from America to India

IF DONALD Trump’s shock election for the world’s most powerful office had been seen as an accident and as a recipe for disaster by many, he has done everything to

Sporadic notes: BirthStrike

SCIENTISTS to some people are bad. The cause: scientists present horrifying facts about climate. To many others, scientists are good people, doing incredible work, helping humanity. With the latest findings

Is there any way out?

I am so hurt. Every person who can think is hurt. Parents are more than worried and shocked. Parents of daughters are in phobia. We are so unfortunate, we are

The UN’s free speech problem

ANYONE willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features,