By Vikas Datta, "Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur" ("Whatever is said in Latin seems profound"), they say, and the language's sonorous tones aren't confined to religion, but law and medicine too. In the South Asian millieu, Urdu has the same position with its...
By Saeed Naqvi, On an Air India flight from London, the hostess walked down the aisle taking orders for dinner. She leaned over and asked almost conspiratorially. "May I serve you your Muslim meal now?" "Muslim meal?" I asked with a start, casting a glance at my...
By Amulya Ganguli, Although the Supreme Court has suggested that a law be enacted specifically to deal with the "new normal" of lynchings, it will be advisable to widen the scope of the legal remedy to include all forms of mob violence, even if doubts are likely to...
By Himanshu, The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is about to complete its term and has brought about several changes in the area of documentation. But there are still several loopholes which need to be worked upon. In 2014, the...
By Taponeel Mukherjee, For ideal risk management in infrastructure finance, it is vital that the capital market infrastructure and the microstructure of the financial market aid such effective risk management. For the Indian economy, infrastructure investors must have...
By Amulya Ganguli, Ever since the A.K. Antony committee identified the Congress's Muslim "appeasement" tag as a major reason for its electoral reverses, the 133-year-old Grand Old Party (GOP) has been unable to formulate a clear-cut policy on the country's largest...
By Noelene Marisa Yesudas & Shrimoyee Bhattacharya, The Karnataka government annually organises the "Bengaluru Innovation Challenge", covering diverse subjects. One such recent challenge focused on solving Bengalurus traffic congestion and water-scarcity problems....
By Taponeel Mukherjee, The "Composite Water Management Index" report released by the NITI Aayog recently highlights the issues confronting water management in India. A multi-pronged approach to tackle these problems is warranted. In a world where technology and...
By Amit Dasgupta, The singular expectation from university education is guaranteed employability and, thus, a return on investment. When this fails to happen, it is because the quality of education does not respond to market demand. Drawing on data from 60,000...
Ram Puniyani On the eve of 43rd anniversary of the Emergency, which was imposed on the country in 1975, BJP has come out strongly condemning the event, has issued half page advertisement and Modi said that it was imposed to save the power of a family. There are claims...