Opinion
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Third World needs ideological shift
In many countries, ultra-nationalist right-wing forces are channelling the distress among working class to solidify their position -
Do not enter!
Cities are losing multicultural character as specific communities, neighbours for long, shift out into silos peopled by their ‘own’ kind -
Farm laws just good intentions
It is necessary to bring in complementary changes in land laws, ceiling limits, APMCs and structural issues -
Openness in administration
A law on the matter can help address people’s problems as RTI only exposes wrongful omissions and commissions -
Get set for the work from home era
With the forced experiment of WFH being a sizable success, expect many organisations to continue with it -
Self-spectacular, self-revelation
The world is a stage and we are all players, except that, as we play, we script ourselves for the stage -
Open schools in graded manner
Since there is no clarity on return of normalcy or availability of vaccine, take precautions and restart schools -
Hand hygiene for all
A culture of hand hygiene must be fostered and made the mainstay in public health interventions beyond the pandemic -
Positives from the pandemic
We must sustain gains from these trying times and not let them fade away as we return to old normal -
Monetary policy to pump growth
RBI’s data-backed forward view should be able to reinforce confidence in entrepreneurs to stimulate economic activities -
A Rs 1,600-crore political opportunism
The NRC has become meaningless after the CAA and will remain an abandoned document in the debris of India’s political debacles -
The new information illiteracy
With little revealed and even less understood, ‘public sphere’ is the covert sphere of cleverly planted questionable infotoids -
Banking begs new direction
Time is nigh to transfer rural branches of PSU banks to their sponsored rural banks to achieve financial inclusion -
Cruising towards Blue Revolution
Round the year availability of water is generating new hopes for Telangana’s fisheries and aquaculture sector -
A synonym for welfare and simplicity
Sankaran, through his selfless work for the weaker sections, set new standards in public service -
We need many Ranchos around
Until we go beyond seeking material needs, it is unlikely that the number of self-actualisers will shoot up -
Plug gaps in farm legislations
A subordinate legislation that addresses contentious issues will make a win-win for both farmers and investors -
Corporate feast at farmers’ cost
Instead of abolishing it, the government should provide legal backing to Minimum Support Price to help farmers -
Lack of justice and loss of faith
Crimes grow not because of population growth but due to government’s inability and unwillingness to check them