Opinion

In this continuing series, prominent individuals take a look the Covid-linked changes in our life and times.  —EDITOR It’s 8 o’clock on in the morning in the middle of May, the hot summer month. Mrs. Behera, a high school Mathematics teacher in a public school...

Jayati Ghosh Among the many inequalities revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most striking is the dramatic divergence in the government’s fiscal responses. Economic activity has collapsed worldwide as a result of the lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus. But while some developed...

This is a continuing series in which prominent individuals comment on the Covid-19 impact on life in various sectors.       —EDITOR Government notifications on management of COVID-19 lockdown do not concern functioning of courts. In the order of priority, it is not clear where courts...

Sami Mahroum Nobel laureate Amartya Sen defined human agency as “what a person is free to do and achieve in pursuit of whatever goals or values he or she regards as important.” At a time of mounting fears over artificial intelligence and job-destroying robotics, the...

Prominent individuals take a look at the post-Covid scenario in this continuing series.     —EDITOR We all have been living in the deep shadow of Covid-19 for the past few weeks and it’s going to prolong a bit more because the disease is seeing no...

Ajit Ranade What if you lose your job, but not health insurance? What if you lose your monthly income but get paid the unemployment insurance? What if your livelihood collapses, but there is a social security safety net. Does all this sound utopian? This indeed...

Dr. Pratapaditya Mishra While India is managing the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic using unprecedented public health and economic measures, the question that comes to everyone’s mind: Will the MSME sector, the backbone of our economy that is bearing the brunt of the jobs...

Melvin Durai I don't attend church often, but when I do, I enjoy some parts of the service more than others. In almost every service I've attended, at least a few minutes are dedicated to shaking hands. The minister says something like this: "Peace be...

Bhubanananda Sahu World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic and called upon the world to deal with the disease seriously. Almost all nations are faced with problems the pandemic has begun posing since the start of this year. As is well-known, the virus...

Jagat Prakash Nadda Rarely is a statesman born who leads his country and society out of a grave crisis and by enunciating new ideals establishes the nation as a global leader. When one rises to become Prime Minister despite being born in a poor family,...