Opinion

Melvin Durai When I’m grocery shopping, I’m not always happy to see different sizes of the same food item. This means that I need to make a decision: should I buy the larger quantity or the smaller quantity – or perhaps even the medium quantity?...

Ashok Mahapatra Following the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 that came close to toppling the British rule in India and pursuant to the Government of India Act 1858, the administrative responsibilities were taken over by the Viceroy of India. The Viceroy was a direct representative of...

Yajurvindra Singh The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a tournament that cricket lovers are eagerly looking forward to. Although the Caribbean Premier League is already on in the West Indies, the cricket world has its eyes on the superlative cricket property of the Indian cricket...

Jagdish Rattanani The statement by the father of Rhea Chakraborty reflects the pain and the discomfort many might feel at the manner in which the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput is being handled by the investigating agencies.  Lt. Col (Retd) Chakraborty writes, addressing the whole...

Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo In recent times, Odisha has faced natural disasters like cyclones and floods, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic. The state tried to curb the spread of Covid-19 and took steps to resume economic activities. Natural disasters such as cyclone Amphan...

Saeed Naqvi A priceless gift from a friend in Kerala, a Namboodri to boot, is a film to augment my collection which has sustained my personal film festival to beat the unintelligible lockdown. The film, Agraharathil Kazhuthai, or Donkey in a Brahmin Village, was a...

Dirk Helbing & Peter Seele Proponents of digital identification see the pandemic as a once-in-a-century opportunity, with a potential ‘jackpot market’ of nearly eight billion people. In these dangerous times, using digital IDs to help control the spread of the virus and eventually to manage...

Dhanada K Mishra In the year 1968, the Governor of New York State, Nelson Rockefeller, received a proposal - for a new subway line called the Second Avenue Subway. Four years later, a ground-breaking ceremony was held but the project was stalled. Years later, a...

Shivaji Sarkar It’s a fall or new beginning. The nation is pondering over the minus 23.9 per cent GDP crash. The figures are stark but life goes on. Does the GDP really matter? The lockdown has plunged India into a never-before crisis. The GDP slump...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrank by 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of this financial year. GDP is a measure of the total amount of production made or income earned by the country. In contrast, former professor of Jawaharlal University Arun...