Search Result

Search Result
Trending

Modi was silent when he had to speak and spoke when he needn’t have

The BJP’s troubles began when the prime minister continued in the sloganeering and promise mode of electioneering for too long.

The ...

Read More
Sustainable Development

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...

Read More
Sustainable Development

I’m Too Sexist For This Tweet

Old people can be hugely entertaining, as anyone who has ever heard their grandfather casually emit a jackhammer-style burp in public will agree. If they’re extra old...

Read More
Trending

Censoring of cinema is a sociological, not a creative, issue: New censor board member

Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was appointed the new board chairperson after Leela Samson, appointed in early 2011, quit protesting clearance to MSG, and alleging political inte...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act

Union ministries are engaged in an official tussle over the ambit and implementation of the Forest Rights Act. After the environment ministry (MoEF) issued a circular in Oc...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of t...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Women’s empowerment in UP bleak

Gender equity and the status of women remain the hand-maiden of callous politics in India’s largest state by population and 2014 has been deplorably stark. The &lsquo...

Read More
Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan participates in Swachh Bharat Abhyan

Actors like Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan got to the streets and actively participated in the new cleanliness drive initiated by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The acto...

Read More
Health

Malnutrition, related diseases a major issue in India: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

Malnutrition and related diseases is a very serious issue in 184 deprived districts across the country and the Centre will launch a campaign to check it, Union Health Minis...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Rs 5 lakh per ward for sanitation

South Delhi Municipal Corporation has allocated Rs 5 lakh for sanitation work in each ward, along with repair of 410 toilet blocks. However, sanitation is their basic funct...

Read More