Varna and Jati Are Not Same

The relative ranking of castes can vary across regions and localities and depends on a number of factors including control over land, wealth, and political power.Castes have often tried to......

'Dramabaaz' Rahul wasted migrants' time: Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is doing drama and asked the political parties to refrain from politicising the plight of migrant workers and......

PM, FM must apologise for neglecting farmers: Cong

The Congress on Friday accused the government of being "insensitive" and "inhumane" towards farmers and demanded that the prime minister and the finance minister apologise for neglecting them in......

Why Modi suffers from Nehruitis

'Why does Mr Modi only attack Nehru from the Dynasty?''At one level, it is pure politics,' notes Shekhar Gupta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Does Narendra Modi suffer from some......

Bill Gates on how to tackle climate change challenges

Gates, who is also co-chair in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, further said since the issue of climate change is "complicated", different interventions are required to be taken including......

The controversy over Rajiv Kumar's column

While Bibek Debroy echoed his view in Twitter, Pronob Sen questioned Kumar's conclusion A war of words over foreign influence on Indian policymaking broke out on Tuesday after NITI Aayog......

How cow slaughter ban is hurting Indian economy

Deepak Lal looks into the economic origins of cow slaughter bans and their questionable utility In the mid-1960s I and a group of friends from Oxford rented a house from Robert Graves, the poet......

Modi launches gold schemes, coin with Ashok Chakra

India has surpassed China as world's largest gold consuming nation with 562 tonnes of buying so far this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three ambitious schemes to reduce......