Pranab Mukherjee's likely clear and impressive victory in the presidential poll will in no way reverse the perceptible decline of the Congress, says Subir Roy. The way Pranab Mukherjee has been......
There is no reason to assume that a collection of powerful regional leaders will be bereft of vision and responsibility, says Subir Roy The latest round of assembly elections has come at a......
How are the illiterate and aged coping with demonetisation, wonders Subir Roy.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The maid who cooks for us seemed bemused, as if she could not make up her mind......
'Perhaps the greatest curse that modern technology has inflicted on the people during the pujas is powerful public address systems that blare out songs which you have no option but to listen to,'......
A recent report by the parliamentary standing committee on health and family planning pulled no punches on the abysmal state and poor functioning of the Medical Council of India. The shameful state......
What sets Bandhan apart is the roots it has in the world of the rural poor, says Subir Roy. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh has come a long way - from Tripura to Bangladesh to West Bengal to now the......
A key agenda for the Aam Aadmi Party can be entirely unwritten, notes Subir Roy This is the election manifesto that the Aam Aadmi Party could give itself. We will: Fight to remove corruption and......
The work and management culture in the Railways needs to be severely shaken up, but the conventional political leadership of the country is unable to do it, says Subir Roy. In two weeks at the......
The ratio of municipal employees to population is better, but Indian cities are still at around a sixth of New York, notes Subir Roy India's cities are in poor shape and it is axiomatic that......
All machines will go the way of all flesh - and the more modern the machine, the sooner it will do so, writes Subir Roy. There was a twinge within when I read the news that the Fiat or Premier......
'I often wondered while watching the film/trilogy, what if Durga had lived.'' What if Ray made The Durga Trilogy.'Sandip Roy looks back at Pather Panchali's Durga and the woman who brought her......