Whither The Middle Class?

Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

What did Modi want from the Chinese?

'Some have speculated that it has to do with Doklam and the 2019 elections.''That Modi asked Xi not to embarrass him by sending the Chinese army into Bhutan again, this time rolling over our......

Without remorse, yours sincerely, America

It so happened during 1971 that South Asia got pulled into the centre of a vortex created by forces released by major realignments in the Cold War line-up.The US was aware China was dissatisfied......

India to submit IPR report to US trade rep

India will submit a 'status report' on the progress it has made on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement during the last year to the United States Trade Representative......

Indian economy on stable growth path

I deeply appreciate the invitation from the ISAS to address this august gathering of policy makers, eminent academics, and market participants of Singapore. Singapore is an important financial......

Patent law: Is the US style right for India?

Intellectual Propertyis still a strange beast in this country. People eye it rather warily, uncertain of its temperament (how hard will it bite or is it the clawing sort?) and the hidden threat in......

Premier Badminton League: Chennai Smashers register 2nd win

IMAGE: Chennai Smashers’s PV Sindhu in action. Photograph: PBL Chennai Smashers put up a clinical display to outplay Delhi Acers 4-3 and register their second consecutive win in an exciting......

PBL: Cheered on by Akshay, Nimrat, Saina's Warriors trump Delhi Aces

Saina Nehwal in action. Photograph: PTI Photos World No.2 Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable straight-game victory in their Trump match over P C Thulashi in the women's singles event to guide......

IBL: Sindhu, Srikanth help Awadhe crush Delhi

Rising shuttlers PV Sindhu and K Srikanth lead the way for Awadhe Warriors as they crushed Krrish Delhi Smashers 4-1 in the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL) in Pune. World number four......

IBL: Delhi Smashers fight back to beat Hyderabad 3-2

Krrish Delhi Smashers staged a great fightback after losing the first two matches to down Hyderabad Hotshots 3-2, in the Indian Badminton League, in Lucknow on Saturday. -It is only a beginning and......

Phelps makes splash with triumphant return

Michael Phelps was quickly back to his dominating best, powering to a pair of victories in less than an hour on his return to competition at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix Friday. Back on the......