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Rise of regional leaders may be a good omen for India

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......

A revamp of the Medical Council of India would be a welcome move

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......

Where is India's Edward Snowden?

Any attempt by the Indian authorities to protest against extensive surveillance on Indians by the US will be hamstrung by what the authorities themselves are up to, notes Subir Roy. The United......

President Mukherjee and the future of Indian politics

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......

The changing times of Durga Puja

'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,'......

For India, high growth is now a mirage

With foreign trade now accounting for over 40 per cent of gross domestic product and the crucial psychological (through portfolio investment and stock market mood) and real role played by foreign......

Know your city to set it right

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......

Why India's commitment to climate change may not be a cakewalk

It is also necessary to question the sincerity of the plan announced by India to raise its forest cover while combating climate change, says Subir Roy. India's willingness to fall in line with......

When will India see a better tomorrow?

India's battle for a better lot for its people is barely half done, or may be even less, says Subir Roy. The latest Human Development Report, or HDR, (2010), marking its 20th anniversary, is......

Urban tsunami: India's big challenge

Since 70-80 per cent of the urban India that is going to be there is yet to be built, with good sense it can be built right, says Subir Roy. That an urban tsunami is going to hit India (it has......

Sholay & Lagaan: India's Best?

Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films. While none would question the brilliance of the selected......

My father, Satyajit Ray

One of India's top filmmakers Satyajit Raj would have been 95 on May 2. We celebrate him by re-publishing a special series of articles through the week. On May 12, Satyajit Ray's first film,......

Remembering Pather Panchali with Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2.Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family,......

Four blocks of Eden named after war veterans

IMAGE: CAB president Sourav Ganguly with Indian Army Personnel at the unveiling ceremony at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Four war heroes found a place of permanence in the......

Dalmiya set to be re-elected CAB president unopposed

BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to be elected unopposed in a straightforward affair at the Cricket Association of Bengal's 82nd Annual General Meeting in Kolkata, on Tuesday.Dalmiya, who......

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