Un Paradis inexploré

Du spirituel aux spiritueux

Chaque État du Nord-Est de l’Inde possède sa ou ses propres boissons traditionnelles. Sortes de bière, de vin, de whisky, de vodka, de liqueurs ou encore de boissons médicinales, ces breuvages uniques, brassés dans les arrière-cours des maisons, sont destinés à la conso...

Walking the Nile

For centuries, travellers have walked different lands and chronicled their times and history for us. But why walk in an age of automobiles, aircraft and Google maps? This thought comes to us when we pick up a copy of the travelogue, Walking the Nile, by Levison Wood. A writer and...

Everybody loves cows in India!

Revered in India for millennia, ruling the roads and traffic, killed on railway tracks with alarming regularity, the four- legged-animal cow has emerged as the latest fad in competitive politics aimed at forthcoming Assembly polls in several states, which are being touted as the ...

Census operation 2021 to collect OBC data

India decides to count Other Backward Classes (OBC) for the first time in the Census to be held in 2021. Data will alter caste calculation and political programmes in Indian politics. Consequently, it will lead to a policy framework to suit the OBCs’ demand.

Turn welfare scheme beneficiaries into voters

With an eye on the general elections next year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to convert millions of beneficiaries of anti-poverty schemes into voters.

Delhi washes away Kerala’s hopes of foreign aid

A new verbal duel has ensued between New Delhi and Kerala over the generous offer of global aid to the state, for flood relief, from foreign governments. The federal government, which administers foreign policy and international aid has turned down the offers. The question is, w...

Kerala floods: part of a larger cause

Contributing the largest amount of foreign remittance to India annually, Kerala (south India) today is ravaged by the century's worst floods that have killed hundreds, injured thousands and rendered millions homeless. While heavy rains might have started the disaster, deforestati...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The man who legitimised the BJP, is no more

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, who breathed his last on August 16, served twice as India's prime minister. He not only founded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but also helped it gain wider political legitimacy.

Modicare for a healthier India?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ambitious healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat, in his last Independence Day speech ahead of next year's general election. Will the roll-out be smooth? Or is it just another election gimmick to woo voters?

New industrial policy for India soon

As the General Elections draw near, a new industrial policy is being finalised by the Modi government. This policy is much needed to modernise India's factories, generate millions of jobs, achieve global standards and boost exports. But is it too late in the day?

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the colossus of Dravidian politics passes away

M Karunanidhi, 94 was not just a five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu, in South India, but much more. Who was this nonagenarian who left an indelible impression in South India, and for whom Tamil Nadu has shut down in mourning?