Editorial

14 June, 2025 | 8:13 AM

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Editorial

How the Modi era impacted the average Indian citizen

14-06-2025

Modi has completed eleven years of his tenure as Prime Minister. Peans of praise are being offered by one group of our citizenry who are clapping their hands in unison to state how we are on the verge of becoming the fourth-largest economy and how Operation Sindhoor has left Pakistan with a bloody nose.

K’taka caste count: A setback for CM or Cong’s redemption?

14-06-2025

The decision to conduct a fresh caste survey in Karnataka, announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in June 2025, has ignited a firestorm of debate, raising questions about its implications for both Siddaramaiah’s leadership and the Congress party’s political fortunes.

28% have access to higher ed., but no place for the disabled

13-06-2025

In the previous article (Learning curve, May 17, 2025), I summed up the present institutional network of higher educational institutions in India. In this part, I will summarise the composition of students, courses they choose, and the number and composition of foreign students and teaching staff.

Reality check of the tall tales of India’s GDP milestone

13-06-2025

Rarely have the aggregate GDP numbers been as much celebrated as they are being done in recent years. So, the question about absolute GDP figures and the jubilation over India’s no. 4 spot in global GDP ranking is: what does it really mean for the average Indian? The government and its supporters have created a grand narrative around GDP numbers, hailing and claiming the Indian economy growing faster than developed economies as a confirmation of India reaching an audacious ‘milestone’—a developed nation over the next 25 years.

BJP may not allow estranged Thackerays & Pawars to unite

12-06-2025

For over a fortnight, the regional media in Maharashtra, especially news channels, have been speculating whether the estranged Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, are likely to come together to fight the upcoming polls of Mumbai, Thane and other municipalities.

The voice of the courtesan and a brief history of music

12-06-2025

The stage show O Gaanewali, by Avanti Patel and Rutuja Lad, gives these women their due through their stories and music. They are also active on social media, making their research and performances accessible.

Dhaka’s politics heats up as fugitive president returns

11-06-2025

Dhaka’s temperature is fast turning sizzling hot, not just literally because of the summer heat but because of the intense political activity in the capital of this overcrowded country of 180 million people.

For Vietnam, India can prove to be a reliable partner

11-06-2025

At the recently concluded Asia Agri Food Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, several ideas to cement the India-Vietnam partnership in the area of agriculture and agribusiness came to the fore.

Three’s a crowd: Tejashwi, PK & Chirag battle ready in Bihar

10-06-2025

Central minister Chirag Paswan has thrown the proverbial spanner in Bihar politics by expressing his desire to contest the fast-approaching state Legislative Assembly elections. He has, however, explained that a final decision in this regard will be taken by his party, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).

After extreme poverty, focus should be on livelihoods, jobs

10-06-2025

The recent estimate by the World Bank says that the number of people in India living in extreme poverty declined from 344 million in 2011-12 to 75 million in 2022-23. That is 269 million people crossing the threshold of extreme poverty over eleven years.

Tamanna’s Mysore Sandal endorsement raises a stink

09-06-2025

That the iconic Mysore sandal has signed up the celebrity multi-lingual cine star Tamanna Bhatia for a whopping Rs 6.5 crore for two years for endorsing it has aroused both resentment and parochial outbursts in addition to rational opposition to the largesse.

Are journalists who question govt narrative anti-national?

09-06-2025

Whenever India-Pakistan relations touch a flashpoint, as happened during the recent post-Pahalgam four-day military conflict, patriotic feelings, understandably, run high, the mood is jingoistic, and the Indian news media goes into overdrive.