Opinion
N. Raghuraman's column: Reduce mother's 'decision-making burden' at least on Mother's Day
"Son, don't use the doll's bathroom. You leave him dirty and he doesn't like it,' the mother says from the kitchen, yet her son uses the same washroom. Making two different sized sandwiches—because the doll likes a sandwich cut into four pieces, while the son likes the triangle-shaped one—she also quickly goes to the doll's bathroom to make sure it's dry. "This boy never listens to me," she mutters. It doesn't understand that the doll has grown up now and wants her privacy. Who will eat what in the house today, what should the daughter wear to class today, what time should she leave the ho
Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: Be eager for Ram-Kaj and Ready for Governance
Be ready in the service of the country and be eager to serve God. By the way, Vivekananda ji says, the country is the first God. Let us keep India and the form of God that we worship equally. Pay attention to these two words—be prompt and be eager. From the point of view of language, he is a committed person. The one who works with a positive and disciplined attitude is ready. There is a hurry in the impatience, there is restlessness to get the result, there is turmoil in some places. But Tulsidas ji has written in the seventh verse of Hanuman Chalisa – 'Vidyawan guni ati clever, Ram Kaj k
N. Raghuraman's column: 'Platform Economy' is transforming our employment model
Lan Lu, who lives in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, was newly married and was looking for some extra income. That's when he came across a website called 'Xianyu' (unusable fish in Chinese). It is the largest consumer-to-consumer second-hand marketplace in China. The Alibaba Group's platform operates primarily as an app, which is linked to payment apps such as Taobao and Alipay. Users can buy and sell old items like clothes, electronics and rare collector items on it. Lu spontaneously posted a list on it, and then what happened surprised him. A lot of people from all over the country contac
Anil Chopra's column: We have redefined the rules of war.
On the night of 6-7 May 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor. It was a well-planned and time-bound military operation in response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. What followed in the next 88 hours was a demonstration of India's new and fully developed strategic doctrine: a doctrine that can be defined by clear purpose, technological self-reliance, political will and solidarity of the nation. Operation Sindur rewrote the rules of military confrontation between nuclear-armed neighbours and set a precedent that would determine the security direction of South Asia for decades to come.
Brahma Chellani's column: Trump-style of combining diplomacy with business is inappropriate
If a leader hands over key diplomatic responsibilities to his family and business partners, he will face heavy opposition in most democracies. But Trump has faced little opposition for doing so. Many people call this 'crony diplomacy' of his unconventional working style. But the long-term consequences are serious. Instead of relying on secretary of state or professional diplomats, Trump has delegated key responsibilities to his son-in-law Jared Kushner and business partner Steve Witkoff. Kushner was also a senior adviser to Trump in his first term and played a role in brokering the Abraham Acc
Navneet Gurjar's column: Dependence on UP will decrease after Bengal victory
It is said that seeing the sand shining far away in the desert, those who do not have the illusion of having water there, must have lost their thirst! West Bengal was a kind of political desert for the BJP for years. But there was no decrease in his thirst. Forward thinking and good strategy finally gave victory to the BJP. Now from Gangotri to Gangasagar, India has become BJP-friendly! In a way, the victory in West Bengal has also opened the way for a landslide victory for the BJP in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, it was said that the wind of Indian politics flows through the Ganges.
Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: Attempts to Seek Truth Increases
Machine and humanity are openly competing. Humanity has flown like a scarecrow in the storm of science. When we make human effort—what we call manual—we are closer to the truth. The possibility of truth increases in life when you try yourself, but when the machine is fully grounded, it is easier for the untruth to enter. Half of our country's population is in the grip of lies. A lot of people lie intentionally, but more people lie unknowingly. That is why psychologists say that lying is also a disease. If you want to avoid lying, go closer to humanity. Truth, compassion, non-violence, love
Kaushik Basu's column: Why do some democracies succeed and some don't?
There are many complexities inherent in democracy. At its core is the difficulty of how to turn personal choice into a coherent social decision? Nobel laureate economist Kenneth Arrow called it improbability-theorem. Later, another Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, further developed this idea in his book 'Collective Choice and Social Welfare'. What Euclid did for geometry in the past, Arrow and Sen did for political economy and in the process exposed the limitations of collective decisions. Although the theoretical understanding of democracy has grown over time, its empirical analysis has lagged be
N. Raghuraman's column: Saving alone won't make you rich...
Often we think that saving money is the only way to get rich, but the reality is different. Recently, I came across the website of Tim Taubman, a British banker, 'thecrazyplan.com'. Tim started this platform in 2024. His claim is exciting: the journey of a novice investor from 'zero' to a 'billionaire'. There is talk of $ 1 billion (more than Rs 9,400 crore), which may seem impossible. But the real beauty of this website lies in the financial education they offer. Warren Buffett (95 years), one of the richest people in the world, has a net worth of more than $ 150 billion (about Rs 1.42 lakh c
N. Raghuraman's column: Need to rekindle the spirit of 'Covid-kindness'
One day in the late 1960s, I parked my bicycle outside a restaurant called 'Vishrami Griha' on the main road of Sitabuldi in Nagpur, to buy some gajars from an old woman sitting there with a toothless woman. As they started packing them, a waiter from inside the restaurant came out and handed them two hot idlis and a cup of sambar in a bowl of leaves. The old lady thanked him and said softly, I haven't even done my 'bohani' yet. The waiter replied, "The boss has said you don't have to pay." Then he added that he saw you haven't eaten anything yet and your breakfast time has long passed. The ol
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