The counting will soon yield us a government, but for the result that really matters for the future of the nation, we need not wait for the counting, as another more thorough voting has taken... - 3 hours ago, 23 May 19, 8:33am -
This year, four member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are undergoing national elections: Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and potentially Singapore. Home to over 213 million youth, Asean possesses an ethnically diverse... - 10 hours ago, 23 May 19, 2:00am -
By Rajiv Vij My mother-in-law passed away a few years ago. I was very close to her. In the last few weeks of her life, she stayed with us as she received treatment for her... - 10 hours ago, 23 May 19, 2:00am -
In a disturbing trend, tigers in the country are increasingly being killed by snares, even in the core areas of sanctuaries. In the last nine years, 24 tigers and 114 leopards have suffered slow, agonising... - 10 hours ago, 23 May 19, 2:00am -
By Michael Greenstone and Anant Sudarshan India’s 900 million voters have completed the process of selecting their next leaders. Even as many of the country’s challenges and successes are litigated in the campaign process, a... - 10 hours ago, 23 May 19, 2:00am -
Election Commission’s rejection of the opposition demand for tallying of VVPAT slips in five polling booths per assembly constituency with their corresponding EVMs before the counting of votes has predictably upset opposition parties. EC’s decision... - 10 hours ago, 23 May 19, 2:00am -
Today’s counting is just an academic exercise. The oracle of the exit polls has already spoken. The re-throned PM’s first ‘thank you’ letter must be to Pakistan because it was his post-Balakot rhetoric which turned... - 10 hours ago, 23 May 19, 2:00am -
The buzz word in media today is ‘OPPOSITION’ and mostly for the wrong reasons. The opposition wants to remove Mr Modi, opposition opposes use of EVMs, opposition claims EVM are tampered to suit ruling party,... - 12 hours ago, 22 May 19, 11:32pm -
Democracy is associated with the Greeks and Romans who were also considered the founders of Western Civilization. The proverbial term “rule by the people” was coined by them. One can also date it back to... - 12 hours ago, 22 May 19, 11:22pm -
In my blog in TOI on October 30, 2017, I had said how BJP will win the Gujarat election and the real examination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start after December 14, 2017, when... - 12 hours ago, 22 May 19, 11:15pm -
So it has been finally confirmed – the US-China trade war was never about trade; it was always about China’s technological advancement. I had written about this in February saying that the real target for... - 16 hours ago, 22 May 19, 7:22pm -
Armand Poonawala is the founder and CEO of @, a social media marketing start-up that aims to revolutionize the way businesses interface with their social media audience. After graduating from NYU Stern, where he co-founded... - 16 hours ago, 22 May 19, 7:16pm -
Big digital and social media platforms including Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter have reportedly decided not to share their correspondence on takedown requests and concerns over misinformation on social media during the 2019 Lok Sabha... - 20 hours ago, 22 May 19, 3:22pm -
With a resounding political 2014 mandate, historically low oil prices and unprecedented average growth rates between 2004-2014, the Modi government had no excuses for performing poorly. Yet it chose to spend its five years inventing... - 20 hours ago, 22 May 19, 3:15pm -
Exit polls are out and all are indicating towards only one direction that is NDA government with a complete majority. It is still one day to see predictions turning into realities. Now it is high... - 21 hours ago, 22 May 19, 2:48pm -
Elections are now over but it has clearly divided the nation into two distinct warring ideologies, the ‘English-medium-minorities’ vs ‘Hindi-medium-masses’. On one side are those sahebs who have been in power and in the forefront... - 21 hours ago, 22 May 19, 2:21pm -
By Vithal C Nadkarni Recently, the catastrophic disappearance of emperor penguins from Antarctica made global headlines. The colony of adults and nursing chicks was among the largest in the world. It sank without a trace... - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 2:05am -
With the countdown to Lok Sabha results underway, BJP appears to be stepping up the heat on the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh and the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka. Seemingly buoyed by exit polls... - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 2:04am -
The high marks in the recent board examinations, whether of the CBSE, CISCE or state boards, ought to be a cause of celebration. But instead, they have led to disquiet regarding whether the rising tide... - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 2:00am -
Two Martians, Bablu and Babli, in their spaceship studying the goings-on down below. Martian Bablu: These Earthlings who call themselves Indians are all agog, thanks to their favourite spectator sport. Martian Babli: You mean that... - 1 day ago, 22 May 19, 2:00am -
In the North, actors have largely failed to deliver as politicians. In the South, the era of iconic actor-politicians is over. - 6 days ago, 17 May 19, 3:09pm -
The Indian economy is in a strange shape. Irrespective of the policy priorities of the next government, the economy will be the source of the biggest challenges. - 8 days ago, 15 May 19, 3:01pm -
It is a fundamental sign of an open society that India claims to proudly still be despite the ‘outbursts of intolerance’ one reads about. - 9 days ago, 14 May 19, 3:14pm -
India is not the focus of American trade wrangling, nor is it on the edges of the penumbra. India must counter US charges with facts and equanimity. - 15 days ago, 8 May 19, 11:09am -
Sexism and misogyny may have many takers among voters, but it's something that the Election Commission needs to put a lid on and not let slide as 'unfortunate cultural realities'. - 38 days ago, 15 Apr 19, 1:06pm -
We, as India’s voters and stakeholders in society, economy and the environment, have every right to have access to the same data. - 41 days ago, 12 Apr 19, 3:13pm -
The manifesto mentions the Ram Mandir, yet again, is forthright on scrapping Articles 370 and 35A that give a special status to Kashmir. - 45 days ago, 8 Apr 19, 7:54pm -
RBI did well to reiterate its backing for the process of resolving bad loans under the Bankruptcy Code, notwithstanding the SC's annulment of its February 12 circular. - 49 days ago, 4 Apr 19, 1:25pm -
The special case of power warrants special action within the insolvency and bankruptcy code, but not diluting banking discipline. - 51 days ago, 2 Apr 19, 12:21pm -
Reports say that an ‘interim management committee’ appointed by the main lending banks, including SBI, will be in-charge at Jet, for now. - 59 days ago, 25 Mar 19, 7:26pm -
Rahul Gandhi announced 20% families belonging to the poorest category will be given Rs 72,000 each annually as minimum income if his party comes to power. - 59 days ago, 25 Mar 19, 4:16pm -
So, while Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will have simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls, J&K will not. Why? - 69 days ago, 15 Mar 19, 8:32pm -
Vijayendra Rao talks about his book dealing with conversations in the gram sabhas. Panel discussion with Krishna Byre Gowda, Karnataka Minister for Rural … sourceThe post Oral Democracy: Deliberation in Indian Villages appeared first on Drishtikone. - 9 days ago, 14 May 19, 3:59pm -
In a report dated January 31, 1988, Anita Prathap wrote about how the then PM Rajiv Gandhi, his wife Sonia Gandhi and their family and friends enjoyed a holiday in an uninhabited island in Lakshwadeep. People in that entourage included: But the list of invitees made news by itself. The privileged bunch included four friendsThe post Why are Navy Chiefs Acting as Gandhi Family flunkies? appeared first on Drishtikone. - 13 days ago, 10 May 19, 6:32pm -
“We are liberals, they are right wing bhakts.” Have you heard this? But have you heard the other side call them anything? In an earlier post titled Liberals’ Rabid Hatred for the NRI I had written about those who call themselves ‘liberals’ and paint everyone whom they want to target – for example in today’s timesThe post Dehumanizing the Hindu appeared first on Drishtikone. - 14 days ago, 9 May 19, 8:53am -
In the last elections in 2014, the betting markets – Satta bazaar as they are called – were placing bets on Modi to win. But their maximum bet on BJP’s seat count was around 225. Top bookmakers across the country announced the bulk of odds late in the evening on March 10 and the trendsThe post Will Satta Bazaar be wrong YET again in predicting the 2019 election winner? appeared first on Drishtikone. - 15 days ago, 8 May 19, 4:44pm -
“Aa bhraa aithe bau.” (come bro, sit here) The Sikh boy with rustic looks and wearing a pant which looked more like a pyjama gestured to his friend in rustic village type heavily accented Punjabi, as I stood at the bus stop in Chandigarh. He had just come out of his college and was headedThe post Why Modi Represents India and Riles up the Brown Sahibs appeared first on Drishtikone. - 16 days ago, 7 May 19, 4:47pm -
On Janurary 21, 2017 – a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States – a facebook post initiated protests globally. Women’s March as it was called was a worldwide protest against the man the liberals and the feminists hated so much. Women and liberals from New YorkThe post Liberals’ Rabid Hatred for the NRI appeared first on Drishtikone. - 17 days ago, 6 May 19, 6:09pm -
In any political discourse, there is debate and argument and then there is humiliation and abuse. What the opposition has throughout tried to do to PM Modi has been abuse and humiliation. In a rather interesting reference to Congress, Arun Jaitley remarked that they have become a “Fringe party”. And not because of the numberThe post Priyanka Vadra’s aides push kids to call PM Modi a ‘pimp’, while she laughs! appeared first on Drishtikone. - 20 days ago, 3 May 19, 12:42am -
Something sinister is in the air these days. And it is targeting our kids. There is a playfulness almost about the demonic ways of the profiteers. They want our kids to pay the price for curiosity with their blood. In northwest Colombia small municipality of Barbosa, a 16 year old boy and 12 year oldThe post The Cult of Suicide and the Rampant Media appeared first on Drishtikone. - 23 days ago, 30 Apr 19, 7:17pm -
Gleeden is an app for extra-marital dating “created by women”. It boasts of over 5.2 mn members world-wide. The site boasts of being run entirely by a 100% female team. And interestingly women have free membership on this site. Men, on the other hand, have to pay using a credit-based mechanism. Gleeden had entered IndiaThe post 7 out of 10 Indian Women have had Extra-marital Affairs says study appeared first on Drishtikone. - 26 days ago, 27 Apr 19, 8:38pm -
Sexual exploitation with a clear agenda has been used as a tool of imperialism and conquest. We had discussed how Love Jihad or Grooming is not just a real phenomenon, but is extremely rampant in Europe by Pakistani Muslim men and that is manifesting in India as well. Unfortunately for the women involved, now ChinaThe post CPEC Weddings – How Chinese Men are Luring Pakistani Women with Fake Marriages for Prostitution appeared first on Drishtikone. - 28 days ago, 25 Apr 19, 4:33pm -
India Real Time started in 2010 as the first attempt by a global newspaper to offer a news product for Indian readers through the internet. Seven years and crores of clicks later, The Wall Street Journal is winding down the successful blog. We will continue to offer the content Indian readers want through the more popular paths of distribution: WSJ subscriptions, apps and social media. - 3 Jul 17, 8:30am -
The WSJ's South Asia Deputy Bureau Chief Eric Bellman and reporter Newley Purnell will be live on Facebook at 9 a.m. India time Tuesday (9:30 p.m ET Monday) discussing Apple's next big move to conquer a booming market. - 23 Jun 17, 2:29pm -
The WSJ's South Asia Deputy Bureau Chief Eric Bellman and reporter Newley Purnell will be live on Facebook at 9 a.m. India time Friday (10:30 p.m. ET Thursday) to discuss potential new restrictions and take your questions. - 9 Mar 17, 11:33am -
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said India has ‘entrepreneurial energy,’ and that he hopes his company can harness India’s move to make its vast biometric database available to app developers. In Bangalore Monday, Mr. Nadella said he wanted Indians to be able to access Microsoft products using their Aadhar ID cards, and that his company was teaming up with Flipkart, India's rival to Amazon.Here are five things Mr. Nadella said about India at a Microsoft event for startups in the tech hub… - 21 Feb 17, 6:27pm -
India's government is allowing app developers to use its biometric database of more than a billion citizens as part of an initiative called "India Stack." Here is the short answer on how the program will work. - 20 Feb 17, 2:17pm -
WSJ's South Asia Deputy Bureau Chief Eric Bellman and Financial Inclusion Project Editor Elva Darnell will be live on Facebook at 9 a.m. India time Friday (10:30 p.m ET Thursday) to discuss the story and take questions. - 16 Feb 17, 3:11pm -
India's space agency on Wednesday broke a world record by launching 104 satellites from a single rocket. These photos show the moment the Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle released the satellites. - 16 Feb 17, 2:23pm -
The decision of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do away with large-denomination notes in November led to a temporary cash shortage that slowed the economy and forced people to queue at banks to get money. - 16 Feb 17, 10:46am -
President Donald Trump has tried to ban people from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. and has begun deportation raids, following through on his campaign promise to creating a more cautious, less open America. Here are four charts that show how and why this highly successful community is worried. - 14 Feb 17, 3:55pm -
