Opinion

Saturday 07/May/2016 16:32 PM

Is globalisation really fueling populism?

On both sides of the Atlantic, populism of the left and the right is on the rise. Its most visible standard-bearer in the United States is Donald Trump, the...

Friday 06/May/2016 16:50 PM

Harnessing the genomics revolution

Just 13 years after the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, the power of genomics applications to spur innovation is already becoming...

Friday 06/May/2016 16:31 PM

India’s jewel in the crown: Kohinoor

India’s Solicitor-General, Ranjit Kumar, recently declared that India would not seek the return of the Kohinoor diamond – one of the world’s oldest...

Friday 06/May/2016 16:22 PM

The GOP is failing. Democracy can, too

Donald Trump's pending presidential nomination has confirmed what many have argued for years: The Republican Party is not well. The party's...

Thursday 05/May/2016 14:54 PM

When Words Cannot Complete the Story

Two weeks ago, I lost one of my students. She was only 23. I talked to her a couple of weeks before her untimely death while she was in hospital. I had...

Wednesday 04/May/2016 17:17 PM

Can Pakistani women be protected by a bill?

The passage of the Protection of Women Against Violence Bill was hailed as a big achievement by many in Pakistan's secular liberal circles while the...