Celebrating Onam: Have you thought of the hapless

Behind every celebration we enjoy, there is the sweat of the unknown citizen who we often ignore. This Onam, let us stand with them.

OPINION: Will there be a day when no one goes

Forget your religion, forget your faith and forget your politics. Forget your wealth and forget your ego. Just be a human being who touches the grassroots, writes Reena Rahman

Oman’s school meal scheme: A source of national

Providing quality life, better education and healthcare is part of good governance and it will have a huge impact on the people especially the students who are the leaders of tomorrow.

Opinion: Is Karl Marx relevant to modern

Marx was a brilliant thinker and a versatile writer who would become the pioneering social scientist in history, writes Jaykhosh Chidambaran

OPINION: Buy Experiences, Not Items

Rather than buying unnecessary items with money, I came to believe that money must be spent on experiences, writes Mohammed Anwar Al Balushi.

OPINION: The best in India-Oman relations is yet

With our glorious past of friendly exchanges and the firm foundation of the past 50 years – with hundreds of thousands of Indians making Oman their home and contributing to the Omani Renaissance – I firmly believe that the best in India-Oman relations is yet to come, writes Ambassador Amit Narang.

OPINION: All that glitters isn’t gold

With four international airports in the Indian state of Kerala, gold smuggling has become an easy affair and they have the support of the high and the mighty, writes Reena Rahman.

OPINION: Are Central Bank digital currencies the

CBDC’s are an evolution of digital currencies having striking similarities and stark differences in its form and function, writes Jaykhosh Chidambaran

OPINION : The emerging world of Cryptocurrencies

The frontier spirit of cryptocurrencies and its potential to disrupt the status-quo global financial system have far-reaching consequences on a macro and micro-economic scale, writes Jaykhosh Chidambaran

Nelson Mandela: A name that belongs to the ages

No mortal ever to walk the earth had the opportunity to choose the color of one’s skin and the nobility of birth and therefore can never merit anything that one never had the power to choose, writes Jaykhosh Chidambaran

OPINION: Looking beyond oil industries in GCC

How will Gulf countries cope if 2023 becomes one of the most challenging years economically, Mohammed Anwar Al Balushi explores the future of the Gulf region.

OPINION: Roaring mob and the lions over my cuppa

Something had been brewing in the island nation for the last couple of years but now it reached the boiling point -- when political decisions go wrong, the people suffer and they retort, writes Reena Rahman.