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Opinion
Closer Jakarta ties vital
Of the 15 agreements signed with Indonesia, two key ones are in defence and space.
Why do we pretend to take scams, scandals seriously?
When powerful people form cartels and stand together, it is virtually impossible to crack the wall they build around themselves.
Art often poses a real dilemma
Cressida attributes gun-and-knife crime in part at least to their aggressive encouragement by drill music and wants it banned.
Mystic Mantra: Downloading God
Receptivity is downloading software from God instead of the programmes of this world.
Saturday, June 02, 2018
Kairana jolt for BJP, turbulence looming
All in all, a period of political excitement, and some turbulence, lies ahead.
Friday, June 01, 2018
Bitter 1p fuel cut joke
The Kerala government, however, showed the way forward by sacrificing one rupee a litre.
Friday, June 01, 2018
2019: What lies in store for Republic of Kichdi
The mismanagement of the fuel economy is the latest measure of arrogance as the government brazens it out.
Friday, June 01, 2018
Why sex education in schools is vital
Our children are already exposed to much more than we would like to believe.
Friday, June 01, 2018
Mystic Mantra: The objective of goal matters
This practice of always being in a state of bliss will help us achieve our ultimate objective.
Friday, June 01, 2018
Interview of the Week
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How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister Shailaja explains
Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds, equipment in each hospital
‘I don’t support laws that go against Preamble’
We can’t make people stand in queue again like the way it happened during demonetisation, says Hemant Soren.
‘The attack on JNU was barbaric in the least’
All the claims being made by the AAP in the areas of education and health are hugely exaggerated and we will expose them, says Sandeep Dikshit
Let Muslims be like Franciscans, espousing faith
A totalitarian system would reduce the possibility of a confederation of peoples.
The Age Debate
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Age Debate: A win for BJP and the disqualified, really?
The BJP is elated as it can look to their support - if they win the bypolls - to shore up their numbers.
Age Debate: Rafale - Time to clear the air
A joint parliamentary committee probe is the only way to resolve Rafale controversy.
Age Debate: A new roadmap for Kashmir?
Holding municipal/panchayat polls in J&K amid the NC-PDP boycott will be a farce.
Age Debate: Targeting aliens or citizens?
It will be premature to extend the NRC to the whole of India at this juncture.
Reporter's Diary
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Reporters' Diary: Keeping media at bay
UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath also does not take questions in his press conferences that are, in any case, few and far in-between.
Reporters' Diary: Angrily yours
As the probe began, the SP chose to turn a blind eye to the development and did not issue a single statement in support of Mr Khan.
Reporters' Diary: EX-CMs in UP go house hunting
The problem is that with the Lucknow skyline going up, bungalows with sprawling lawns are now a rarity.
Columns
The most significant byelection result was from Kairana in UP, where the BJP’s communal strategy failed.
No former President has accepted an invitation to address such a batch of ideologically-committed activists.
Dulat and Durrani closed off their book in March this year.
Our Columnists
S K Sinha is a retired lieutenant-general. He was Vice-Chief of Army Staff and has served as Governor of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir.
Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
The writer is a keen observer of the goings-on in the backrooms of power.
Anil Dharker is a senior columnist based in Mumbai.
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