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Opinion
Targeting the media
Indian leaders too like to manipulate the media to their advantage and hate it when the media sings its own song.
Navy needs indigenous carriers, subs
India’s naval buildup is overshadowed by chronic time and cost overruns.
The thin line between jingoism and patriotism
True patriots should be the first to criticise a government’s flawed policies.
In UK, Partition stories unite
The Brexit debates begin in the House of Lords this week.
Monday, February 20, 2017
#OscarSoWhite
Racism is a murderer of truth. It makes it impossible for us to understand strangers through the celluloid.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Reporter's Diary: Of buffaloes and bees
At least two of the 11 accused in the espionage racket have allegedly been found to be associated with the saffron outfit.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Does Tamil identity start and end with Tamil pride?
The Jallikattu protests brought to surface the several undercurrents that were thought to be long-forgotten in Tamil Nadu.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Mystic Mantra: Being self-aware
The technique of reflection should be based on study of the scriptural texts, under the guru’s guidance.
Monday, February 20, 2017
TN CM wins trust vote, democracy loses
The Legislative Assembly, considered a temple of democracy, was defiled by the aggressive acts of DMK.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Note ban fails on the count of militancy
Four soldiers, including a major, have been killed in recent days in Kashmir.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Dilli Ka Babu: Staff crunch
Trust factor” is touted as one of the prime reasons why S. Jaishankar was given a one-year extension as foreign secretary.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Hindutva agenda derailed
The reason is that our Muslim citizens, in line with their religious precepts, cannot worship any idea or object or person other than God.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
‘I blame Amma for the crisis... She did not create second-rung leaders’
Sasikala was Jayalalithaa’s close confidante but that does not mean she can rule Tamil Nadu, says Ila Ganesan.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
360 Degree: A comprehensive judgment at last
The verdict showed how politicians should conduct themselves in public life.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Tamil Nadu Quo Vadis!
Ever since the current AIADMK government was elected in May 2016, the state suffered from a clear leadership crisis.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
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
Preliminary studies indicate the larger the size of electoral rolls, higher is the proportion of error.
Regime change, rooted in the nation’s psyche, is a constant in US foreign policy regardless of who holds office.
Sufi shrines, Shia mosques, dargahs, and so on have been systematically attacked in the past decade, in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.
Our Columnists
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Antara Dev Sen is Editor of The Little Magazine. She can be contacted at: sen@littlemag.com
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.
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