Opinion
Is PM signalling a shift on Kashmir?
It rejects the idea of autonomy for Kashmir, as envisaged in Article 370 of the Constitution and Article 35A, which flows from the former.
‘Love jihad’ probe needed
Disaffected young women who have fallen out with their parents seem easy prey for such romantic manipulation.
Schoolkids in India, Pak write letters for peace
Possibly both governments are afraid of people-to-people contacts, especially between the youth and children.
If Trump axes Iran deal, world unsafe
US reports indicate the administration is looking at several options to end the agreement.
India is 70, but what celebration for this family?
Lest you begin to chastise the present government for Rabab’s woes, do pause for a moment.
A layman’s guide to Article 35A
There are provisions in the J&K law that are obviously discriminatory against women.
Mystic Mantra: Find out who you are
As our body itself is temporary, everything which is related, connected and acquired by the body is temporary too.
Disquieting signals from UP, Tripura
The shocking aspect is that this wasn’t done by some extremist far-right outfit but by the authorities.
The crisis in Venezuela: Will Chavez’s reforms last?
The crisis, signified by severe shortages and rampaging inflation, isn’t exactly of Maduro’s making.
Is a sense of hubris slowing down Modi?
Disobedience of an unjust law is fine, if followed by submission to its consequences, under the rule of law.
Democracy survives: When ‘loss’ isn’t ‘defeat’
Today India is deeply polarised, fractured and an increasingly fragmented polity with an ongoing “consolidation of the fragmented”.
Mystic Mantra: Benefits are trials too
True thankfulness in one’s heart is manifested through the conviction that all bounties come from God.
Take down ‘Blue Whale’
The new generation seems emboldened to the extent of addiction to clearly harmful phenomena.
Interview of the Week
‘I don’t see any Modi tsunami... both Cong and NDA have failed’
On Karnataka pivots the BJP’s hope of launching the southern leg of its Congress-Mukt Bharat operation.
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
‘India can be argumentative but not intolerant...’
Demonetisation has immobilised a large amount of cash, a part of which was black money on which no tax was being paid, says Pranab.
‘Mayawati no longer talking about dalits... she is scared of losing upper caste votes’
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been in the thick of Dalit politics since the dilution of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.
‘Impact of #MeToo will take time... It’s a step towards a just world’
The Act allows for complaints to be made within 30 days of the incident, and in case of delay within an additional 30 days.
The Age Debate
Home truths on foreign soil?
Rahul Gandhi criticising the Modi government in the US is not an insult to India.
The games politicians play
Congress has itself to blame for defection of its MLAs.