Opinion
Air Chief’s remarks may ease tensions
Air Chief Dhanoa has sought to bring a sense of proportion to the table.
Kazuo Ishiguro, an apt choice
The Swedish Academy thinks he is a mixture of Jane Austen and Franz Kafka with a bit of Marcel Proust thrown in.
Move closer to Japan, but respect the past
Technically, Andaman and Nicobar Islands became the first territory to be liberated from the British by flying the Indian tricolour.
This is not what I voted for in 2014
Nobody could have seen this coming after that stupendous, sweeping BJP win in the last general elections.
Indian meal in UK: Keep it simple
Several surveys assert that “chicken tikka masala” has overtaken roast beef in the Brit popularity stakes.
Leadership battles conquer Brexit
Johnson is supposed to use the Manchester conference to assert his leadership — while it appears that May will try to hang onto hers.
Security camps need much better guarding
The story began with the attack on the Air Force base in Pathankot, which is in Punjab but very close to J&K.
Love goes beyond faith
A bench headed by a former chief justice had transferred the case from the Kerala police to NIA.
After the Sinha ripple effects, wait & watch
The latest in the line of the government’s critics is Arun Shourie, who repeated earlier assertions.
Hostile reaction to referendums will worsen matters
The Spanish state’s reaction detracts from its moral authority.
Mystic Mantra: The art of listening
True listening becomes possible when we love something and there is an eagerness to know about it.
Our biodiversity, our life, our future
Living systems evolve, adapt and regenerate; they are not engineered.
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.