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Hard times ahead for Nehru reform legacy

Ambedkar wanted to introduce other changes, all of them relating to the inheritance rights of the women of the family.

12 May 2019 12:00 AM

BJP’s voteshare game focused on Hindu votes

The BJP under Mr Modi appears to be upending this tradition in North Indian states.

05 May 2019 12:53 AM

One goal of the Congress Party would surely have been to rebuild its organisation so that it begins to match that of the BJP.

Congress’ homework rebuilding the party

All in all the BJP is in control of one of the most powerful political machines in the world, in terms of people, networks and money.

28 Apr 2019 4:48 AM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

Cheers at rallies might not mean votes

Newspaper journalists receive feedback in a different, slower way and that is one reason why newspapers are less sensationalist than TV channels.

21 Apr 2019 5:11 AM

Rahul Gandhi is called Pappu by his detractors, but he seems to be academically bright. (Photo: ANI)

Anti-intellectualism: Its boons and pitfalls

It should be said that the Congress Party’s dynasty is itself not particularly qualified in the educational sense.

14 Apr 2019 12:00 AM

‘Nation First, Self Last’ is an empty slogan

Shah had said that Congress leaders should drown themselves for proposing the weakening of the Afspa law.

07 Apr 2019 12:05 AM

Such issues like farmer suicides and agrarian distress do not mean anything to most of us because we have no real contact with that reality.

Democracies need NGOs to protect rights

The United Progressive Alliance set up a group of people from civil society and called this group the National Advisory Council (NAC).

31 Mar 2019 2:26 AM

Candidates must be over 25 years of age and from India, and they must submit to the Election Commission Form 2A. (Photo: File)

EC must encourage people to contest polls

Candidates are also disqualified if they have been convicted for some specific offences that are listed.

24 Mar 2019 12:06 AM

At least 49 were killed and 20 were injured after a gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Photo: AP)

The coloniser who murdered immigrants

This is of interest because of the beliefs that the shooter in New Zealand has about immigration and foreigners.

17 Mar 2019 5:52 AM

In fact even the British officers who first examined the remains at Harappa did not fully understand what they were and many of the first-rate bricks that were found there were used to build the railways.

Our history is older than Aryan influx

A village right next to it is populated by Punjabis who would have lived there for generations without any interest in the ancient ruins.

10 Mar 2019 12:10 AM

We must think beyond rivalling Pakistan

The intensity with which we are focussed on Pakistan, particularly our government and our media, ultimately harms us and reduces our greatness.

03 Mar 2019 12:43 AM

A file photo of India captain Virat Kohli and his counterpart Sarfaraz Ahmed posing with the Champions Trophy. (Photo: AFP)

World Cup: Boycotting Pak gets us nothing

India has always beaten Pakistan in the World Cup in the previous six times we have played them.

24 Feb 2019 12:12 AM

India must calibrate response to Jaish

The suicide bombing is not preferred by LeT because in its particular belief of Islam, which is called Salafi, suicide is a grave sin.

17 Feb 2019 1:09 AM

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AP)

While Pak bans bank interest, India bans cows

Most Indians, including judges, do not take the scientific and economic reading of Article 48.

10 Feb 2019 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

We need universal basic income as jobs shrink

The Modi government’s scheme is for farmers who have less than 2 hectares (meaning about 5 acres)

03 Feb 2019 12:42 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: AP)

The hypocrisy of Jaitley over ICICI

The finance minister is concerned that this is happening because of the CBI’s recklessness and we must commend his concern.

27 Jan 2019 2:36 AM

The dancing women move from one area to the next after a few songs, unless there is someone who is paying a lot of money for someone particular to remain.

The morality police and dance bars

The dance bar usually has multiple areas and the ones on the higher floors are reserved for clients willing to pay more money for privacy.

20 Jan 2019 12:02 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit shah (Photo:PTI/File)

2019: BJP likely to strike an extreme pose

Parties such as the BSP, the SP, the TMC, the BJD etc. also do not have any particular ideology.

13 Jan 2019 6:35 AM

The party’s aggressive use of the Sabarimala issue has definitely helped it to attract a significant part of the upper caste vote which is angry over the Supreme Court decision to allow all Indians to access the temple.

Defeat of tradition will help BJP in Kerala

The Emergency and then the Ayodhya movement gave the Jana Sangh and BJP the opportunity to mobilise and it grabbed it.

06 Jan 2019 12:31 AM

Today Samsung makes the screens that even Apple products use. Traditional and small Korean companies became global giants in this period.

We Indians need to refine our culture

Korea itself is partitioned like India into two countries, which have a dangerous border and the threat of nuclear weapons, just like ours.

30 Dec 2018 7:15 AM

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