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The senior Trump administration official said the United States will have a process to recognize same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats from countries where same-sex marriage is not legal, but which recognize American domestic partners. (Representational Image)

Free speech is critical to a nation's greatness

In India we have traditionally had a lot of freedom when it comes to expression about the nature of God and of reality.

11 Nov 2018 12:06 AM IST

Historian Ramachandra Guha

What sort of India do we want?

The BBC reported that the complaints make it very clear that the students hadn't read Guha's work.â€

4 Nov 2018 12:10 AM IST

US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Simple nationalism is leading us to anger

The Democrats and the business community say that the entry of blue-collar workers from Mexico helps the US economy.

28 Oct 2018 5:08 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

Our polls are fought on claims, not facts

In India the narrative of an election is often controlled by the Opposition rather than the ruling party.

21 Oct 2018 12:27 AM IST

MJ has betrayed those he influenced

The revelations about his assaults on young women mean that his reputation and all that he has stood for is in tatters...

14 Oct 2018 2:23 AM IST

When stock markets peak as they have in recent months, many first-time investors get drawn to them. They had stayed away so far. But recent returns have whetted their appetite.

Not much to cheer in BJP's time in power

The economy has not grown faster in the last five years than it did during the ten years before this government took...

7 Oct 2018 1:51 AM IST

Muslim community members offer prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, outside Bandra railway station. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

The idea of Hindu rashtra is vague

Prohibition of alcohol and cow slaughter already exist in our laws in some form and in many states.

30 Sept 2018 5:28 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: MEA | Twitter)

We need more women in politics

Certainly the lack of adequate representation of women in politics is not because of a lack of talent.

23 Sept 2018 2:41 AM IST

Chandra Shekhar

How marginalised create space for themselves

Azad calls himself Ravanâ€, to identify with those aspects of our culture that others may see as repulsive.

16 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Politics must reflect our rights

A century before Turing, the great English author Oscar Wilde was also convicted for the crime of being a homosexual.

9 Sept 2018 7:02 AM IST

Delhi HC had said that for the time being Navlakha will be confined to his residence in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Law never takes its own course in India

As we now know, the Supreme Court is to hear this again on September 6. Many of us will be watching what it does with...

2 Sept 2018 12:08 AM IST

K. T. Rama Rao, Minister for Information Technology, Telangana.

Government by Twitter

Some Ministers have been quick to grasp the power and reach of micro- blogging sites.

26 Aug 2018 6:36 AM IST