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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, BSP supremo Mayawati, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during the swearing-in ceremony of H.D. Kumaraswamy as chief minister of Karnataka in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

What does the Opposition show of unity signify?

TRS chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao did come to Bengaluru to meet the Gowdas but he did not join the unity rally...

27 May 2018 12:08 AM IST

BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa makes a point during his speech before resigning ahead of the Trust vote on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-defection law does more harm than good

The anti-defection law essentially removes the conscience of the elected representative and is thus a blow to democracy...

20 May 2018 5:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Nuclear tests and the futility of it all

According to sources, Pakistan today is actually ahead of us in terms of the number of nuclear devices it has produced.

13 May 2018 5:40 AM IST

Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar

A Jallianwala Bagh of our own making

The democratic Government of India, just like the colonial government, sees citizens as a nuisance.

6 May 2018 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)

What's the secret agenda of PM's China visit?

The government has said there is no agenda but it is clear that Modi is not there for tourism.

29 April 2018 5:59 AM IST

In Sri Lanka, the mostly Buddhist Sinhala speakers fought Lankas Tamils over religion and language. In India we wonder how Buddhists and Hindus can hate each other but that is the nature of majoritarianism. (Representational image)

Majoritarianism is never inclusive

The first few decades of Congress rule hid the fact that we Indians are also like our brothers in Lanka, Bangladesh and...

22 April 2018 12:55 AM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Death sentence won't stop rapes

In 2016, the total number of rape cases registered in India was 38,947 and there were over 106,000 crimes against...

15 April 2018 6:11 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

It's tough unifying Hindus across the board

It is easier to unify the 85 per cent against the remaining 15 per cent and that is what usually happens on the...

8 April 2018 4:20 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal with supporters during his India Against Corruption movement days.

You'll come out of it with a dislike for Kejriwal

Kejriwal helped citizens use the RTI as a tool to secure rights and information, meaning such things as rations,...

1 April 2018 1:27 AM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Majority govts aren't always good

The five years of the UPA-I coalition (2005-2009) produced an average GDP growth of 8.5 per cent, the highest in any...

1 April 2018 12:06 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

We don't need judgments that blunt laws

The Indian law already has safeguards against the risk of false cases.

25 March 2018 12:13 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Ayodhya likely to become the issue in 2019

Newspapers and TV channels will get additional income from political advertising, much of it pretending to be news.

18 March 2018 12:17 AM IST