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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

According to agency sources, Sansar Chand, a 1986-batch IRS officer, posted as the commissioner, two superintendents of the department, one personal staff and five private people were nabbed by the CBI in a late-night operation spread across Kanpur and Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

How law enforcement agencies work in India

The CBI is a Central agency, reporting to the Union government, unlike the police, which report to individual states.

11 March 2018 1:38 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Why local power may hold key to Delhi

The Election Commission keeps watch over this to some extent, but that is only in the phase after elections are...

4 March 2018 1:54 AM IST

(Photo: Nirav Modi website)

Bank frauds: Gujarat model's underbelly

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has still to address the Nirav Modi matter.

25 Feb 2018 12:51 AM IST

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said, The term Hindu covers all those who are the sons of Bharat Mata (Mother India), descendants of Indian ancestors and who live in accordance with the Indian culture. (Photo: File | PTI)

What will Sangh militia do at the border?

The enemy can compel the less advanced nation to do what it wants, without much violence.

18 Feb 2018 4:56 AM IST

The Army has also submitted photographs of the vehicles damaged in the stone pelting by the unruly mob. (Representational Image)

No justice for Kashmiris in India

The total number of soldiers who have ever faced trial in a civilian court for a crime in Kashmir is zero.

11 Feb 2018 12:11 AM IST