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Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Why is dissent confined to litfests?

An example of this is a photograph showing a violent event in one part of the world and representing it as being from...

28 Jan 2018 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Insanitation is national crisis, not littering

In the introductory note Mr Modi uses the words clean, cleanliness, litter and littering 21 times.

21 Jan 2018 1:32 AM IST

About 40 per cent of Test matches in India end in draws while only 7 per cent of those played in South Africa are draws. (Representational image)

Let's spin out of Test-ing times

In the 10 places listed as the best venues for bowlers in Tests in the decade 2000-2010, there is not a single Indian...

14 Jan 2018 12:35 AM IST

Former US President Barack Obama at the HT Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Engaging offline a must for netas, activists

Arguments about politics and religion do not end in name-calling and abuse when they happen face to face.

7 Jan 2018 12:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Modi: The popular leader of our times

The middle class is convinced that India is run poorly and needs to be straightened out through radical actions.

31 Dec 2017 1:28 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi shows his finger marked with indelible ink as he leaves after casting his vote in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

Engage with BJP on religious nationalism

Nationalism usually leads to violence and so it should be handled with great care.

24 Dec 2017 5:19 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi is inheriting the Congress, but it is a party his mother Sonia inherited from her husband Rajiv, who inherited it from his brother Sanjay, who inherited it from their mother Indira, who had inherited it from her father Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Dynasty

This is not an unusual phenomenon anywhere in the world, so why should it be different in India? And limited to some...

17 Dec 2017 6:33 AM IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sonia: A woman who transformed Cong

If the Congress had a chance to become a non-dynastic party, this was the time when its senior leadership could have...

17 Dec 2017 12:12 AM IST

Mani Shankar Aiyar

A campaign of slurs and fears

The word Modi itself means an individual who runs the neighbourhood store, and it has the same meaning as the name...

10 Dec 2017 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Will it be enough to defeat BJP in Gujarat?

Gujarat is a high turnout state and the BJP, even if it leads opinion polls, must ensure that its base comes out and...

3 Dec 2017 12:11 AM IST

Representational image

The case of disappearing human rights

The activists were charged after a workshop on digital security that was held in a hotel.

26 Nov 2017 4:37 AM IST

Harvey Weinstein.

Now is the time to go public against predators

Government data says that 99 per cent victims of sexual violence in India do not report the crime to the police.

19 Nov 2017 5:30 AM IST