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Nilofar Suhrawardy

A united Congress has a chance to strengthen its ranking; divided, the futures of all party members are at stake

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Bank on Gandhis, test non-Gandhis, start early for 2024 election

The Congress is not a regional party and it is expected to give greater importance to a democratic process for electing its leaders

04 Sep 2020 5:52 PM

PM Narendra Modi being presented with a memento by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during the Ayodhya Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan (PTI)

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Ayodhya glory will fade amid Covid tension before long

It cannot be ignored that the virus has left Indians a little too tense to remain distracted by his Ayodhya show for long

12 Aug 2020 5:25 PM

There are numerous cases of persons themselves not being aware that they have mild symptoms. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | COVID-19, the new excuse to ‘other’ your neighbour

Covid-19 has exposed the harsher face of another reality, the anti-poor bias and the invisibilising of the poor

26 Jul 2020 6:05 PM

What a life, when even a smile, once talked about emphatically as an important feature of one’s personality, has almost lost its appeal. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Grit on side, some Indians still smiling

It is possible that the guest workers’ walk to their rural roots has prompted the poorer people settled in cities to raise their voices

28 Jun 2020 7:10 PM

Volunteers wearing protective suits conduct thermal tests at Dharavi, during the fifth phase of the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Covid paranoia, and some cogitations

Frankly, seeing everyone in almost same type and colour of masks is just making this lockdown phase more uninteresting

07 Jun 2020 5:52 PM

Stranded migrant labourers in Chennai, in southeastern India, prepare to board a special train to take them home after the government eased lockdown measures (AFP)

Coronavirus exposes our democracy’s fault lines

Indian economy is certainly facing a crisis. This, however, does not justify use of violence against migrant labourers

16 May 2020 7:52 PM

Migrant workers set out for their villages during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

By ignorantly accusing the Markaz, we may be unwittingly blaming the Centre

'Markaz' is a word that means 'Centre', and is often used as short form for markazi hakumat

13 Apr 2020 12:27 AM

Well, it is clearly astonishing that the alleged “xx-inch-you-know-what” is being turned against ladies assembled at Shaheen Bagh. One may be wrong, but political jargons through various means are strongly suggestive of this.

Jungle drama and the Indian ‘animal farm’

Money talks in politics more “convincingly” than probably any other language.

16 Feb 2020 2:29 AM

An Indo-Anglian’s document dilemmas

It may not be a bad idea to suggest the United States’ example regarding citizenship.

12 Jan 2020 2:11 AM

The Kohli cut has men of all ages and classes swooning over it. No, this term is not a neologism. Nor does it refer to any stylish cut from the bat of the swashbuckler. It refers to Virat Kohli’s hairstyle.

In India, men are the more fashionable sex

Interestingly, fashion happens to be a field in Bollywood as well as other arenas.

08 Dec 2019 6:49 AM

Legally, with the Supreme Court having pronounced its verdict, each individual, group, party and organisation has the democratic right to challenge it, call for a review petition and so forth.

Muslims should live with Ayodhya ruling

The hard reality that there still prevail extremist elements in our country who tend to try and provoke communal fires periodically cannot be ignored.

14 Nov 2019 1:24 AM

Pak transgender shot at for refusing sex with attackers

A transgender woman in Pakistan was shot for refusing to have sex with attackers who broke into her home, in the latest in a series of assaults on trans people, the police said.

16 Jun 2016 9:08 AM

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