Chanakya’s View: Shaheen Bagh should see the big picture

Leaders of religious communities must come forward and take the right decision given the circumstances prevailing

22 Mar 2020 8:04 PM

An Aam Aadmi Party worker, dressed as party chief Arvind Kejriwal, celebrates along with others the party's success in the Delhi Assembly polls, at party headquarters in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Delhi polls a defeat for BJP’s polarisation

It must also be borne in mind that the BJP did not fight this election as though it was a routine state election.

23 Feb 2020 12:13 AM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

‘Nitish almost ditched BJP, backed Cong in 2018’

And now instead of being guided by ideology, it has become an instrument for him to gain his political purposes.

11 Feb 2020 1:53 AM

The protesters at Shaheen Bagh against the CAA-NRC divisive scheme were deliberately labelled as traitors and terrorists.

In lack of alternative, BJP’s hate festers

The election results will show whether such a strategy will bring dividends to the party.

09 Feb 2020 4:51 AM

This Republic Day has dawned in the midst of a nationwide agitation against the CAA-NPR-NRC combine.

Stand up for the Constitution on Republic-Day

The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the Constitution, which believes that dissent is an essential part of a vibrant democracy.

26 Jan 2020 2:14 AM

Honour Gandhi for message, not publicity

The Mahatma laid the greatest stress on inter-faith harmony, and respect for all faiths.

12 Jan 2020 7:23 AM

Campus Front of India activists stage a protest at Town Hall in Bengaluru on Saturday against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) (Photo: KPN)

Don’t make CAA, NRC Hindu vs Muslim issue

The NRC puts the onus of proving one’s citizenship on the citizen.

29 Dec 2019 12:10 AM

College students burn tyres during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

The dangerous unilateralism of the BJP

The CAB must rank as one of the most unnecessary pieces of divisive legislations passed by Parliament.

15 Dec 2019 12:31 AM

BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur (Photo: PTI)

Make an example of Pragya to battle hate

When, on the first occasion, Thakur referred to Godse as a patriot, PM Narendra Modi expressed deep regret.

01 Dec 2019 7:03 AM

The Shiv Sena is one of the oldest allies of the BJP and ideologically close to it.

Shiv Sena wins, Cong gains in Maha battle of wills

The first takeaway from this likely scenario is that the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition has failed.

17 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

The truth is that the BJP did not do badly in absolute terms, but did not do as well as it expected to do.

Opportunity for Oppn as economy can undo BJP

The recently concluded elections in Haryana and Maharashtra are a case in point.

03 Nov 2019 12:25 AM

Under the proposed settlement, the Sunni Waqf Board will give up its claim to the land in favour of a Ram temple in Ayodhya at the spot where the Babri Masjid stood. (Photo: PTI/File)

In Ayodhya, time to give peace a chance

In parallel, an important statement was reportedly issued by the Lucknow-based Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board.

20 Oct 2019 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI/File)

Be alive to tyranny dressed as democracy

The BJP had the numbers, and hence the right to pass the law in the manner it wanted.

06 Oct 2019 3:09 AM

The intention of the government was, quite clearly, not to indulge in incrementalism, but to impose a qualitatively new regimen of traffic fines.

Traffic fines need to be effective, not excessive

It is true that the new penalties are a quantum jump over the rates prevailing earlier.

22 Sep 2019 3:53 AM

Taming Pawan Jaiswal: Journalism’s dark hour

The Press Council of India took suo motu cognisance of what happened to Mr Jaiswal, and asked the UP government to submit a report.

08 Sep 2019 7:37 AM

Children walk past concertina wire during restrictions following the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Discrediting dissent is a disservice to India

Ladakh has been hived away from it; J&K is truncated now.

25 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

Rapid Action Force personnel patrol a street during restrictions in Jammu on Friday. Restrictions have been imposed in several districts J&K after the state lost its special status. (Photo: PTI)

In J&K Valley, proceed with humility, humanity

The people of J&K are flesh-and-blood citizens of our country.

11 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

The aim of the Act was to enforce transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. In this respect it was a pivotal reform measure, a powerful blow in favour of the ordinary citizen.

Amendment may impair the right to information

There is no doubt that the law has transformed the landscape of information flow from the government to citizens.

28 Jul 2019 6:56 AM

A large part of young India does want to escape from the clutches of mullahs and mahants, and move on to the dividends of the secular mainstream.

Young India: Upwardly mobile, superficial

Young people have their foot firmly on the escalator of upward mobility.

14 Jul 2019 12:02 AM

Article 3 rightly declares that “any pronouncement of talaq by a Muslim husband upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, shall be void and illegal”.

Send talaq bill to panel for sustainable reform

The intent is thus clearly to make triple talaq a criminal offence with imprisonment up to three years in addition to a fine.

30 Jun 2019 12:15 AM

Pavan K Varma