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The success of some Indians in foreign countries has given rise to a certain NRI mentality which makes them believe they have answers to all our myriad problems with their complexities. (Representational image)

Why do we think NRIs, PIOs better than us?

The biggest investment our better-off NRI brethren make in India is by investing in high-interest-bearing NRI deposits...

25 March 2017 1:59 AM IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Sidhu, give up TV

Mr Sidhu was surely being gratuitous when he said recently that what he did at night was no one's business.

25 March 2017 1:55 AM IST

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

No-fly' abusers' list is long overdue

The one favour the Gaikwad incident may have done to the system is to shock it into action.

25 March 2017 1:54 AM IST

I'm not giving up hope for Congress in 2019'

Mr Tharoor laughs off the call to be nominated as the UPA's prime ministerial contender in 2019.

24 March 2017 2:12 AM IST

In this file photo, people demolish a structure that was part of the Babri Masjid.

What's next for the Muslims in UP?

The Muslim response to the BJP victory is muted so far but the party's supporters must not gloat over their dismay.

24 March 2017 2:01 AM IST

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Scrap the death penalty

With many social indices signalling that the country has progressed, we need a more mature view of abolition.

24 March 2017 1:57 AM IST

A man is treated by emergency services, as knives lie on the floor, with police looking on at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament London. (Photo: AP)

London's terror hit: Learn from the Brits

The known facts so far are that four people are dead and 29 injured, seven critically.

24 March 2017 1:55 AM IST

UK Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in Parliament.

UK heads for a rendezvous with reality

Brexiter rhetoric seems to have given licence to the nastiest elements in British society.

24 March 2017 1:45 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Why call her inferior?

In Sikhism women are considered equal to men, with same souls, sensibilities and levels of spirituality.

23 March 2017 4:27 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP/File)

Trouble brews for China in Xinjiang

The identity of the attackers was not disclosed, but they were obviously Uyghurs.

23 March 2017 4:19 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives for a meeting with police officers at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow. (Photo: AP)

Rebuilding mandir or state?

UP's development, not Ram Mandir politics, will be the Adityanath govt's priority.

23 March 2017 4:08 AM IST

File photo, legendary U.S. musician Chuck Berry performs on stage at the Avo Session in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo: AP)

Shakespeare' of the world of rock'n'roll

Roll Over Beethoven was also a declaration of intent, a pronouncement to the effect that the times were changing.

23 March 2017 4:00 AM IST