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Indian army and paramilitary soldiers leave the site of a gun battle with suspected rebels in Hajin Village, northeast of Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Why can't Indians write good memoirs?

Our public servants are mostly known for their loquaciousness after they demit office but very few actually pen their...

2 March 2017 6:53 AM IST

ABVP activists during a protest against Delhi Police at Police headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Attacking right to dissent

The ABVP's case is that inviting someone charged with sedition, even on an academic issue, is anti-national.

2 March 2017 6:46 AM IST

US President Donald Trump after his first address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. (Photo: AFP)

Softer' Trump tries to show a better side

A more nuanced policy favouring skilled workers over desperate refugees might even make some economic sense for a nation...

2 March 2017 6:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Can Modi revise social compact? 2019 will tell

The BJP came to power at the national level in 2014 by disrupting traditional identity-based votebanks.

2 March 2017 6:37 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: AP)

A no-state solution' looms for Palestine?

Australia's closest neighbour, New Zealand, was struck off Netanyahu's itinerary after its conservative govt...

2 March 2017 6:33 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: From dust to dust

The ritual is performed basically to hold people back from chasing after such worldly pursuits.

1 March 2017 5:17 AM IST

CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPIs D Raja address students during their protest march against ABVP at North Campus in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Limit to free speech? Debate call ominous

The symptoms are to be seen in the sparks flying in Delhi because of the intense media coverage.

1 March 2017 4:52 AM IST

The reality here is Pakistan and its jihad-fi-sabilillah (meaning in the cause of Allah ) campaign of terrorism against India.

All terrorist groups must be muzzled, or they'll bite

Cross-border action breaks international law, will only push terrorists deeper into Afghanistan and may make neighbours...

1 March 2017 4:51 AM IST

Elections to local bodies like municipal corporations, panchayats are all an inalienable part of the democratic process, playing itself out at the grassroots.

Picking winners: What the trends say

Extended elections in multiple phases allow political parties and formations malleability and ductility.

1 March 2017 4:48 AM IST

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Rethink in BJP on Muslim question?

It's true that traditionally Muslims in India haven't voted for the BJP.

1 March 2017 4:47 AM IST

Agriculture has been the fortifying factor, and it would be prudent if the government continued its support to this sector.

Good news on GDP

It is well known that GDP figures don't give a total picture of the economy, given the high unemployment rate.

1 March 2017 4:47 AM IST

Happiness is always guaranteed when we confer it on others. It can never be had by seeking.

Mystic Mantra: Drop duality

The awareness of self and other is the foundation on which any form of society is built.

28 Feb 2017 6:16 AM IST