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A nation full of ‘idiots’

A nation full of ‘idiots’

I absolutely love the level of political discourse these days. Forget content. Forget style. Forget logic. Forget...

30 Oct 2015 10:28 PM IST

Two for joy in China

Two for joy in China

The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee’s relaxation of the nation’s 35-year-old unpopular one-child...

30 Oct 2015 10:24 PM IST

India, Africa begin a new journey

India, Africa begin a new journey

The four-day summit conference of all the 54 African countries with India, which ended in New Delhi on Thursday, can be...

30 Oct 2015 10:22 PM IST

Charkha, paper and chakra

Charkha, paper and chakra

“The lie of the land Was that it was flat Horizons are circular And that’s that!” From The Charms of...

30 Oct 2015 10:20 PM IST

Beware the tyranny of the elected

Beware the tyranny of the elected

It has been a fortnight since the Supreme Court struck down the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act and also declared the...

30 Oct 2015 10:19 PM IST

Mirror image

With respect to Javed Anand’s article When anger is the rage (October 28), I want to state that while Mr Anand is...

30 Oct 2015 6:16 AM IST

On castration

Madras high court judge N. Kirubakaran’s suggestion that child rapists be castrated has raised eyebrows.

30 Oct 2015 6:15 AM IST

Tremor terror

A series of natural calamities in the recent past, from the landslides in Uttarakhand to the floods in Jammu and...

30 Oct 2015 6:15 AM IST

Media & Modi Sarkar: Observer or partisan

Media & Modi Sarkar: Observer or partisan

Last Friday, in case some of you didn’t notice, the executive board of the Sahitya Akademi, an institution that...

29 Oct 2015 10:11 PM IST

Home is where the hurt lies

Melinda Gates, one of the world’s most powerful women, while speaking against the increased spate of rapes in...

29 Oct 2015 10:08 PM IST

The rhyme of reason & logic

The rhyme of reason & logic

There is the story of a door-to-door salesman who encountered a housewife who had studied advanced mathematics.

29 Oct 2015 10:00 PM IST

Reclaiming our selves

If you are interested in spirituality, you must have heard of terms like “personal growth”, “personal...

29 Oct 2015 9:58 PM IST