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The divisiveness and bigotry so unleashed acquires a momentum of its own. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | India isn't Sri Lanka, but must draw lessons

India is facing major problems of unemployment and inflation

15 May 2022 12:42 AM IST

Kapil Sibal (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Anita Katyal | Why Sibal is not at Udaipur; Cong in Nagaland bonds...

It is possibly for the same reason that Mr Sibal decided not to attend the Congress chintan shivir at Udaipur

15 May 2022 12:18 AM IST

The Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple in Kashi, said to have been established by Goswami Tulsidas himself in the sixteenth century, maintains the tradition of pleasing Lord Hanuman through music. (Twitter)

Shailaja Khanna | What makes this festival in Kashi a treat for the...

Performing at the temple is not easy the recitals are interrupted by temple rituals at midnight and the break of dawn

15 May 2022 12:12 AM IST

Pasoori , sung by a 37-year-old Pakistani musician named Ali Sethi, is being talked about as a delightfully subversive performer, since the song is more a metaphor for India and Pakistan tensions than a love song. (Twitter)

Shobhaa De | What does sedition law have to do with Pasoori?

The song is more a metaphor for India and Pakistan tensions than a love song

13 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | How will history remember BoJo: Churchillian' or for...

BoJo fancies himself as a second Winston Churchill with constant posturing about defying Vladimir Putin as Churchill did...

13 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

Ranil Wickremesinghe (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

AA EDIT | Ranil has his tasks cut out

He has taken up the challenge of a job that no one wants at the moment, not even the Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa

13 May 2022 11:13 PM IST

AA EDIT | WHO reform urgent need after poor Covid handling

There have been calls for the reform of the healthcare arm of the United Nations for quite some time

13 May 2022 11:03 PM IST

The court, after hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused, saying his detention will serve no purpose as the probe into the matter is completed and nothing has to be recovered from him. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Govt needs to act, make marital rape an offence

The legal question before the court was whether Exception 2 in Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code is against the...

13 May 2022 12:44 AM IST

An Afghan woman is wrapped with a blanket as she and her family camp outside the Directorate of Disaster in Herat, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Is India doing a rethink on role in Afghanistan?

It seems likely that an Indian representation will soon be restored in Kabul, even if this will be small and not at the...

13 May 2022 12:17 AM IST

Multiplex chain PVR cinemas on Thursday made the announcement to close down theatres in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. (PTI) Kashmir will remain shut till 31st March

AA Edit | South films' moment of glory

The success of South Indian films is no accident, and we have waited long enough

13 May 2022 12:09 AM IST

Ilham Omar, US Democratic Congresswoman. (Twitter)

Maura Moynihan | Ilhan Omar: An American agent of Pakistan-CPC Wahhabi...

Ilhan Omar most certainly advances the agenda of the CPC-Wahhabi lobby

13 May 2022 12:04 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa. (AP)

AA Edit | Why dynasts are back in Manila

Mahindamay not be the only one to be displaced as democracies are known to be fertile fields for political families to...

12 May 2022 2:37 AM IST