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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party president M. K. Stalin (top R) gestures to supporters during a rally after filing his nomination ahead of the Tamil Nadu state legislative assembly elections, in Chennai on March 15, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

AA Edit | Competitive, compulsive: TN's poll freebie' culture

The 2021 freebie promise has been the most extensive on record with AIADMK offering a washing machine for each of about...

17 March 2021 8:47 AM IST

Our first stop, was a unique Thai temple designed like a European church, Wat Nivet Thampravat, with stained glass windows, candle stands, stucco work, even metal soldier-figures. (Photo by arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Ayutthaya: An old city, new insights

A day-trip to Ayutthaya is a first on most tourists' trip to Thailand, especially to Indians who are attracted by the...

17 March 2021 8:44 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Fresh push for lateral entry of babus likely

PM Modi has introduced the mechanism of recruiting fresh talent in the bureaucracy from the private sector during his...

17 March 2021 7:42 AM IST

Through the passing of this landmark bill, Scotlands Parliament has sent a strong and clear message to victims, perpetrators, communities and to the wider society that offences motivated by prejudice will be treated seriously and will not be tolerated, declared Scotlands justice minister Humza Yousaf. (Image credit : Twitter/@ScotParl)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India needs hate crimes law on lines of...

Actually, modern Scotland is a liberal, secular and civilised nation which has not known any blasphemy prosecution for...

17 March 2021 7:34 AM IST

Afghanistan is said to be the graveyard of empires, but it is also proving to be the breeding ground of ironies. Trophies are sought to be handed out to the most violent. (Photo: AP)

Anand K. Sahay | As Afghan mess grows, India must be cautious

In these circumstances, India must learn to do its own sums even as it seeks to be collegial

16 March 2021 4:54 AM IST

It was only under Lal Krishna Advani, and then especially under Narendra Modi, that the BJP became the mass-based electoral force it has become, from the cadre-based party that was the Jan Sangh. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | BJP has never spelt out what parivartan' it hopes to...

The Jan Sangh said that it would repeal preventive detention laws which it said were absolutely in contradiction to...

16 March 2021 4:14 AM IST

Will the BJP government finally realise, as foreign parliaments debate whether democracy is degrading in India, that denial and anger is not the answer. (Photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | To fulfil Quad promise, will India self-correct'?

Self-correction is the answer. Otherwise, the Quad will merely be a limping Triad-plus

15 March 2021 12:00 AM IST

Kishwar Desai | Women's Week: Meghan vs Kate, let-down nurses, Sarah...

Boris Johnson announced unapologetically that nurses on the NHS will only get one per cent increase in their pay

15 March 2021 12:00 AM IST

Since India is now going to sit at the high table to decide the future of Afghanistan it must seriously consider what real strategic interests it has in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Does India have strategic interests in Afghanistan?

Hard questions with regard to our real interests in Afghanistan were never asked then and are not being asked even now

14 March 2021 4:48 AM IST

If people have a reason to pretend to love your children, or pets, or care about your diet and exercise, or your last holiday in real life, then only is their pretence a real fake, else just a solicitation for a barter. (Photo: AFP)

Stop being paranoid. Your FB friend won't give money even to your...

Trust me, no one is rushing to helping your fake profile owner loads of money on his mere pretence of being in trouble

14 March 2021 4:16 AM IST

Mr Biden can do even more to help the world rid itself of the pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Biden shows the way

Biden signed a historic US $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package heralding a path-breaking measure that sets very high...

13 March 2021 4:54 AM IST

Fair and free elections where citizens vote peacefully and elect their representatives and rulers are one of the seminal pillars of a functioning democracy. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Polls a serious business, spare us all the theatrics

Spectacles and theatrics are essential ingredients of Indian elections and our leaders never fail to deliver them

13 March 2021 4:41 AM IST