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Jyoti Randhe, a class 10th student of BMC school, studies at her house, at Aarey Colony in Mumbai. AFP PhotoOpinion
AA Edit | What's special about NEP?

Politicians of the day, too, cannot ignore the popular perception that learning Hindi in school does not help much

5 Aug 2020 6:35 PM IST

A Kashmiri shopkeeper sits at the entrance of his half closed shop during lockdown in Srinagar. AFP PhotoOpinion
AA Edit | A year since abrogation, repression, mistrust rule the...

None of the reasons for ending J&K's constitutional status has proved valid. Terrorism is on the rise, the economy is...

5 Aug 2020 5:51 PM IST

A paramilitary soldier patrols near a checkpoint during a curfew in Srinagar. AFP PhotoOpinion
V Sudarshan | Men in The Castle and J&K's metamorphosis

With Kafkaesque efficiency, our bureaucrats in The Castle have managed not to hold elections, even to panchayats

5 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

(L) Indias PM Narendra Modi with Chinas president XiJinping (AFP)Opinion
AA Edit | Restoring status quo in Ladakh: Long haul ahead

Beijing throws Mr Modi's words at us and tries to absorb territories to which it laid no formal claims before November...

4 Aug 2020 5:43 PM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | China's real target may be Arunachal Pradesh

Of late, the Chinese have given a glimpse of what their true intentions are by laying claim to Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife...

4 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

A waiter wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passes a customer drinking outside a restaurant in London. AFP PhotoOpinion
Kishwar Desai | As COVID-19 returns to UK, holidayers bear the brunt

Boris Johnson is now worried, scared of a second wave. So rules changed again, catching holiday makers unawares

4 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

A CRPF jawan stands guard along a street on the first day of the two-day curfew in Srinagar. PTI PhotoOpinion
Manish Tewari | A year after J&K ambush, many thorny questions remain

There was never and still isn't even minimalist support for the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir

4 Aug 2020 4:39 PM IST

Students attend a class at their open-air school situated on top of a mountain in Doodhpathri, Kashmir. AFP PhotoOpinion
Mutilation of J&K: Education is a casualty in the year of abrogation

The closure of educational institutions for more than one year has taken a heavy toll on the academic career of students

3 Aug 2020 4:34 PM IST

The restrictions imposed on Kashmir media since the abrogation of Article 370 have made the medias task infinitely more difficult. (Representational image: PTI)Opinion
Mutilation of J&K: Kashmir's journalists refuse to be stenographers

Journalists in J&K are resisting a media policy that seeks to empower officials to certify what is 'fake news'

3 Aug 2020 3:45 AM IST

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard by a closed road, as Kashmiris marked Eid during lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in in Srinagar. AP PhotoOpinion
Waqyanawis | Will J&K statehood be announced from Red Fort on August...

The big question is whether Modi and his deputy, home minister Amit Shah, will think out of the box and do course...

2 Aug 2020 5:38 PM IST

Women covers themselves with sheets during rain, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
Sucheta Dasgupta | The Women's Party: An opening manifesto

There are three ways of ensuring equality of opportunity between the sexes free access, affirmative action and...

2 Aug 2020 5:03 PM IST

In this Aug. 8, 2019 file photo, an Indian paramilitary soldier orders a Kashmiri to lift his robe before frisking him during curfew in Srinagar. AP PhotoOpinion
Mutilation of Kashmir: The birth of a diehard new breed

Independent observers say the Modi government's brutal policy towards J&K has only decimated the pro-India constituency...

2 Aug 2020 1:33 AM IST

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