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Nirbhayas mother Asha Devi outside the court on Wednesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

The death penalty for rape is ineffectual

Latika Vashist has argued compellingly for the need for forgiveness in these pages.

25 Jan 2020 1:10 AM IST

Sharad Arvind Bobde

Rethink death penalty

The timing and the context of the CJI's remarks, however, offer reasons to worry.

25 Jan 2020 1:08 AM IST

World Health Organisation

Containing a modern epidemic is possible

Big pharma has often been accused of making a killing out of such outbreaks, feeding on the panic.

25 Jan 2020 1:00 AM IST

Protestors during a rally against CAA. (Photo: PTI)

CAA: Why is there so much mistrust?

The police's entry in JMI without permission and using tear gas shells inside students' rooms was inexcusable.

24 Jan 2020 1:58 AM IST

Likewise, God is the master operator of the network of creation and our souls are the individual computers.

Mystic Mantra: God hears our thoughts and words

To begin to comprehend this reality, let us take the example of a computer network.

24 Jan 2020 1:54 AM IST

World is drifting down a slippery slope that leads to ghosts of...

The sounds of war had by then resonated for weeks, reviving the optimism of inmates who had abandoned hope long ago.

24 Jan 2020 1:52 AM IST

Who will rid the people of Pakistan of the capital curses listed here? No one except they themselves.

Pakistanis are suffering due to the five capital curses

The second example of selective memory is the hullabaloo over the atta price/availability scandal.

24 Jan 2020 1:48 AM IST

A coup of sorts was accomplished by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he managed to get Amit Shah chosen as party president after he inducted Rajnath Singh, who was midway through his second presidential term, into the Cabinet.

It's no easy time for Nadda, Modi-Shah

Mr Shah would have had another term as president but for the fact that Mr Modi wanted him in the government.

24 Jan 2020 1:45 AM IST

Mankinds rise is fundamentally about the rise of the city, the word was drawn from civilisation itself and Mumbai is Indias greatest city an icon of pride and an exemplar for the rest.

Salute: Mumbai won't sleep

A salute to Mumbai would not be enough.

24 Jan 2020 1:43 AM IST

US president Donald Trump

Donald Trump impeachment hope for democracy

Mini-dictators might not have dared if it weren't for the atmosphere created nationally.

24 Jan 2020 1:40 AM IST

In the Catholic catechism we are taught that the purpose of our existence is to know, serve and love God and to be happy with him hereafter.

Mystic Mantra: Seeking harmony in being humane

Catholics versus Protestants; Shias versus Sunnis; one sect or panth against another, and so on.

23 Jan 2020 1:54 AM IST

Work-related stress is a big problem: Give people some relief

The cause of depression is often an inability to properly manage stress, and the police service is a high-stress job.

23 Jan 2020 1:48 AM IST