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National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah with his wife Mollie Abdullah (left) and daughter Safiya Abdullah (right) speaks to the media after his release from detention on March 13, 2020. (PTI)

Farooq's Abdullah's silence is a statement

People in Kashmir have grown sceptical about Dr Abdullah's next move

16 March 2020 4:39 PM IST

AA Edit: End this rage against science

AA Edit: End this rage against science

There may be some amazing hidden qualities in gau mutra but it cannot be used as a vaccine against Covid-19

16 March 2020 12:48 PM IST

National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah with his wife Mollie Abdullah (left) and daughter Safiya Abdullah (right) speaks to the media after his detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) was revoked by the Jammu & Kashmir administration on March 13, 2020. (PTI)

AA EDIT: Now that Farooq Abdullah is 'free', will Kashmir be back to...

Dr Abdullah's release yields the surmise that the Narendra Modi government has just had an attack of realism

16 March 2020 12:15 PM IST

A boy sells face masks at a traffic intersection in Mumbai on March 15, 2020. (AP)

The C-virus impact on the lives of urban Indians

Globalisation benefited urban India the most, so it is urban India that is now affected the most

16 March 2020 11:49 AM IST

The RBI draws its powers from several Indian statutes, the most significant of them being the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. (AFP)

The design of RBI limits its abilities

The time has come to repeal the central bank's antiquated 1934 legal architecture

15 March 2020 10:37 PM IST

A woman shows the remains of her savings burnt in the recent violence in Delhi. (PTI)

Memories of another riot: Lessons of 1984 not learnt

The Congress Party never recovered from that genocide. But nor did we, says Saikat Datta

13 March 2020 9:33 PM IST

In this March 2, 2020 photo, a worker wearing a mask works at a factory producing bicycle wheel rims in Hangzhou in eastern Chinas Zhejiang province. (AP)

Can globalisation survive the corona shock?

The coronavirus could not have struck at a more ominous moment for globalisation

12 March 2020 3:00 PM IST

Workers wear masks as they manufacture shoes at a factory in the town of Xiangtang, Nanchang county in eastern Chinas Jiangxi Province. The ruling Communist Party has told local officials to help reopen factories that were idled by the most intensive anti-disease controls ever imposed. (AP)

All nations scramble for solutions as Made in China' coronavirus...

The saddest part is that mankind is unlikely to have learnt any lessons, as in the past

12 March 2020 1:11 PM IST

The departure of Jyotiraditya Scindia from the Congress is the latest setback the opposition party has suffered due to its imprudent leadership.

Jyotiraditya Scindia jumps ship

The Congress leadership has been smug in its belief that a resourceful Kamal Nath would manage things all on his own

10 March 2020 11:31 PM IST

The current global crisis is an opportunity for India

The current global crisis is an opportunity for India

The crash in crude oil prices is a blessing for the country

10 March 2020 10:55 PM IST

A families leaves riot-affected Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Delhi: History repeated, as handsets spread hate

Instead of causing revulsion, the explosion of gory images has made communal violence the new normal.

7 March 2020 7:28 AM IST

Many women participants of these movements seemingly conform to the stereotype of submissive, loyal subjects to male overlords. (Photo: AFP/File)

Righteous' women prove Aurat March critics wrong

The following four real-life movements explode the myth of so-called righteous' women that permeates mainstream...

7 March 2020 7:25 AM IST