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The National Register of Citizenship phenomena, therefore, looks different, smells different and feels different.

All quiet on the minority front

The Congress protest over the CAA-NRC turned out to be an exercise in demonstrating power equations within the party.

29 Dec 2019 12:34 AM IST

Astrologers may differ in their predictions for the coming year but most predict that the existing political formations will remain undisturbed.

Balkanisation and the secret pull of astro TV

It was a magnificent picture, awe-inspiring and sometimes terrifying to us childen, for it taught us how little we...

29 Dec 2019 12:26 AM IST

Campus Front of India activists stage a protest at Town Hall in Bengaluru on Saturday against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) (Photo: KPN)

Don't make CAA, NRC Hindu vs Muslim issue

The NRC puts the onus of proving one's citizenship on the citizen.

29 Dec 2019 12:10 AM IST

Muslims should urge a settlement of the Kashmir problem and thus improvement in Pakistan-India relations.

Indians have not learned lessons of Partition

In Pakistan, and particularly after the military capture of the state by successive generals, the narrative became quite...

29 Dec 2019 12:05 AM IST

Anti-CAA protesters hold placards and shout slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

CAA protests: Students were not armed, the police were

The court was informed that injured students were not being given medical aid.

29 Dec 2019 12:01 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

Britain's royals earn their daily bread, served on a golden plate

The German Hohenzollerns claimed a lineage extending 400 years, from 1415 to 1918.

28 Dec 2019 2:12 AM IST

US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)

As 2019 ends, West Asia sees a few silver linings, new dawn

Through December, there were reports of Saudi-Iranian interactions to discuss a possible accommodation of their...

28 Dec 2019 2:08 AM IST

Rohingya Muslims, who spent four days in the open after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry their belongings after they were allowed to proceed towards a refugee camp, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Like in 1947, shouldn't Hindus show compassion?

he Syrians and Iraqis fled from the ruins of internecine war.

28 Dec 2019 2:05 AM IST

In Sri Lanka, the mostly Buddhist Sinhala speakers fought Lankas Tamils over religion and language. In India we wonder how Buddhists and Hindus can hate each other but that is the nature of majoritarianism. (Representational image)

As a religion', atheism is as anti-free speech as godly faith

It can be argued that atheism, in its various manifestations today, has evolved into a religion'.

28 Dec 2019 2:02 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Islamic world's schisms grow, to affect India too

The one impression of Pakistan that I have always persisted with has been a high regard for its senior diplomats.

28 Dec 2019 1:58 AM IST

(Representational Image)

Football cheer for J&K

This was victory in the literal as well as metaphorical sense for the Real Kashmir team.

28 Dec 2019 1:55 AM IST

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

Army Chief oversteps line by playing politics

No military leader before the present chief has dared to step out of this watertight domain.

28 Dec 2019 1:52 AM IST