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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Politics in the age of TV: Ex-PM Abbasi leads the pack

With Khan, there was, and continues to be, a greater level of comfort and a sense of equality.

4 March 2020 3:03 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Bengal war: Just political smarts won't be enough

As much as other issues, parliamentary democracy in a multi-party federal State will also be on trial.

4 March 2020 3:00 AM IST

Only an impartial inquiry into the Delhi riots, which brought about a recrudescence of communal violence not seen for a couple of decades, would help dispel the notion that the instigators would get away. (PTI)

Don't blame Iran

Majoritarianism would be seen to prevail once again prevail if those who spewed inflammatory speeches go scot-free.

4 March 2020 2:55 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi

No more than a trick to sidetrack, chill riot flak

As the PM himself on Tuesday confirmed, he would leave social media only for a day.

4 March 2020 2:52 AM IST

People today are trying to broaden their minds, which may make one socially successful, not truly successful. If you want to be truly successful, you must be able to see everything just the way it is, without distortions.

Mystic Mantra: What decides our success?

It is quite disturbing for me that someone's sickness is a lucrative business, because you would not want everyone to...

4 March 2020 2:40 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi

Delhi riot, Halle synagogue attack prove bigotry is a handy state...

A sting operation comes to mind. It was conducted by an intrepid journalist on one of the leading mob heads in Gujarat.

4 March 2020 2:33 AM IST

PMK grasps cinema's power, belatedly

The 2014 statement was on Ramadoss's pet peeve: Fake register marriages used to extort money from parents of innocent...

4 March 2020 2:30 AM IST

Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Viewing the Afghan prism with new eyes

For the most part, the Taliban has been viewed in India as a dangerous terrorist group which is in cahoots with...

3 March 2020 7:06 AM IST

BJP leader Kapil Mishra

Murder, he wrote

In countless videos we see the police escorting mobs of Hindutva extremists who proudly boast of the police's support.

3 March 2020 7:04 AM IST

Indian captain Virat Kohli reacts as he bowls on day three of the second Test cricket match between New Zealand and India at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. AFP photo

Grass undoes Indian batsmen

As batsmen oscillated between periods of stubborn defence and flashes of wild strokes, the fast bowlers hastened their...

3 March 2020 7:01 AM IST

Trinamul Congress leaders protest over Delhi violence at Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

BJP now brings hate & division to Bengal

The government has not yet offered a cohesive answer as to why it was not able to anticipate or contain the violence.

3 March 2020 6:59 AM IST

Empathy is the ability to understand what others think and feel, and to respond to their thoughts and feelings with appropriate emotions. Individuals who feel empathy experience greater happiness and make friends more easily.

Mystic Mantra: Why we need an empathy revolution

The empathy that society needs is not a form that comes from superiority, but one that is born from a profound humility.

3 March 2020 3:02 AM IST