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Three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit

Delhi: Congress was in a fix

This is the backdrop to the telling defeats of both the Congress and the BJP recently, including in the just-held...

13 Feb 2020 5:39 AM IST

The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act 2019, that came into force from Monday, provides for a 10 per cent additional reservation for those not eligible earlier. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha approved the bill within a week. So compelling were the provisions an inclusive agenda for the economically weaker sections (EWS) and explicit exclusion of the well-off that all parties were agreed a rare but welcome show of national consensus. (Representational image)

Data, not emotions, to clinch reservations

It's a political question and the answer has to be political.

13 Feb 2020 5:37 AM IST

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: There is human growth beyond plain nature

We are being constantly reminded that the rhythm of our cultural cosmos is fast growing erratic.

12 Feb 2020 4:53 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Cultural bonds to the soil: Who is an Indian and who is a foreigner?

A feature of the pre-Westphalia nations and empires was their shifting borders, as with the Roman and Mauryan or Mughal...

12 Feb 2020 4:50 AM IST

Afzal Guru (Photo: PTI/File)

Looking back at Maqbool, Afzal hangings at Tihar

After Afzal Guru's arrest soon after the Parliament attack, his wife, Tabassum, had applied for clemency.

12 Feb 2020 4:45 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)

Interrogating democracy: Make do with what you have

Authoritarian regimes and illiberal democracies that cloak their rule in democratic garb are excluded from the analysis.

12 Feb 2020 2:36 AM IST

A child dressed as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal holds a blue balloon at the party headquarters in New Delhi on February 11, 2020. (AFP)

In AAP's triumph, a new kind of politics emerges

In many ways, Mr Kejriwal and Mr Modi are both modern politicians of the 21st century.

12 Feb 2020 2:32 AM IST

The proposal, which was scheduled to undergo a final vote on Tuesday, would have deferred sentencing or punishment for sexual assault in cases where there was no physical force and where the victim and perpetrator were married. (Representational Image)

Evening of horrors

The motive of the assault was clear. It was to deter women from participating in co-curricular activities and to keep...

12 Feb 2020 2:29 AM IST

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Time for BJP to reflect after historic Delhi loss

A recent opinion poll had suggested just this in the event of the Lok Sabha polls being held now.

12 Feb 2020 2:25 AM IST

Yoga helps in improving your bodys overall health. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Ekohum Bahusyam - I am one; let me become many

The guru is someone who has walked the path and so has a complete understanding of what you are approaching.

11 Feb 2020 2:03 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Pied Piper' Imran Khan now finds that being PM can be hard work

In fact, it has been one long party thus far: the Prime Minister says he doesn't run a kitchen or own a car.

11 Feb 2020 1:58 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

Nitish almost ditched BJP, backed Cong in 2018'

And now instead of being guided by ideology, it has become an instrument for him to gain his political purposes.

11 Feb 2020 1:53 AM IST