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US has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo: File/AP)

Authoritarianism is growing

When cornered on the Khashoggi issue as he is a permanent US resident, President Donald Trump said an inquiry will be...

13 Oct 2018 1:58 AM IST

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Rafale: Govt needs to disclose all key facts

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ordered the government to submit to it in a sealed cover documents on the selection...

13 Oct 2018 1:56 AM IST

If the world runs out of human intelligence, love and compassion, the need for war could be taken away to a large extent. (Representational Images)

Mystic Mantra: Spirituality in the leadership

Everybody is trying to conquer somebody. Today, technology empowers all kinds of fools.

12 Oct 2018 2:06 AM IST

Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist

The disappearance' of Khashoggi: For Saudis, little real change likely

Khashoggi welcomed the Arab Spring in 2011 as a renaissance in the Arab political order.

12 Oct 2018 2:05 AM IST

Poet-Social activist Varavara Rao

The force of a dissenting verdict

In his dissenting verdict, Justice Chandrachud disagreed with the views of then Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice...

12 Oct 2018 2:03 AM IST

Later, he realised he had intruded into a marriage ceremony and silently left the place.

Halt arranged marriages, people will be much happier

It is no surprise that divorce has become far more prevalent, though not less stigmatised, than it used to be.

12 Oct 2018 2:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

When coalition maths goes far off the mark

The ostensible Hindu vote of the BJP is the BJP's eternally.

12 Oct 2018 1:59 AM IST

Nakkheeran Gopal

Abuse of power by TN government

The fact the police complaint came from Raj Bhavan is a clear pointer to the abuse of power by the governor.

12 Oct 2018 1:57 AM IST

China could have a larger share of the Indian market than earlier, provided it plays fair.

Curious bid by China to win Indian support

Now that China's trade with the US is set to shrink in the near future, there are good arguments for India and China to...

12 Oct 2018 1:52 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Seek the love within

We look for fulfillment in the outer loves of this world, which may give us transient joy for a while.

11 Oct 2018 12:51 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)

#MeToo is a game-changer that can realign the scales of power

The current barrage of allegations against the former editor, author and politician are another story altogether.

11 Oct 2018 12:51 AM IST

An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is immersed in a lake. (Photo: AP)

Tradition: The dead faith of the living

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown that he can appropriate other personas, as he has done with Mahatma Gandhi now.

11 Oct 2018 12:44 AM IST