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Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the nation on the 72nd Independence Day. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

PM's I-Day speech aimed at 2019 polls

The PM's address made it plain that Mr Modi will go hell for leather in winning the next election.

16 Aug 2018 2:27 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Doklam parallel seen in '67 Nathu La skirmish

China is trying to encircle India using blue-water tactics with a string of pearls strategy.

15 Aug 2018 2:43 AM IST

VS Naipaul (Photo: AFP)

Without his racism and controversial worldviews, there is no Naipaul...

That dark ink which flowed in his veins sprung from the sad, inescapable whiteness of the universe, the sad, sad...

15 Aug 2018 2:36 AM IST

In the Catholic catechism we are taught that the purpose of our existence is to know, serve and love God and to be happy with him hereafter.

Mystic Mantra: Freedom from to freedom for

It laid a solid foundation in the life of the new nation as well as crowned us with dignity and self-respect.

15 Aug 2018 2:27 AM IST

Addressing the press conference, Imran Khan said: I came into politics 22 years ago because I believed that the potential of our country was not being realised. The Pakistan that I saw growing up deteriorated in front of my very eyes. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Will Pakistan's middle class bosses trigger new soft coup?

Middle-class voters alone didn't ensure the PTI's win. The party co-opted many traditional electables.

15 Aug 2018 1:35 AM IST

We live in many Indias: A reality check will help

Pakistan is trying to move away from the toxic notion of a Muslim Pakistan.

15 Aug 2018 1:27 AM IST

MK Stalin and MK Alagiri

Rebellion emerges in DMK

As non-BJP parties, the DMK and AIADMK have earlier been kingmakers or useful allies in Delhi.

15 Aug 2018 1:24 AM IST

BJP national President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Joint polls an idea that faces a sea of hurdles

In a letter to the Law Commission on Monday, BJP chief Amit Shah pushed it with greater fervour.

15 Aug 2018 1:22 AM IST

On the way home we discussed the fact that there was a Parsi graveyard at all. Brits would not have looked kindly on Parsis setting up a Tower of Silence where vultures could eat the corpses of their dead.

A grave Sunday visit

Of course, the surnames on the Parsi graves are familiar.

14 Aug 2018 1:38 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: What is real freedom?

Viewing the present chaos rampant in the name of freedom it will be useful to go into the depth of the true meaning of...

14 Aug 2018 12:22 AM IST

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018)

Dread and relief over Naipaul's biography

Naipaul's ardour for innovation became apparent when he wrote that things are happeningâ€ in India.

14 Aug 2018 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

BJP and caste politics: A rabbit waits in the hat

The government could use the report to re-categorise the OBCs by providing quotas within the 27 per cent reservations as...

14 Aug 2018 12:14 AM IST