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Armando Iannucci

Death of Stalin: When tragedy becomes farce

According to Rinzai Zen, sudden enlightenment could be achieved, possibly after self-cultivation spread over many...

31 May 2018 12:51 AM IST

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha also demanded that the elections be countermanded and fresh polls be declared by the State Election Commission. (Representational image)

EC must restore credibility

The VVPATs' failure rate exceeding 20 per cent is a symptom of the disease, that is technical in nature and can be...

31 May 2018 12:42 AM IST

Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Pranab Mukherjee and RSS: See what he says

The RSS' genuine big moment was when it bagged Jayaprakash Narayan.

31 May 2018 12:41 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Try to be a listener; hearing isn't enough

It requires certain maturity, openness to understanding values and points of view very different from our own.

30 May 2018 1:26 AM IST

Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Asad Durrani.

Spy chiefs & the quest for peace

The book is a discussion including agreements and differences larded with riveting banter between the former spy chiefs...

30 May 2018 1:25 AM IST

Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strips border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Is the Cold War starting all over again?

To a watching world it was a graphic demonstration of iron-fisted crowd control by the Israeli security forces, circa...

30 May 2018 1:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

After swings and hugs, some realism returns

Relations with Pakistan represent a major policy failure.

30 May 2018 1:21 AM IST

Section 144 which was imposed last week was lifted off on Sunday and the Sterlites copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi was permanently shut down on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Sterlite: SC will take call

The land allotted for doubling the plant's capacity, which would have made Sterlite India's top copper producer, was...

30 May 2018 1:19 AM IST

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj with minister of state V.K. Singh in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

India's foreign policy: So much left unsaid

The external affairs minister holds an annual press conference, but these are, in reality, events without updates.

30 May 2018 1:17 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Everything or nothing

The Bible has some characters who give up everything worldly in order to attain something spiritual or something of...

29 May 2018 6:53 AM IST

Archbishop of Delhi Anil Couto (Photo: Youtube screengrab)

Church and State: There's a long history

Archbishop of Delhi could be defended or rejected, depending on which angle you are looking at.

29 May 2018 6:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina share a laugh after a signing of agreements in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Modi, Hasina & Didi: Teesta on their mind

It is significant that Sheikh Hasina made the time to meet Mamata Banerjee separately and alone.

29 May 2018 2:55 AM IST