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Anita Anand | UP panel’s bid to keep women ‘safe’ appears to be misguided

Anita Anand | UP panel’s bid to keep women ‘safe’ appears to be...

There has recently been a brouhaha over a proposal tabled by the Uttar Pradesh State Women’s Commission to...

27 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us too

Aakar Patel | India visa ops’ disruption in Bangladesh is hurting us...

India and Bangladesh share deep-rooted bonds of history, language, culture, and multitude of other...

26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Each election is different: No single formula fits all

Shikha Mukerjee | Each election is different: No single formula fits...

The results of the high-profile Assembly elections in Maharashtra and the less-conspicuous Jharkhand election...

26 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

Sanjaya Baru | NDA triumph in Maha will stabilise Modi’s leadership

Sanjaya Baru | NDA triumph in Maha will stabilise Modi’s leadership

If New Delhi is India’s national capital, Mumbai is the financial capital. Political control of both cities is...

25 Nov 2024 12:00 AM IST

Kishwar Desai | Storm Bert, Xmas ads engulf UK; Joy honours IVF nurse Jean Purdy

Kishwar Desai | Storm Bert, Xmas ads engulf UK; Joy honours IVF nurse...

London may not be as bad as up North where snow and floods are expected, but it is cold enough, brrrrr. Of...

25 Nov 2024 12:00 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Atishi, Sisodia may change their seats; EAM plays squash & breathes cricket

Anita Katyal | Atishi, Sisodia may change their seats; EAM plays...

Now that the Jharkhand and Maharashtra Assembly polls are over, the next electoral battleground is all set to...

24 Nov 2024 2:10 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two photographs, two last goodbyes

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two photographs, two last goodbyes

The other day, I got a couple of pictures from an old school friend whom I hadn’t heard from in a while. ...

24 Nov 2024 1:58 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Casinos, beef, prohibition: Get off the moral pedestal

Pavan K. Varma | Casinos, beef, prohibition: Get off the moral...

Elections will come and go, and our great democracy will run on, but at the social level — and not unrelated...

24 Nov 2024 1:28 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Chump returns! Democracy sets off nightmares across the globe

Farrukh Dhondy | Chump returns! Democracy sets off nightmares across...

“O Bachchoo, astrologers will tell you Mars Will open closed doors on your next day Though we know...

23 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5 trillion dreams

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5...

India aspires to become a $5 trillion economy, the third largest in the world, in the next five years. But...

23 Nov 2024 12:02 AM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Help citizens of Nagaland, don’t worry about new Muivah threats

Pradeep C. Nair | Help citizens of Nagaland, don’t worry about new...

The media was abuzz recently with the statement NSCN(I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah saying that the...

22 Nov 2024 12:12 AM IST

Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil

Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil

In the full-scale ethnic war between the Meiteis and the Kukis that Manipur has been witnessing since May 3,...

22 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST