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Cover photo of Soft Animal by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Lockdown and the homemaker blues

Well written enough that I got through it without wanting to bang my head against a wall.

11 Jun 2023 12:18 AM IST

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (ANI)

Anita Katyal | Vaishnaw's CM hopes take a hit; Kanhaiya unites...

Since Mr Vaishnaw hails from Raj, the party has drawn up plans to promote him in its election campaign in the desert...

11 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

How do you expect the world to see her newborn glow if you kill it yourself with the klieg light youve turned on her? (Representational Image)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The needy universe of social media...

When parents suck up to their kids in public, the intent needs to be examined

11 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

BSP president Mayawati. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Mayawati: Forgotten leader with a winning poll formula

Mayawati had no political godfathers. Her father worked in the post-office in a village near Dadri in UP

11 Jun 2023 12:00 AM IST

India has invited Pakistans defence minister Khawaja Asif for a SCO defence ministers meeting to be held in New Delhi in April. (File Photo: PTI)

K.C. Singh | SCO summit turns virtual due to its structural flaws

If Covid-19 was still swirling or there was some other emergency or natural disaster, such change could be explained

10 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Farrukh Dhondy | Harry & Meghan might have lost their chance to make a...

Harry has lived with the trauma of that death from his early childhood

10 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a public meeting ahead of Gujarat Assembly elections, in Rajkot, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Is India's middle ground getting more assertive?

The ante has been upped for Narendra Modi, personally, and for his party, generally

9 Jun 2023 12:00 AM IST

File photo of rescue operation following an accident involving Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train, in Balasore district, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | While modernising infra, let's focus on upkeep...

As we inch towards 2024 and the next general election, no surprise that even a deadly train wreck is fodder for...

8 Jun 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Ministers Questions in the House of Commons, London. File Photo: AP/PTI

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Rishi, Suella fuel outsider' fears to remain in...

The spectacle of two ethnic Indian politicians swearing to keep out foreign migrants isn't modern Britain's only...

7 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

Arun Kumar Sinha. (Photo: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | SPG chief put on a curious contractual rollercoaster

The corrected' order ensures Mr Sinha's continued regular service for one year but failed to specify that it superseded...

7 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | The unreality of Akhand Bharat': What we must do to...

The story explained that Akhand Bharat was a concept espoused by Hindutva nationalists

6 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Members in the Lok Sabha during Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Let's move from unitary state to Union of States

The delimitation exercise now underway will reduce the weightage in Parliament of the states that did better

6 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST