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Shobhaa De | The first Samba-Tango in South America

Shobhaa De | The first Samba-Tango in South America

Indians have far more in common with Latin America than the United States -- the neo-colonisers of the twenty-first...

11 March 2023 12:16 AM IST

Ironically, while Pakistans best friends could well walk off without a scratch if things go sideways, the one country that is unlikely to remain unscathed is India. (Representational Image)

Indranil Banerjie | If Pakistan implodes, India has to deal with the...

India needs to respond, but how it does so will depend on the nature of the crisis currently engulfing Pakistan

10 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | To take on BJP, Opposition needs to cut off the ropes'

Any party in the Opposition space the anti-BJP parties or non-BJP parties should ensure that they give their best to...

9 March 2023 12:44 AM IST

On International Womens Day, going beyond clich©s, one must look around, go back in time and analyse to be truly humbled into realising at how much wiser, saner, smarter and productively higher in the ladder of economics the women around us are. (Representational Image)

Sriram Karri | India's women can offer lessons in smart economics

Most modern lessons on diversifying a portfolio would not surprise any Indian household whose economics are steered by...

9 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Indus river in Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. (AP File Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus waters: Yawning gap between threat and reality

World Bank brokered the IWT between India and Pak after many years of intense negotiations to allocate the waters of the...

8 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | SC plans to revisit ruling on remit of HC in WB...

The apex court had ruled that only Delhi HC and no other HC would have jurisdiction to entertain a plea against a...

8 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP workers during celebrations after the partys performance in Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya Assembly polls, at the BJP HQ in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | N-E verdict: Why there's no alternative to Modi

The BJP's success, on its own in Tripura and as a junior alliance partner in Nagaland and Meghalaya, are invaluable to...

7 March 2023 1:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the Raisina Dialogue, in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Aakar Patel | What kind of a developed' nation might we be by 2047

If we expect to grow faster, how and what are we doing or going to do that is different from what we have done since...

7 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Ajay Banga. (AA File Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Secession of the successful: Their passage out of India

Ajay Banga is the latest addition to the long list of overseas Indians, mostly citizens of their host countries, to have...

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST

King Charles (DC File Photo)

Kishwar Desai | More royal family drama looming as coronation nears;...

Jemima Khan has never been out of the public eye.

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST

Apart from tourists and misfits like us, serious shoppers rush past you to get to queues outside the brands of their choice. (Photo By Arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Envy, or schadenfreude? Why I window-shop bling

I know very little about the lives of very rich people and the clothes they wear and accessories they fill their lives...

5 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Delhi Police personnel escort Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia form Rajghat ahead of his questioning by CBI in the liquor policy case, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Anita Katyal | Sisodia arrest well timed; not Gehlot but Pilot has fun...

It was no coincidence that developments in the Manish Sisodia case picked up pace on the day the Congress plenary...

5 March 2023 12:05 AM IST