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Shobhaa De | ‘Neta Turkeys’ Call Shots In India’s Thanksgiving!

Shobhaa De | ‘Neta Turkeys’ Call Shots In India’s Thanksgiving!

Legend has it that the tradition began in 1621 in New England, as a harvest feast shared by the Plymouth colonists after...

28 Nov 2025 10:44 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Trouble Grows For Farage’s Reform… As Childhood Past Now Haunts Nigel | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Trouble Grows For Farage’s Reform… As...

It's now a leading British “public” school in London, which P.G. Wodehouse, among others, went to. Nigel Farage was...

28 Nov 2025 10:32 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Iran Waits in the Shadows: Is a Fresh Flareup Coming?

Syed Ata Hasnain | Iran Waits in the Shadows: Is a Fresh Flareup...

The confrontation between Iran and Israel earlier this year was brief but searing, a reminder that the Middle East’s...

27 Nov 2025 10:20 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Naya Raipur to Become ‘Delhi’ for a Weekend

Dilip Cherian | Naya Raipur to Become ‘Delhi’ for a Weekend

For three days, Naya Raipur is set to cosplay as a “mini-PMO”, complete with the full weight of India’s security...

27 Nov 2025 10:08 PM IST

Voters show thier ID cards before casting vote for the Rajori Gardens Assembly seat. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

Shikha Mukerjee | Resolve Migration Issue To Tackle ‘Illegals’ Crisis

Special voter revision sparks worry over deleted names and migrant policy

26 Nov 2025 10:41 PM IST

Skand Tayal | Japan’s Ties With China Worsening Amid Flareup on Taiwan Remarks

Skand Tayal | Japan’s Ties With China Worsening Amid Flareup on Taiwan...

Beijing issues sharp warnings as Tokyo seeks damage control amid tensions

26 Nov 2025 10:19 PM IST

WIDE ANGLE | What The Election Results Mean: See Tripura Example & What It May Signal | Saeed Naqvi

WIDE ANGLE | What The Election Results Mean: See Tripura Example &...

One day my neighbour in South Delhi, a former Tripura DGP, B.L. Vohra, dropped in. He was wrapped up in nostalgia about...

25 Nov 2025 11:55 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | From 26/11 to Delhi 10/11: Terror Raises Bar In India

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | From 26/11 to Delhi 10/11: Terror Raises Bar...

The suicide mission was undertaken with the detonation of a “chemical weapon” at the Red Fort-Chandni Chowk confluence...

25 Nov 2025 11:45 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Is Kashmir Times Targeted Because It Is Standing Up For J&K’s Rights?

Aakar Patel | Is Kashmir Times Targeted Because It Is Standing Up For...

On June 2, 2020, the Narendra Modi government announced “New Media Policy 2020”, a policy that was specific to Kashmir....

24 Nov 2025 10:55 PM IST

Reflections | Can South Asia Prosper With India-Pak Détente? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

Reflections | Can South Asia Prosper With India-Pak Détente? | Sunanda...

Pakistan’s armed forces are only between two-and-a-half to three times smaller than India’s, having been built up at the...

24 Nov 2025 10:03 PM IST

Anita Anand | Global Citizens: The Antidote To Identity Politics

Anita Anand | Global Citizens: The Antidote To Identity Politics

In Mr Mamdani’s victory, even more so. He’s young (indicating inexperience), says he’s Muslim (highlighting the Other),...

23 Nov 2025 10:12 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | A Mind In Fear In India of Gandhi and Tagore | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | A Mind In Fear In India of Gandhi and Tagore | Sanjaya...

It was the free flow of modern science into colonial India that enabled a C.V. Raman to earn a Nobel Prize and a...

23 Nov 2025 9:56 PM IST