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Congress leaders Ambika Soni, Pawan Bansal and others during the partys ceremony for the hoisting of the National Flag on the occasion of 76th Independence Day. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Ambika may run for Cong top job; Arif's head on the...

When Ambika Soni unfurled national flag at the AICC HQ on Aug 15 in place of Sonia Gandhi who is down with Covid, it led...

22 Aug 2022 12:32 AM IST

The BJPs door-to-door campaign drew sharp criticism from the rivals. (ANI representational)

Pavan K Varma | Do not weaponise the Uniform Civil Code

It is a pity that the BJP has essentially made Uniform Civil Code a weapon to target specific religious communities

21 Aug 2022 7:19 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | To India, With Love

Shreya Sen-Handley | To India, With Love

To paraphrase that popular maxim, you can take the girl out of India, but you can't take India out of the girl!

21 Aug 2022 12:17 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day, in New Delhi on Aug 15, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Theatre of the Absurd: At 75, promising miracles

In India, we have countless award-winning thespians, not all of them professional actors. Some of our Nautanki Netas can...

20 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | The targeting of Salman Rushdie: Shadow of the 1989...

The 24-year-old Lebanese Muslim, Hadi Matar, has been charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

20 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

A file photo of Red Fort. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Mohan Guruswamy | How did we do in 75 years? Clearly, better than most

If India were to be horizontally sliced by income, it can be said to be three overlaid countries

18 Aug 2022 11:53 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day at the Red Fort, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug 15, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Can India be a developed nation before it gets...

India, acting internationally as a pragmatic, non-preachy, middle power would be new for its citizens

18 Aug 2022 12:30 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | To fight image problem, UP babus told to scan local...

What's behind this sudden urge of the Yogi Sarkar to scrutinise news emerging from the grassroots?

18 Aug 2022 12:06 AM IST

European Union flags are seen in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. (AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine is a better fit for EU than Britain...

Unlike Britain, Ukraine, which feels that it has paid in blood for membership, sees Europe as its political and cultural...

17 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)

Aakar Patel | Amrit Mahotsav: Do we celebrate past, or what we'll...

Have we done enough economically to pass on something meaningful to the next generation?

16 Aug 2022 12:18 AM IST

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student in the age group of 12 to 14 years, at a vaccination centre, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrakant Lahariya | At 75, time to focus on a healthier India@100

While health has got a lot of attention in the pandemic period there is a need for health to continue to be a sustained...

16 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

Rishi Sunak & Liz Truss

Kishwar Desai | Only William-Kate smelling like roses; The Rishi and...

Rishi Sunak finds himself in an unfamiliar rank of being second, while Liz Truss is slowly moving up

15 Aug 2022 12:14 AM IST