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Every political party recruits, trains and richly rewards barking canines who spout hatred and cause irreparable rifts. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Shobhaa De | Friends with fringe' benefits come with a huge price tag

History has demonstrated over and over again that all it takes for mighty empires to crumble and fall is one fatal...

11 Jun 2022 3:42 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why royalty in Britain works: Few in favour of a...

In the last week, for three officially designated days, Britain celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

11 Jun 2022 12:13 AM IST

Infant mortality is the end-result of a whole chain of interlinked ground-level challenges. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's infant mortality rate isn't a fringe...

The latest data from the Registrar-General of India shows that India's infant mortality rate is 28 (28 infant deaths per...

10 Jun 2022 2:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a video conference as he releases benefits under the PM CARES for Children Scheme. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can't be an option: Why Modi must leash...

The suspension of Nupur Sharma was an empty gesture

10 Jun 2022 1:54 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Centre faces calls to shift Mizoram chief secy, bring...

For some time now, major civil society groups in the state have been campaigning with the Centre to replace the state's...

9 Jun 2022 12:53 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Ukraine: Reflections on termination of conflict

This war has seen least transparency in information

9 Jun 2022 12:06 AM IST

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. (AP)

Anita Anand | Depp-Heard saga: Intimate Partner Violence extracts a...

While both men and women can be victims of IPV, women are more likely to sustain serious injuries and be killed by men

8 Jun 2022 7:02 AM IST

This mismatch is reflected in the unattractive quality of life for the vast majority of Indians, the result of persistently insufficient attention to factors like housing, hospitals, schools, public transport, hygiene, sanitation and the environment. (Representational Image/ DC)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why (some) Indians are in a rush to stop being...

Perhaps there's a certain mismatch between India's rhetoric and reality

8 Jun 2022 6:47 AM IST

The framers of Indias Constitution and its Constituent Assembly deliberately and wisely rejected pleas by an articulate minority for a presidential system. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | 15% rule: Size of Cabinets and the 91st Amendment

The real problem is that with unlimited ministerships on offer, the destabilisation of governments was made easier

7 Jun 2022 12:44 AM IST

While Pakistan attempted to secularise, India has gone the other away. (Reresentational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | From secular to communal: The changing story of India &...

Today, there is no Muslim chief minister in India for the first time since 1947

7 Jun 2022 12:44 AM IST

Indian delegation led by MEA Joint Secretary (PAI) J.P. Singh during their visit to see Indian developmental projects, in Kabul, Thursday, June 2, 2022. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | The Kashmir factor and the outreach to Taliban

The crux of the problem is the BJP's handling of Kashmir

6 Jun 2022 12:33 AM IST

There was the Platinum Party at Buckingham Palace with singers like Diana Ross, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran and composers such as Andrew Llyod Weber which drew at least 22,000 people and provided a foot tapping history of pop music past and present. (Reuters)

Kishwar Desai | Queen's Platinum Jubilee takes on a Bollywood touch...

Indians were in full flow at the 6,000 street parties all over the country

6 Jun 2022 12:03 AM IST