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Citing the Covid-19 pandemic, the Narendra Modi government says that it cannot be done now. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Why, for the first time in 150 years, India's Census...

Since 1881, even during wars in the past, it has never been postponed

23 Aug 2022 12:07 AM IST

The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807 (Photo: AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | How India got saddled with Aksai Chin mess

The Indian case for ownership of Aksai Chin, or the white desert, rests essentially on the cartographic exertions of a...

23 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

The H-1B programme offers temporary US visas that allow companies to hire highly skilled foreign professionals working in areas with shortages of qualified American workers. (Photo: Representational | File)

Sanjaya Baru | Visa queues get longer as drain becomes a tsunami

The immigration authorities in Canada and Australia have reported unprecedented numbers arriving from India this year

22 Aug 2022 12:34 AM IST

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