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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

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Language of Love

When people from diverse linguistic backgrounds need to communicate with each other, they will find ways

5 Jun 2022 12:59 AM IST

What we must first do is disabuse ourselves of any fanciful nations that India either has strategic interests or can be a player in Afghanistan. (Representational Image/ Bloomberg)

Manish Tewari | Does India have strategic interests in Afghanistan?

The fact is that India has been a bit player in Afghanistan since 1979

5 Jun 2022 12:36 AM IST

Elections for the 60-member Manipur Assembly are taking place in two phases, that is, February 28 and March 5. (Photo: PTI/File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | RS polls: A chance to wean out old-timers,...

Politics of fairly high stakes are being played out by various parties in choosing candidates for the Upper House

4 Jun 2022 12:54 AM IST

Recently, the local government of the city of Grantham in Lincolnshire, UK, spent Â£300,000 on a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britains first woman Prime Minister. (Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | The rewriting of history: How do toppling of statues...

All statues commemorate some real, legendary or imagined virtue

4 Jun 2022 12:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of us' and them': The myths and the...

Hindutva is spoken beneath the breath by the leadership but in high decibels by supporters

3 Jun 2022 12:21 AM IST

Hardik Patel (PTI pic)

Sunil Gatade | The Gujarat extraction': Hardik's journey to BJP

Hardik bidding goodbye to the Congress over a week ago had not come as a surprise, much less shock

2 Jun 2022 12:53 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Fiscal advisers may get to have a larger say in...

Financial advisers are a crucial interface between ministries and the expenditure department

2 Jun 2022 12:09 AM IST

Kapil Sibal (Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | To save Congress, its state units could take own...

The idea of the Congress does not come in one shape or size; Sonia Gandhi and her court are but one of the entities...

1 Jun 2022 12:29 AM IST