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Taliban fighters stand guard on the backdrop of shops selling antiques and decorative merchandise at Chicken Street in Kabul on September 26, 2021. The once-bustling hotspot, where aid workers and adventurous tourists would shop for vintage tribal rugs, pottery and metalware, is almost empty of visitors looking for a bargain. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Anand K. Sahay | India's return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue...

The reopening of the embassy in Afghanistan's capital will by no means be a recognition of the Taliban government by...

31 May 2022 11:33 PM IST

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)

Aakar Patel | Failure of India's bureaucrats to stand up for what's...

It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State

31 May 2022 12:31 AM IST

Students walk in formation with the Indian flag during full dress rehearsal. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | From a unitary state to a Union of States

India was never intended to be a saffron-hued monochromatic state, but a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual...

30 May 2022 11:39 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | A forgotten story of 1971: When India's frigate,...

Sadly, the successful intervention has been forgotten, possibly because it was overshadowed by the bigger Bangladesh war...

30 May 2022 6:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during the programme at Indian School of Business campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. (Photo by arrangement)

Sanjaya Baru | From politics to business: All eyes are on Hyderabad

Hyderabad has been used to attracting national and international attention for a long time

30 May 2022 6:54 AM IST

I padded about happily on my naked-as-the-day-they-were-born feet, as if on a sunny beach, and felt an incredible sense of freedom that no censorious glance could stymie. (Representational Image/ By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | The happy looser's cheerful musings

Let sandals snap and house keys hide, false friends fall away and gossip abide

29 May 2022 12:29 AM IST

The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Gyanvapi puts focus on truth and reconciliation

A wrong turn of events at the wrong time can change the future evolution of nations

29 May 2022 12:22 AM IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Surjewala in key panel surprising; tofu and walnuts for...

It would be worth finding out if doctors recommend the same diet for other inmates with a similar medical condition

28 May 2022 11:54 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Something's on in the sea near you: Maldives Chalo!

China's 'loan and own' strategy seems to have backfired in this piece of paradise which lies in the Indian Ocean

28 May 2022 12:49 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo broke all the rules, but will stay, there's no...

Perhaps the Sue Gray report should be labelled 'fifty shades of shame'

28 May 2022 12:23 AM IST

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi addresses party leaders during the partys Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir, in Udaipur. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Can Congress do a reboot, and get back in the game?

For a party in serious need of repair, this is a fair enough start, though clearly more needs to happen

27 May 2022 6:59 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Pro-IAS tilt in promotions leaves all other services...

The move has created a gap of six years between parallel ranks in the IAS and IPS, and IPS officers are upset at this...

26 May 2022 3:09 AM IST