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Secularism is not mere tolerance of other faiths, but a belief in modern values and reason. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Mohan Guruswamy | How Hindus and Muslims misunderstood secularism

Sensitivity to each other's feelings and aspirations has to be a mutual affair

21 May 2022 12:52 AM IST

Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Which is the real War on the West'? By Putin & Trump,...

Indian historians have been rewriting and telling the truth about colonial history for at least a century

21 May 2022 12:22 AM IST

Villagers wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Hojai district of Indias Assam state on May 19, 2022. (Photo:AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate crisis to be India's biggest threat...

One reason wheat prices have shot up has to do with the intense heatwave that struck parts of India from March

20 May 2022 12:15 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi (AFP file photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Rahul's role as Congress' heir not at all apparent

It was obvious long before and reconfirmed after political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm but polite refusal of...

19 May 2022 12:12 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Cool-off debate rages on amid MNC absorbing senior...

The recent appointment of Archana Goyal Gulati, former member of Niti Aayog and CCI, at Google, has revived the old...

19 May 2022 12:04 AM IST

An Indian policeman throws brick chips at Kashmiri protesters during a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir. Government forces fired tear gas to stop demonstrations after separatists called for protests against a police raid in a college in which at least 50 students were injured on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | To stop all political misuse, speedy police...

As recent events demonstrate, every party prefers having the law enforcers acting as a private militia

18 May 2022 12:40 AM IST

Two men were arrested for allegedly preparing fake Aadhaar and voter ID cards (Representational image)

Aakar Patel | Sedition not the only law that should go. There are many...

Once it dawns on the judiciary that some laws are out of place in a 21st century democracy, then problematic laws will...

17 May 2022 1:52 AM IST

Sri Lankas President, Gotobaya Rajapaksa. (Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Sri Lanka, India & China: The Great Game resumes

India has a great opportunity to rebuild its hold on maritime neighbourhood, when the Opposition has begun an anti-India...

17 May 2022 12:49 AM IST

Prashant Kishor. (DC file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | The Mahatma Brand: From Nehru to Prashant Kishor

The Indian National Congress was the first political party, inspired by the Mahatma, to successfully launch itself as a...

16 May 2022 12:13 AM IST

The divisiveness and bigotry so unleashed acquires a momentum of its own. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | India isn't Sri Lanka, but must draw lessons

India is facing major problems of unemployment and inflation

15 May 2022 12:42 AM IST

Kapil Sibal (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Anita Katyal | Why Sibal is not at Udaipur; Cong in Nagaland bonds...

It is possibly for the same reason that Mr Sibal decided not to attend the Congress chintan shivir at Udaipur

15 May 2022 12:18 AM IST

The Sankat Mochan Hanuman temple in Kashi, said to have been established by Goswami Tulsidas himself in the sixteenth century, maintains the tradition of pleasing Lord Hanuman through music. (Twitter)

Shailaja Khanna | What makes this festival in Kashi a treat for the...

Performing at the temple is not easy the recitals are interrupted by temple rituals at midnight and the break of dawn

15 May 2022 12:12 AM IST