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Pasoori , sung by a 37-year-old Pakistani musician named Ali Sethi, is being talked about as a delightfully subversive performer, since the song is more a metaphor for India and Pakistan tensions than a love song. (Twitter)

Shobhaa De | What does sedition law have to do with Pasoori?

The song is more a metaphor for India and Pakistan tensions than a love song

13 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | How will history remember BoJo: Churchillian' or for...

BoJo fancies himself as a second Winston Churchill with constant posturing about defying Vladimir Putin as Churchill did...

13 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

An Afghan woman is wrapped with a blanket as she and her family camp outside the Directorate of Disaster in Herat, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Is India doing a rethink on role in Afghanistan?

It seems likely that an Indian representation will soon be restored in Kabul, even if this will be small and not at the...

13 May 2022 12:17 AM IST

Ilham Omar, US Democratic Congresswoman. (Twitter)

Maura Moynihan | Ilhan Omar: An American agent of Pakistan-CPC Wahhabi...

Ilhan Omar most certainly advances the agenda of the CPC-Wahhabi lobby

13 May 2022 12:04 AM IST

Apparently, there have been several instances in which the ministry was provided wrong information, either deliberately or negligently, by states. (Representational image/ DC File)

Dilip Cherian | Centre warns officers filing false info on behalf of...

Apparently, the problem has grown alarmingly so that finance secretary T.V. Somanathan had to step in

12 May 2022 1:49 AM IST

Rioters hurl stones and sticks during a communal riot that escalated due to clamping illegal water connection in a religious place in Moti Karanja area of Aurangabad. (photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Violence in Indian life: Can rulers take steps...

Drifting towards bigotry and blinkers, we must bear in mind that there is a domestic as well as an international...

12 May 2022 1:09 AM IST

The Ukraine story will certainly take a turn once the identity of senior Western officials, generals and mercenary groups at Azov are revealed. (Representational Image/ AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Sanctions hit Europe as US wants it weak: Putin adviser

The re-emergence of Russia with the help of friends who don't want Western hegemony, is unacceptable to the West

11 May 2022 12:36 AM IST

Pope Francis. (AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine poses a big crisis for political'...

Political empires and the papacy of course don't sail in the same boat any longer, as was the case in the Middle Ages in...

11 May 2022 12:18 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Fixing issues, not PR alone, may improve India's image

To correct a problem, one has to first acknowledge a problem

10 May 2022 12:51 AM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP)

K.C. Singh | Trade & Ukraine: Modi's fine balance in Europe

Joint statements broadly indicate the mutually perceived vision of future relations

10 May 2022 12:35 AM IST

It is most likely that Prime Minister Modi and home minister Shah will go into a self-congratulatory mode in the belief that they have handled the long-festering Kashmir problem well. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | In J&K, BJP continues to play political...

The Modi government was not satisfied with removing Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir

9 May 2022 12:47 AM IST

South Koreas new leader Yoon Suk Yeol. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | New Prez wants closer Seoul ties with US & India, and to...

Yoon Suk Yeol is considered rather unfamiliar with global affairs and is likely to rely on his trusted advisers to frame...

9 May 2022 12:13 AM IST