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What would I have done if my own parting had happened now? Instead of writing weekly letters in longhand or waiting for the monthly one-hour tapes of her life in cold, distant Boston, would we have video-called each other three times a day? (Photo: Pixabay)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The uninterrupted cigarette of love

Nothing defines love, or for that matter allows you to experience love in its elemental sense, than bittersweet...

2 July 2022 11:22 PM IST

A Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Kharkiv outskirts, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko)

Saeed Naqvi | Most US allies are getting tired of a prolonged war in...

That Russia was consistently 'provoked' has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US Senate voted in favour of Nato...

2 July 2022 11:08 PM IST

NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu while filing her nomination papers for presidential election, in New Delhi, Friday, June 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Back Murmu for Prez: It's a big social shift for...

If someone from such a background is elevated to the presidency, will it be such a bad thing when we consider India's...

1 July 2022 11:50 PM IST

Britains home secretary Priti Patel attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Will BoJo and his chamchi Clueless get me deported to...

The irony, gentle readers, is devastating and one would cry if one didn't laugh

1 July 2022 11:39 PM IST

People pay their respects to slain Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was allegedly killed by two Muslim men for supporting a former spokeswoman of the railing Bharatiya Janta Party for her remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, in Udaipur on June 30, 2022. (AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | It's time to reclaim our minds, dial down hate

The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society

1 July 2022 12:04 AM IST

K.C. Singh | A fine balance? Liberalism on lips; realpolitik at home

K.C. Singh | A fine balance? Liberalism on lips; realpolitik at home

The G-7 faced especially acute challenges this year as the global effects of Covid-19 pandemic have been compounded by...

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Like a meteor': An IAS officer's reminiscences...

NTR was above pettiness and parochialism, as his vision of Telugu Ganga, one purpose of which was to supply drinking...

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

Ruchira Kamboj (Image credit: Wikipedia)

Dilip Cherian | Protocol chief background to help India's new UN...

Like good wine, protocol often sets the mood and creates the right atmospherics for the serious diplomatic business that...

29 Jun 2022 7:24 AM IST

A woman runs from a house thats on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | If Ukraine war goes on, no return to status...

We can only hope that the present doesn't emulate the past to make the future murkier, darker and dirtier

29 Jun 2022 7:15 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | Courts, even SC, shouldn't be the only place to go to...

The courts are important, but they are not the only place where citizens' rights can be defended or claimed

27 Jun 2022 11:50 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Rajnath Singh & Amit Shah, BJP National President J P Nadda and NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu during the filing of Murmus nomination papers for presidential election, at Parliament House, in New Delhi, Friday, June 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Will Murmu remember the unkept promises to tribals?

Like indigenous people around the globe, India's adivasis too have been savaged and ravaged by later people claiming to...

27 Jun 2022 11:39 PM IST

In barely three years, Adani has gained control of seven airports and almost a quarter of Indias air traffic. (Bloomberg)

Sanjaya Baru | Indian business in need of neighbourhood diplomacy

Corporate controversies in distant developing countries do not make waves in the Indian media

26 Jun 2022 9:41 PM IST