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Farrukh Dhondy | On theocracy, secularism, and new truths about the...

Did Jinnah actually foresee the possibility of India's pronounced secular democracy turning into a not-so-secular,...

1 April 2022 11:26 PM IST

U.S. President Joe Biden. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | From Iraq 1991 to Ukraine, America's decline evident

The anxiety about China's rise is now being replaced by something much more complex - the Sino-Russian embrace

31 March 2022 11:27 PM IST

India uses a lot of imported weaponry - traditionally mostly of Russian make, now increasingly American. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Arms bazar now arrives at Delhi's doorstep,...

It is well known that there's no full stop in defence and diplomacy in any era

31 March 2022 11:25 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata's damage control bid to revalidate mandate

Regaining control in a ramshackle organisation, where discipline is low and control is loose and sporadic, is definitely...

31 March 2022 12:53 AM IST

Amarjit Sinha. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | A former adviser to PM secures plum PSEB post

Not only does Mr Sinha fill a key gap in the board, but many have taken it as an optimistic sign

31 March 2022 12:31 AM IST

Gagan Malik. (By Arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Indian actor turns Buddhist monk in Bangkok

The two-week monkhood is behind him, but Malik (now called Asoko) does not seem ready to give it up yet

31 March 2022 12:15 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Biden, Putin and Ukraine peace: Keep God out of...

It's the Cold War all over again, the Great Game that never ceases day and night

30 March 2022 12:34 AM IST

The shortage of working-age people and its unwillingness to alter its immigration policies to attract a more skilled workforce and to draw highly educated technology professionals due to age-old prejudices will cost Europe dearly. (Represenatational Image/ AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | As world is transforming, Europe getting irrelevant

Within two decades, global GDP and power rankings will see substantial changes

29 March 2022 12:52 AM IST

The Indian Army deployed over 50,000 soldiers in Ladakh to counter any threat from the Chinese Army. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Of democracies, dictatorships & transparency

We should consider that India is not a dictatorship and should be using its natural strength as a democracy

29 March 2022 12:34 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Fake history', but slip' in Bridgerton may land on cancel culture...

And in other bad news: there is severe inflation. Households face energy bills four times what they were last year

27 March 2022 11:37 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (via AP)

K.C. Singh | Amid Beijing's overtures, Delhi needs to stand firm

Chinese President Xi Jinping has just six months left for the Communist Party's quinquennial national conference

27 March 2022 11:21 PM IST

Our knowledge of the Cosmos does tell us that colours of the flowers we love look the way they do because our star emits light mainly in the visible range. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Ranjona Banerji | When the tears comfort rather than the flowers

Dealing with grief is hard enough by itself, but often it is others who find your grief harder to deal with

26 March 2022 11:37 PM IST