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Late Lalita Khanna. (DC Image)

Shailaja Khanna | Thank you, Mother, for the clarity and the music

Listening to musicians with her was a unique experience as she pointed out aspects of the music that no one else did

12 Dec 2021 3:05 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP)

Pavan K. Varma | Why it is dangerous to be Indian in Modi's India

Ultimately, whether in Hinduism or in Islam, the real enemies of dialogue are the bigoted

12 Dec 2021 1:59 AM IST

Home minister Amit Shah, the NDA convener. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | All's not well in NDA family; Scindia, Diggi pull no...

No one can recall when the meeting of the NDA was last convened

12 Dec 2021 1:19 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | The power of imagination: Science, myths must...

Epics, myths, narratives enrich the imagination and a culture. Science merely and heroically endeavours to understand...

10 Dec 2021 11:47 PM IST

Firemen and rescue workers stand next to the debris of an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter crash site in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on December 8, 2021. (Photo:AFP)

Shobha De | Copter crash: Too many questions unanswered

Far too many unanswered questions arise about the dramatic crash, that may never be answered convincingly

10 Dec 2021 11:46 PM IST

Defense personnel carry a flag-draped casket of Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed forces Bipin Rawat at Palam airport in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Rawat death a blow: Stick to unified...

India is moving towards a unified command of all the three wings of the defence services for the first time

10 Dec 2021 2:33 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Shadow boxing over Aadhaar seems puzzling

Suspension of Indian Forest Service officer Bennichen Thomas by the Kerala govt has created a row between the Centre and...

9 Dec 2021 9:40 AM IST

Police guard an area after 14 civilians were killed by Indian security forces over the weekend in Mon district, Nagaland (Photo by AFP)

Wasbir Hussain | Nagaland firing's fallout: Spotlight back on AFSPA

During the past few days following the Mon incident, the chorus for the repeal of AFSPA has been growing across the...

9 Dec 2021 9:14 AM IST

Thousands of schoolchildren in India have regressed disturbingly in the past one and a half years. (Representational Image. DC Image)

Devi Kar | Going back to normal' in the classroom sets off fresh fears

With every fresh discovery of a new variant, a frisson of fear is now felt across the world

8 Dec 2021 3:03 AM IST

The diaspora would not have swollen to more than 30 million if Indians had found India a more attractive place to live in. (Representational Image. AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | New messiahs of diaspora: India's success or...

The answer to the dilemma lies at home

8 Dec 2021 2:50 AM IST

President Joe Biden is not off the mark when he says that the challenge to liberal democracy as a system of governance is not yet over, nor perhaps shall ever be so. (Representational Image. AP)

K.C Singh | Biden red lines' welcome in global democracy push

A debate among political scientists has been persisting for some time over the state of democracies globally

7 Dec 2021 2:17 AM IST

Twenty-three crore Indians fell into poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic and the unemployment rate, which had already reached a post-1947 high of six per cent by 2018, remains there. (Representational Image. PTI)

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems...

The state today has no democracy and is the only Indian state/Union territory without an elected government

7 Dec 2021 1:57 AM IST