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Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visiting US President Ronald Reagan at the White House. (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | When Indian diplomacy left both Moscow & US annoyed

In Washington, the PM was persuaded that the decision to recognise the Polisario should be, well, delayed if not...

29 Nov 2021 2:53 AM IST

It remains to be seen if in the remainder of his term Prime Minister Modi draws the right lessons from the jolt to his leadership given by a few hundred sullen farmers. Representational Image. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The politics of reform: A tutorial for Mr Modi

It is the politics of policymaking that deserves a closer look than the economics of Mr Modi's initiative

29 Nov 2021 2:18 AM IST

An aged-woman holds a copy of the Indian constitution during a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, outside Gandhi ashram in Ahmedabad. (PTI file Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Opp. has done well to snub a hollow Constitution Day'

Jan 26 is the long-consecrated day to celebrate the promulgation of the Constitution. This new celebration on Nov 26 was...

28 Nov 2021 12:57 AM IST

Kulbir Kaur | From menu of faith, reason best chosen

It seems that only those who know how to exploit religion get to draw the winning ticket in the lottery of life

28 Nov 2021 12:31 AM IST

More intriguing is how Mamata Banerjee has used the BSFs territorial expansion to make common cause with Punjab. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Why Didi is on poaching spree; cousins fight a turf war...

Mamata is also in touch with G-23 members, the group of Congress leaders who are known to be unhappy with the way...

28 Nov 2021 12:15 AM IST

More seriously, Brexit has caused a shortage of health service staff from doctors, to nurses, auxiliaries and ambulance drivers. (Representational Image. AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Turning human' migrants into a political weapon: UK...

Some commentators and Twitterers insist that they be called 'humans, not migrants'

27 Nov 2021 2:55 AM IST

Now with all this noise around Vir Das, it has really indeed created two Indias the India that loves Vir Das, and the India that hates him. (AFP)

Shobhaa De | Pick your own Indias, boss! All versions are welcome

Opinions are free bilkul moofat. No tax, nothing

27 Nov 2021 1:33 AM IST

More intriguing is how Mamata Banerjee has used the BSFs territorial expansion to make common cause with Punjab. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Crossing the line: Mamata transforms national role?

By pilfering the BJP's polished spiel rationalising defections as a necessary political move, the TMC is certainly being...

26 Nov 2021 2:30 AM IST

NHAI plans to develop 57 stretches as model national highways. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Niti Aayog performance under review, rejig on cards

The last time Aayog was reconstituted was when current vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar was appointed after the resignation of...

25 Nov 2021 2:55 AM IST

The farmers are hard-nosed realists and they are not sentimental romantic fools like their urban supporters and urban opponents. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Farmers can't be fooled: Govt looks...

The farmers who are now demanding a law which assures MSP are not taking advantage of Mr Modi's goodwill gesture

25 Nov 2021 2:30 AM IST

However casual and cavalier it may have sounded, Mr Modis November 19 address could mark a new beginning. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will repeal of farm laws mark a new beginning?

The manner in which the three laws were hustled through the two Houses of Parliament suggested little respect for...

24 Nov 2021 3:43 AM IST

Seeing social movements as a group that war must be waged against is a preposterous suggestion by Mr Doval. (PTI)

Anita Anand | Civil society: New frontier of internal war in India?

In democracies, civil society holds up a mirror to government, acting as a watchdog, representing the interests of...

24 Nov 2021 3:21 AM IST