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What we must first do is disabuse ourselves of any fanciful nations that India either has strategic interests or can be a player in Afghanistan. (Representational Image/ Bloomberg)

Manish Tewari | Does India have strategic interests in Afghanistan?

The fact is that India has been a bit player in Afghanistan since 1979

5 Jun 2022 12:36 AM IST

Elections for the 60-member Manipur Assembly are taking place in two phases, that is, February 28 and March 5. (Photo: PTI/File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | RS polls: A chance to wean out old-timers,...

Politics of fairly high stakes are being played out by various parties in choosing candidates for the Upper House

4 Jun 2022 12:54 AM IST

Recently, the local government of the city of Grantham in Lincolnshire, UK, spent Â£300,000 on a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britains first woman Prime Minister. (Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | The rewriting of history: How do toppling of statues...

All statues commemorate some real, legendary or imagined virtue

4 Jun 2022 12:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Politics of us' and them': The myths and the...

Hindutva is spoken beneath the breath by the leadership but in high decibels by supporters

3 Jun 2022 12:21 AM IST

Hardik Patel (PTI pic)

Sunil Gatade | The Gujarat extraction': Hardik's journey to BJP

Hardik bidding goodbye to the Congress over a week ago had not come as a surprise, much less shock

2 Jun 2022 12:53 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Fiscal advisers may get to have a larger say in...

Financial advisers are a crucial interface between ministries and the expenditure department

2 Jun 2022 12:09 AM IST

Kapil Sibal (Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | To save Congress, its state units could take own...

The idea of the Congress does not come in one shape or size; Sonia Gandhi and her court are but one of the entities...

1 Jun 2022 12:29 AM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard on the backdrop of shops selling antiques and decorative merchandise at Chicken Street in Kabul on September 26, 2021. The once-bustling hotspot, where aid workers and adventurous tourists would shop for vintage tribal rugs, pottery and metalware, is almost empty of visitors looking for a bargain. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Anand K. Sahay | India's return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue...

The reopening of the embassy in Afghanistan's capital will by no means be a recognition of the Taliban government by...

31 May 2022 11:33 PM IST

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)

Aakar Patel | Failure of India's bureaucrats to stand up for what's...

It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State

31 May 2022 12:31 AM IST

Students walk in formation with the Indian flag during full dress rehearsal. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | From a unitary state to a Union of States

India was never intended to be a saffron-hued monochromatic state, but a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual...

30 May 2022 11:39 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | A forgotten story of 1971: When India's frigate,...

Sadly, the successful intervention has been forgotten, possibly because it was overshadowed by the bigger Bangladesh war...

30 May 2022 6:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during the programme at Indian School of Business campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. (Photo by arrangement)

Sanjaya Baru | From politics to business: All eyes are on Hyderabad

Hyderabad has been used to attracting national and international attention for a long time

30 May 2022 6:54 AM IST