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I padded about happily on my naked-as-the-day-they-were-born feet, as if on a sunny beach, and felt an incredible sense of freedom that no censorious glance could stymie. (Representational Image/ By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | The happy looser's cheerful musings

Let sandals snap and house keys hide, false friends fall away and gossip abide

29 May 2022 12:29 AM IST

The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Gyanvapi puts focus on truth and reconciliation

A wrong turn of events at the wrong time can change the future evolution of nations

29 May 2022 12:22 AM IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Surjewala in key panel surprising; tofu and walnuts for...

It would be worth finding out if doctors recommend the same diet for other inmates with a similar medical condition

28 May 2022 11:54 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Something's on in the sea near you: Maldives Chalo!

China's 'loan and own' strategy seems to have backfired in this piece of paradise which lies in the Indian Ocean

28 May 2022 12:49 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo broke all the rules, but will stay, there's no...

Perhaps the Sue Gray report should be labelled 'fifty shades of shame'

28 May 2022 12:23 AM IST

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi addresses party leaders during the partys Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir, in Udaipur. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Can Congress do a reboot, and get back in the game?

For a party in serious need of repair, this is a fair enough start, though clearly more needs to happen

27 May 2022 6:59 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Pro-IAS tilt in promotions leaves all other services...

The move has created a gap of six years between parallel ranks in the IAS and IPS, and IPS officers are upset at this...

26 May 2022 3:09 AM IST

Quad leaders -- the Prime Ministers of India, Japan and Australia and the US President -- met in Tokyo on Tuesday. (PTI)

K.C. Singh | Tokyo's message: Quad is here to stay, maybe grow

The Tokyo summit was the second in-person meeting of the four leaders

26 May 2022 12:30 AM IST

BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. (DC)

N. V. Subhash | Bandi Sanjay achieved a lot in 3 years

Bandi Sanjay was able to bring Central funds to the extent of Rs 5,458 crore for various developmental projects in his...

25 May 2022 2:56 AM IST

Union minister of state for food and public distribution system, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, stated in Lok Sabha that in terms of rice, Punjab had contributed 135.89 LMTs while Telangana contributed 94.57 LMTs. (Representational image: PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Wheat, famine, starvation: Some lessons for...

Like the 1770 famine which heralded the West's arrival on Indian soil, the British departure from the East too saw the...

25 May 2022 12:55 AM IST

The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Like Ayodhya, Gyanvapi issue will live with us for...

Parliament has the right to repeal the Places of Worship Act, and indeed some people in the BJP have been asking for...

24 May 2022 7:14 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and President Joe Biden take their masks off as they arrive with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launch event at the Izumi Garden Gallery, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | After Tokyo summit: How will the Quad help...

The White House describes the Quad as only 'a premier regional grouping on issues that matter to the Indo-Pacific'

24 May 2022 7:05 AM IST