Home » Opinion » Columnists

Columnists - Page 249

Raj Sachdev (Thai name: Sutham Sachaphimukh). (By Arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | My memories of him will never fade: Bose's boy scout

Raj Sachdev, one of the last survivors of Netaji's Balak Sena, reminisces his role in India's Independence

23 March 2022 1:25 AM IST

It seems to me that the reader and the audience should feel a deep sense of gratitude for every individual mediaperson who is going against the grain at the cost of unspeakable abuse online, on social media and even on their own online platforms. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Media outlets, others must do more to curtail...

While the newsperson is going through her set of emotional distress, the public at large has its own issues to deal with

23 March 2022 1:10 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi during the partys Mehangai Hatao Rally against the Central government, in Jaipur, Sunday, Dec 12, 2021. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Either the Congress will survive, or the Gandhis

The existence of the Congress is at stake: the party with the same name as the one that belongs to the nation

23 March 2022 12:25 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to account?

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to...

The citizens included journalists, key Opposition figures and a sexual harassment survivor

22 March 2022 1:08 AM IST

People crowd a market after further ease in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Patna. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Small states are a must for better governance

Uttar Pradesh is larger in terms of population than Brazil, Japan or Bangladesh

22 March 2022 12:45 AM IST

A Venue from Jaipur Literary Festival. (Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | Ordeal to enter India; and ways to avoid writers at...

A very pleasant and talkative driver drove me through the several traffic jams and road-work hold-ups in six hours to...

21 March 2022 12:40 AM IST

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi after paying tribute to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Friday, Aug 20, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Dissolving a proprietorship: Congress must reinvent to...

The idea of dynastic succession within the Nehru family, however, goes far back and all the way to 1928

21 March 2022 12:02 AM IST

BJP supporters listen to a speech of Home Minister Amit Shah during an election rally in Loni, Ghaziabad district on February 3, 2022. Prakash SINGH / AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Persevere and be clear to build a robust Opposition

A vibrant democracy needs a robust Opposition. To pursue this goal requires perseverance and strategic clarity

20 March 2022 12:41 AM IST

Some of us, you see, have been left with Long Covid, and almost all of us with Long Anxiety, which is not just another fallout of the pandemic, but a pandemic in its own right. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Mothers' dreams, and why they must be taken...

The climate crisis, the pandemic, this new war, are REAL, and so's the anxiety!

20 March 2022 12:29 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Gurdas Mann, Bhajji on AAP's RS list? Hooda, Khattar in...

AAP set to get five Rajya Sabha seats following its spectacular win in Punjab, the names of probable candidates are...

20 March 2022 12:17 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Why is Gondwana's land of Koitur left neglected?

Wherever the Gonds still speak their own language, they refer to themselves as Koi, or Koitur

18 March 2022 11:28 PM IST

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Don't weaponise' hijab, time to be more...

The question about the hijab is a political issue. And we must get at the facts as to why and when the issue became a...

17 March 2022 11:54 PM IST