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Sriram Karri | Don't be like me, please! Welcome dissent. Be kind....

As a parent, I, 2021, have surely shamed you. I was myself born of an equally, or more, ignominious parent, 2020

1 Jan 2022 12:47 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Ringing in 2022 amidst the spectre of Covid, Omicron

My Christmases and New Years are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of Christmases and New Years past

1 Jan 2022 12:25 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test, in the wake of recent surge in Coronavirus cases. (DC file photo)

Indranil Banerjie | Can South Asians work as one, herald a better...

Despair was the dominant theme in the South Asian subcontinent during 2021

30 Dec 2021 11:55 PM IST

An Afghan woman is wrapped with a blanket as she and her family camp outside the Directorate of Disaster in Herat, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Anita Anand | Humanitarian aid to Afghans amidst suffering: Will it be...

Most of the development aid coming into Afghanistan has stopped

30 Dec 2021 11:37 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus want Peace Nobel for farmers' front

A forum of former IAS officers has come out in support of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the apex body of the farmers

30 Dec 2021 7:37 AM IST

Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Polarisation in pandemic times is the price we...

The narrative grabbing headlines in recent days pivots around the persistent drip-drip of hate speech against minorities

30 Dec 2021 7:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AFP)

Shikha Mukerjee | How the BJP has to fight harder to remain on top

Even the 11 Lok Sabha seats from the seven states in the Northeast plus the 14 Lok Sabha seats from Assam have begun to...

29 Dec 2021 2:23 AM IST

Rockets are fired towards Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza City Rockets are fired towards Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza City (AFP)

Naor Gilon | Why Hamas is a threat to Israel, to the world and to...

Hamas is a radical Islamist terrorist organisation, the Palestinian equivalent of the Islamic State, or ISIS

29 Dec 2021 1:52 AM IST

The most significant cause for the decline of growth is the decline in capital investment. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Mohan Guruswamy | The loss of momentum in India's economic growth

The Indian economy, which has been in distress for most of the last decade, is now seriously stricken

28 Dec 2021 2:26 AM IST

The pandemic will itself continue, but we can hope that it does not do the damage that it did either in 2020 or in 2021. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | As 2022 looms, we can only hope for some easing of pain

Perhaps we should begin from the place that has become frozen in time: Kashmir

28 Dec 2021 1:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, in Varanasi, Monday, Dec 13, 2021. (DC File Image)

Saeed Naqvi | Kashi Corridor: Would Ghalib, Ray & Bismillah recognise...

All rivers have a lore for people settled on their banks and beyond, but the Ganga is different because it is special to...

27 Dec 2021 3:34 AM IST

Cover image of Pico Iyers book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere. (Twitter)

Sanjaya Baru | As 2021 draws to a close, it's a time for reflection

The Art of Stillness was, therefore, the right book to read

27 Dec 2021 2:17 AM IST