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Free to air views, ex-babus square up in letters war' on love jihad'...

The love jihad law legislated by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has triggered a letter war between...

21 Jan 2021 4:15 AM IST

Mr Biden has a difficult, complex, sensitive job on his hands. If he succeeds, an impulse toward future insurgencies can be held in check. (Photo:AP)

Anand K. Sahay | Biden has tough task, to keep autocrats in check

Biden will no doubt be deeply conscious that he comes in as the chief at a deeply corroding moment in American life

20 Jan 2021 12:08 AM IST

KJU designated the United States as its biggest enemy, but also kept the door for dialogue ajar by asserting that the US changing its hostile policy was necessary to establish better ties. (Photo:AFP)

Skand Tayal | North Korea's Kim sends a clear signal to new US Prez

Kim Jong Un issued a stern warning to the incoming Biden administration, threatening to expand its nuclear arsenal

20 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Nehru a model of modernity Why his vision & legacy...

The problem is that nobody in the world of Hindutva has any vision good, bad or indifferent when compared to Nehru

19 Jan 2021 6:49 AM IST

Biden, a Democrat, has promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trumps immigration policies are cruel (Image: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Thoughts on democracy as Trump exits, finally

For it should never be forgotten that 74 million Americans voted for the man who now seems bent on destroying the...

19 Jan 2021 6:41 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Bolstering corporates was intent of farm laws

Farm laws are intended to give Corporate India a legal licence to muscle in on these small guys who have unequal or no...

18 Jan 2021 1:33 AM IST

Pedestrians walk on a near-deserted Westminster Bridge in central London on January 16, 2021, during the third nationwide novel coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Long lockdown defeats Britons; Spurs' shot in the arm...

We have vaccinations slowly covering the population but as of now it will be Easter before the over 50s will be covered

18 Jan 2021 12:50 AM IST

Given its abject failures on the economic front, the BJP/RSS regime in New Delhi is now pushing India towards a Hindutva nationhood, by seeking to victimise a minority for the perceived wrongs and slights of the past. (Representative Photo:AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from India's history for PM Modi

An intolerant religion can never be the basis of nationhood and national unity in India

17 Jan 2021 4:29 AM IST

Im not the sort of writer who spent the Pandemic lockdown carefully crafting my creative skills and honing my talent so I could write that exemplar novel, that series of high philosophy essays to understand humanity, that definitive book on the state of the nation. (Representative Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | My one true calling and how life got in the way

As an adolescent, like most others, I wrote those poems. Emotions crystallized in show-off nonsense from studying...

17 Jan 2021 4:14 AM IST

The Akalis, who have been the major political voice of the Sikhs, have not been in the forefront of the agitation now that they walked out of the government and the NDA on the very same issue.(Representational Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal's voice is missing in...

It is not clear what the equation is between the Akalis and the leaders of the farmers' unions

17 Jan 2021 4:06 AM IST

This year elections are due in two states in the east -- West Bengal and Assam -- and three states/UTs in the south -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Its important to note that all these are now governed by different parties and no party has a government in more than one state. (Representative Photo)

Sanjay Kumar | Elections 2021: A mixed bag of hope & challenges

2021 is going to be more eventful, as five states are going to the polls in the middle of this year

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don't listen to...

There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

16 Jan 2021 12:00 AM IST