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Whether people and voters will see through the BJPs cynical use of diplomacy for electoral gain or lap it up as realpolitik will be known only on May 2. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | National interests hurt if politics, diplomacy mixed

India-Bangladesh relations get impacted by the BJP's divisive and majoritarian politics, over illegal immigrants and...

27 March 2021 4:25 AM IST

West Bengal has to decide to be its whimsical wayward self or join the gang. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Bengal to trigger domino effect in Indian politics?

It will not be an easy election for any of the three blocs that are competing for the voters' hearts and minds

26 March 2021 4:30 AM IST

Will J&K-AGMUT cadre merger solve Valley's problem of sparse...

The cadre merger, the Centre hopes, will allow officers in the AGMUT cadre to be posted in J&K and Ladakh, and...

25 March 2021 4:38 AM IST

Until a state of herd immunity is reached, mask-wearing, hand washing with soap and social distancing will have to necessarily remain. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Halt Covid complacency: Be vigilant, keep all...

If we become complacent, and drop our guard, infections can rise. That affects us all

25 March 2021 4:17 AM IST

Wang Yi, Chinas foreign minister. (http://in.china-embassy.org)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India should not fall for China's charm...

Why do we forget humiliation and treachery when the adversary puts on its benign mask and pretend to place all...

23 March 2021 11:55 PM IST

Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | The unreality' of India today: Nothing makes sense any...

The second wave of Covid-19 had begun at the end of February, so the question is why spectators were allowed into the...

23 March 2021 7:55 AM IST

Indian soldiers keep watch at India-China border. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | The challenges of living next to Chinese dragon

It would thus seem India and China are destined to live out the foreseeable future as rivals, if not adversaries

23 March 2021 7:25 AM IST

China has for long been a factor in relations between India and the United States. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | India and US: It's still the economy, stupid

Securing US support for India's economic rise is as important for India as strengthening its defence capabilities

21 March 2021 11:31 PM IST

The battle between the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress and its main challenger, the BJP, is intensifying with both sides pulling no punches in showing the other one down. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Mithun made to wait after biting bait; Mamata's game of...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has been proactive in denying access to journalists to Parliament

21 March 2021 4:36 AM IST

We have new custodians of morality who are easily outraged by anything that does not fit into their conservative, upper-caste, patriarchal and outdated notions of correct behaviour. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Let it rip! Stop us turning into the Republic of Hurt

A highly unwarranted subjectivity driven by medieval cultural notions and political hubris is threatening creative...

21 March 2021 4:00 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Something rotten Why is Maha in such a mess?

The political golmal going on in Mumbai reads like a tawdry, hastily written script of a C-grade 1970s' Bollywood flop

20 March 2021 11:50 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | For UK, Sarah Everard killing a wake-up call like...

To Britain the murder of Sarah was what the Nirbhaya rape-murder was to India

20 March 2021 11:45 AM IST