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Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Photo: AP/File)

Pavan K Varma | Politics didn't limit the enigma that was Atalji

The poet in him told him that all this was passing, a shadow play, a fleeting moment in the grand canvas of time

27 Dec 2020 7:08 AM IST

Young neurodivergents, like you, are the real X-Men (representational image)

Shreya Sen-Handley | 2020, the year I learn I am neurodivergent

Mutants with a mission to change the world for the better, you are superheroes, not villains

27 Dec 2020 6:51 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Little cheer at Xmas time, hope for a healthier 2021

As the lucky survivors of this deadly scourge, let us raise a glass to a better, healthier, saner future!

26 Dec 2020 12:59 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of creativity in a plague year gadget fixing & dosa...

I have myself been exploring the idea that enforced idleness may be the chief begetter of creative genius

26 Dec 2020 12:54 PM IST

Christian devotees take part in a mass service on the eve of Christmas, in Mumbai on December 24, 2020. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

Karan Thapar | Christmas, like Diwali, is a special day in India

The attempt to redesignate Christmas is likely to be more hurtful to India's Christians than the 2014 redesignation as...

25 Dec 2020 7:37 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Christmas '91: The day Red Flag was lowered

For most of that decade, Russia teetered on the brink with Yeltsin's mood swings worsened by the alcoholic haze he was...

24 Dec 2020 12:00 AM IST

Why are fat cats being so reckless in Covid times?

I know of so many people who have been organising totally avoidable public gatherings and events with a...

24 Dec 2020 12:00 AM IST

Centre spars with Mamata in bid to turn Bengal babus into stool...

Apparently, there is little the Centre can do against civil service officers who are posted under the state government

23 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (R) with Subhendu Adhikary (2L), former TMC leader who joined BJP, during an election rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, in West Midnapore district, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Bhoomi putra for Bengal: Has BJP made a mistake?

Every chief minister of West Bengal has been a national leader first and a local leader as well and most were at...

23 Dec 2020 6:52 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Time bombs' ticking in the Constitution are a worry

The Constitution is a terrific document, but it is also one that has suppressed the Hindu majoritarian sentiment

22 Dec 2020 7:05 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference at Circuit House, in Patiala. PTI photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress drifts as real issues are left...

Interestingly, neither the Gandhis' camp nor the dissidents have any clear idea of how to oppose the BJP

22 Dec 2020 6:56 AM IST

A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Years Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | End in sight to Brexit limbo; Xmas lockdown a big...

Between A for anxiety, B for Brexit and C for Coronavirus, we may need a new alphabet and a new language to express our...

21 Dec 2020 9:04 AM IST