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Social activist and preacher Father Stan Swamy. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Of a strategic' reshuffle & Fr Stan's death in custody

Not just Stan Swamy, but every single prisoner in India should be able to take human rights for granted as citizens of a...

10 July 2021 12:07 AM IST

England beat Denmark in the semi-finals of the European Football Cup and will now play Italy in the final on Sunday. (Representational Image: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | In today's world, the signalling' of virtue' could...

It's difficult to see what the footballers who 'take the knee' can do to combat racism outside the football stadium

10 July 2021 12:01 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Faizan Mustafa | The recusal' in Mamata's case: Can a judge be truly...

Justice Chanda initially had not agreed to recuse himself, saying that doing so would mean giving in to a media trial

9 July 2021 12:15 AM IST

Loans will be secured against receivables and guaranteed by respective state government. (PTI Photo)

Karan Thapar | Loans, not relief: A raw deal for the urban poor

An urban MGNREGA would cost a substantial amount

9 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

Before becoming CM, Yogi Adityanath personally looks after Kalu and feeds him. (Photo: File)

Dilip Cherian | Groups of babus play smoke and mirrors ahead of 2022...

Yogi too has gathered around his own trusted band of babus. It is this team that steered Yogi's Covid management

8 July 2021 12:53 AM IST

As Mao rides again, his successor should not forget that the point of his tale about the one and a half wars was that India and China are not doomed to perpetual enmity. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India-China peace: Who will take the first...

China's disdain for verbal gymnastics recalls Deng Xiaoping's advice to hide your strength and bide your time

8 July 2021 12:45 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)

K.C. Singh | China's hard talk: Sign of Xi's confidence or worry?

It was also a personal affront for President Xi Jinping as the post-2008 Chinese assertiveness has his imprint on it

7 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

The Union Cabinet can have up to 81 members, but currently there are only 53 (with 28 vacancies). (ANI file photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Cabinet rejig: PM needs to look for better talent

If PM Modi wants to survive politically and leave a well- regarded legacy, the surest way would be to make his...

6 July 2021 7:07 AM IST

Aakar Patel | As world changes rapidly, Indians stuck in the past, not...

Newspaper column writers are not experts in any particular subject or field

6 July 2021 7:04 AM IST

Britains Prince William, left and Prince Harry unveil a statue they commissioned of their mother Princess Diana, on what woud have been her 60th birthday, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, Thursday July 1, 2021. (AP/PTI)

Kishwar Desai | Nostalgia week: England settle score; but Di not...

Sculptor Ian Rank Broadley said he had worked through anecdotes, photographs and documents, and had tried to capture her...

5 July 2021 7:26 AM IST

Newly appointed Uttarakhand Legislative party leader Pushkar Singh Dhami with party leaders, in Dehradun. Central observer D Purandeswari, Tirath Singh Rawat are also seen. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | U'khand trouble spells end of Modi's free...

The Assembly elections in April-May have shown that there are limits to the Prime Minister's charisma

5 July 2021 7:09 AM IST

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar. (Photo: Geetali Tare)

Shailaja Khanna | What kept the maestros going during pandemic

All the musicians have made the best of the pandemic, taken the restrictions imposed on them in their stride

4 July 2021 12:15 AM IST