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Anita Katyal | Ayodhya leak radar on Yogi; Cong ready to forgive...

The temple construction committee of the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust is headed by Nripendra Misra, PM Modi's former principal...

27 Jun 2021 12:10 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Do Indians and our govt really care about sports?

Milkha Singh titled his autobiography The Race of My Life, and the nation ran it with him

26 Jun 2021 12:15 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of flat earth' & science denial: New orthodoxy of...

The story goes that, true to his beliefs, as he left the court, he muttered to himself, or perhaps to his God if he...

26 Jun 2021 12:13 AM IST

Karan Thapar | Mind the gap: Covishield's 2nd jab sets off controversy

Paradoxically, three days after India's May decision, and because of the threat of the Delta variant, the UK reduced the...

25 Jun 2021 12:40 AM IST

Right now, there is a physical difference between the PMs House and the PMs Office. By coalescing these together, we will be creating a White House or even a Kremlin, with executive power concentrated in one structure. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Modi's new architecture for govt may hurt India

What should cause us concern is the centrality of the Prime Minister's residence and office to this new layout

24 Jun 2021 7:03 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | I-T filing mess: Why try to fix' a system that wasn't...

The question that's hovering over Raisina Hill is, why fix something that isn't broken? That's a question everyone seems...

23 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | China is many things, but it's definitely not...

The barbarians deserve contempt and should be made to kowtow before the Beijing durbar

23 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

A beneficiary receives her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a parking lot in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | No good news: It's difficult to be an optimist in India...

India's economic growth has been falling for 42 months now, but the government has not spoken about why that is so and...

22 Jun 2021 7:17 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Biden B3W vs China BRI: Is India the odd man...

India can expect even less sympathy (and no support!) from ASEAN, whose collective trade with China jumped last year to...

22 Jun 2021 7:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in the first Outreach Session of the G7 Summit virtually.(Photo: Twitter/@PiyushGoyal)

K.C. Singh | Challenges will rise for India at home, abroad

The G-7 communique captures the main themes under six headings

21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1987 file photo, Britains Diana, the Princess of Wales, is pictured during an evening reception. (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | Question, not cancel, Kipling; murky twist to Diana...

As Freedom Day recedes from the immediate future old stories of Princess Diana's death have resurfaced

21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

I remember clearly the first two major breaks I made with family listening time Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon and then eponymous Dire Straits debut album. (By arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Man, they don't write songs like that anymore

My parents' best friends had an Osibisa album they all loved, with the Afro-rock band's signature psychedelic flying...

20 Jun 2021 7:34 AM IST