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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

Galwan clash was the most grave confrontation after the October 20 1975 ambush by the Chinese at Tulung La in which four Assam Rifles personnel lost their lives. (Representational image: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Modi pause on Chumar set the tone for Galwan

In Doklam, in the June of 2017, the NDA/BJP government was more interested in a propaganda triumph rather than a...

20 Jun 2021 7:31 AM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo, Dombo & Carrie: The weird' trio at 10 Downing...

One assumed at the time that Dombo was part of all these plans and failures as he was BoJo's right-hand man

19 Jun 2021 7:16 AM IST

By threatening Twitter officials with jail and publicly contemplating the application of media laws to the social media, the government is putting on public display how spooked, rather than concerned, it is. (Photo: AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Twitter vs Govt: Free speech, interrupted

The role of social media in the current framework is not quite as simple, but whether they are completely hands-off is...

19 Jun 2021 7:07 AM IST

More than a lakh Mysureans performed Yoga with virtual instructions of 12 Yoga experts of Mysuru Yoga federation via facebook live from Mysuru Palace premises. (DC Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | India's culture & how it evolved Yoga is exercise,...

If yoga is Hindu, then karate is Buddhist, kung fu is Confucian and taekwondo also Buddhist

18 Jun 2021 7:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during a meeting, in New Delhi on June 11, 2021 (PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | RSS, BJP & Yogi factor: Key to 2024 lies in UP

Yogi was permitted to create the impression that he was on a goodwill mission to New Delhi, and not summoned as a boy to...

18 Jun 2021 7:12 AM IST

The pandemic is indeed making many countries finally acknowledge that they have been undercounting Covid-19 deaths. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Covid-19 accountability: Making the dead count

The states which are embracing greater data transparency deserve to be cheered even if by doing so, they push up India's...

17 Jun 2021 6:49 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | EC & UP: All 3 commissioners from state; Arora yet to...

Prepare for more babu surprises to emerge in and around Uttar Pradesh as the polls draw near

16 Jun 2021 9:14 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama speaks during the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Claude Arpi | India must back Dalai's choice on his successor

Viewed from a political angle, many issues would be solved if the Dalai Lama decides to go for an 'emanation'

16 Jun 2021 9:03 AM IST

This video frame grab taken from footage recorded in mid-June 2020 and released by China Central Television (CCTV) on January 20, 2021 shows Chinese (foreground) and Indian soldiers (R, background) during an incident where troops from both countries clashed in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley, in the Karakoram Mountains in the Himalayas. (Photo by - / CCTV / AFP)

Probal DasGupta | Galwan, 2020: The Night that Changed the...

Galwan began a clamour for India to widen its sphere of rivalry with China and take advantage of the oceans

16 Jun 2021 7:18 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Civil society & NGOs: Why they matter in run-up to 2024

Adivasi resistance to the Indian State is not understood and it is not very widely covered in the media

15 Jun 2021 7:19 AM IST