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Mohan Guruswamy | It's not for India to clean up the Afghanistan mess

If that Afghan situation were to boil over it will spill out mostly into Pakistan, a country quite dedicated to our...

8 Jun 2021 7:15 AM IST

The ceremony on the Bank Holiday weekend had only a few family members attending amid claims that even the Prime Ministers children from his previous marriages/relationships were not invited. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Canny Carrie's thrifty choice; a princess by any other...

Already there is talk that the Freedom Day may be shifted to July 5, so it is getting more and more difficult to plan...

7 Jun 2021 1:32 AM IST

These are extremely testing times for Ms Banerjee as the TMCs supremo as she has acquired a maturity in the 10 years that has added to the aura of her leadership.

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata's priorities as TMC sets a new course

The changes that Mamata has made in filling leadership positions in the frontal organisations is her way of...

7 Jun 2021 12:19 AM IST

When you buy a large lump of meat, cut it up before you put it in the freezer! (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Shashi Warrier | The joys, perils and disasters of cooking

That evening, I bought a two-kilo chunk of meat along with my regular groceries

6 Jun 2021 12:36 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the partys central leadership have emerged as the main target of the West Bengal BJP leaders. PTI

Manish Tewari | Acche Din: No one ever said it would be this hard

The Indian economy has tanked to its worst performing levels

6 Jun 2021 12:26 PM IST

Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sachin Shridhar | Central Vista: To build or not to build

Time will judge the work which Bimal Patel produces, but the naysayers have already denounced the baby as ugly even...

5 Jun 2021 7:20 AM IST

The Windsor Castle funeral, with the restrictions on gatherings imposed by the Covid lockdown, prevented any mass congregation of citizens, but still they came in their hundreds to profess their love for a man they had never met. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | BBC's Di interview, Harry & Meghan Why do the Brits...

Prime Ministers are not permanent and that even in those countries the populace doesn't love them like the tribal Brits...

5 Jun 2021 2:13 AM IST

Its a clear warning for former spies and spooks, and others who know a little too much about the secrets of the State, that they will lose their pension and other benefits if they were to spill the beans. (Twitter)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The business of gagging retired spooks...

Citizens of a democratic state have a right to know whether the money they pay in taxes is used for diabolical acts like...

5 Jun 2021 1:01 AM IST

The WHO and international bodies have now, belatedly, started an investigation into the origins of the virus, but its credibility has already hit rock bottom in the eyes of most people in the affected nations. (Representational image: AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Why China needs to pay reparations to the...

No one is quite sure what lies in store for the world's second most populous country six months from now

4 Jun 2021 1:55 AM IST

A doctor examines a man for the symptoms of mucormycosis at a government hospital in Mumbai, May 25, 2021. (AP /Rafiq Maqbool)

Why is medical care making Covid-hit sicker, poorer in India?

Indians with Covid-19 are advised to take a large assortment of minerals and vitamins that again have not been shown to...

4 Jun 2021 1:40 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Too much PMO! Ex-babus chide Modi on vaccine policy,...

The 'coalition' of the willing that Mr Modi seemed to have created since his ascent to power in 2014 is now beginning to...

3 Jun 2021 7:16 AM IST

Women and children line up to receive free meals from a non-government organization during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Bengaluru, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Protect vulnerable to heal fractures, revive...

In the absence of a real social protection mechanism in the cities, people have gone back to their villages

3 Jun 2021 7:05 AM IST