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The Akalis, who have been the major political voice of the Sikhs, have not been in the forefront of the agitation now that they walked out of the government and the NDA on the very same issue.(Representational Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Akali Dal's voice is missing in...

It is not clear what the equation is between the Akalis and the leaders of the farmers' unions

17 Jan 2021 4:06 AM IST

This year elections are due in two states in the east -- West Bengal and Assam -- and three states/UTs in the south -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Its important to note that all these are now governed by different parties and no party has a government in more than one state. (Representative Photo)

Sanjay Kumar | Elections 2021: A mixed bag of hope & challenges

2021 is going to be more eventful, as five states are going to the polls in the middle of this year

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don't listen to...

There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

16 Jan 2021 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Karnataka home secy shunted out for calling Safe City...

Public spats are rarely pretty and the one between these two senior IPS officers has brought out the intense rivalries...

14 Jan 2021 12:11 AM IST

A health worker shows the Covishield vaccine, after arrival of the first batch of the vaccines from the Serum Institute of India. (PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Is new normal' really a return to the old...

For a fleeting while, optimists wondered if the Covid-19 pandemic had sledgehammered some fundamental lessons into us

14 Jan 2021 12:03 AM IST

Devi Kar | Educational activism of a different kind is needed

Educators have observed to their satisfaction that many examination reforms were necessitated by the current Covid-19...

13 Jan 2021 11:22 AM IST

Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights

None of the rights and liberties that the Constitution saw initially as being fundamental are present in the original...

12 Jan 2021 10:50 AM IST

Asad Durrani | The Three Ks: Some old ideas revisited

The concept was heavy on strategy and avoided concrete steps unless they were required to illustrate an argument

12 Jan 2021 10:44 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Sitharaman's Third Act: What'll be her Big Idea?

The FM can spend money and secure early results and Ms Sitharaman has promised to spend a trillion rupees on...

11 Jan 2021 7:18 AM IST

Majority of the Punjabi singers have supported the farmers in the ongoing protest. (Photo:PTI)

Anita Katyal | Divide and win Sikh farmers; artist's mighty snub to...

It would seem that the BJP is playing a cat-and-mouse game with former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined...

10 Jan 2021 8:40 AM IST

The work is the latest in a series of studies from Waller and colleagues using observation to assess a variety of aspects of parenting. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | C-virus funk? Relax, and respect the kids

There are so many moving parts, any of which could pitch the game against the parent or the child

10 Jan 2021 7:32 AM IST

Justice Sanjiv Khanna (Photo credit : Wikipedia)

Pavan K. Varma | Why J. Khanna dissented from Central Vista ruling

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, in his dissenting judgment, used a very telling expression to describe the undemocratic opacity...

10 Jan 2021 7:17 AM IST