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A picture of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as Myanmar migrants living in Thailand hold hands during a memorial in Bangkok on March 4, 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against the military coup in their homeland. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Karan Thapar | The tragedy of Suu Kyi: Almost Shakespearean

So, like Shakespeare's tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?

5 March 2021 7:31 AM IST

Mr Biden has also ordered a review of US arms sales to the Saudis and is reportedly considering a ban on all non-defensive purchases. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | If Biden can't punish MBS, US image will take...

Surely the world's only superpower claims a higher moral role than just organising the distribution of weapons and...

4 March 2021 7:24 AM IST

Indian army soldiers ride in a convoy along a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on 17 June 2020. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | India must learn from Chanakya, not a Shah!

India's pursuit of iron-clad national security and global status ambitions makes it annually import as much as $20...

4 March 2021 7:10 AM IST

With a breakdown of joint family support in old age rising life expectancy, negligible lifetime savings, pension exclusion and the elderly face the grim prospect of living in poverty after they are too old to work.

Karan Singh | Art of ageing: The five facets, and what work goes into...

Life is not merely a meaningless journey from the womb to the tomb, but a unique opportunity for spiritual growth

3 March 2021 7:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee releases a book during 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on January 23, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Shikha Mukerjee | More than a state battle: BJP strategy on test too

For the BJP, the current round of elections is crucial, and every seat won or lost in West Bengal will affect its future

3 March 2021 7:41 AM IST

Mano Laohavanich DC Image

This Bangkok doctor has a unique vision

Mano is also serving as the president of the Palliative Care Thailand Foundation, where he trained over 1,000 volunteers

3 March 2021 2:19 AM IST

Aakar Patel | As democracy endangered, India's global reputation hit

The Indian government today does not care what it does to Indians as long as it can continue on its path

2 March 2021 10:35 AM IST

Evidence produced in court showed how unsuspecting officers had been giving out information on their postings and the whereabouts of other colleagues on social media, putting national security at risk, despite earlier advisories on conduct of military personnel on social media. (Photo | Pixabay - PixelKult)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | New online, digital code fails to empower...

Fake news is a significant reason that media literacy has emerged strongly in the education curricula around the world

2 March 2021 10:20 AM IST

Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Britain's spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers...

The only problem with the hot weather is that all chances of social distancing are gone!

1 March 2021 4:33 AM IST

Quoting statistics of ceasefire violations (CFVs) over the years is meaningless. Its more important to understand how and why those ceasefire agreements did not succeed. (Photo: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Special effort needed in Pak to make truce work

What it takes to keep the ceasefire in place without violations is the existence of a conducive political and diplomatic...

1 March 2021 4:18 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi's eighth Budget looms, there's still no grand...

Unemployment has naturally followed the opposite trajectory, going from about 4% before Modi became PM to 6% and then to...

31 Jan 2021 12:37 AM IST

Manish Tewari | A New Deal for India

Our new deal must push demand by both putting money both into the economy and directly into the hands of the people

31 Jan 2021 12:23 AM IST