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Vishnu Prakash | Will Kashmir turn into heaven on earth' again?

The state was also exempted from all the laws of the land, unless specifically adopted by its own Legislative Assembly

11 Aug 2020 5:26 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | India losing its Mahabharat against Covid?

India is the only nation, to repeat, that has consistently been going up in terms of number of cases from the start till...

11 Aug 2020 5:15 PM IST

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (PTI photo)

Anita Katyal | Singhal nephew at pujan venue; COVID reprieve for...

Salil Singhal's presence, along with his wife Madhu, led many to ask about denying the same courtesy to children of...

10 Aug 2020 5:03 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists and supporters wave flags as they celebrate before the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhaya. AFP Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Will Ram Rajya' lead to a more tolerant India?

ecularism in our country is not about the absolute separation of the State and faith

10 Aug 2020 4:31 PM IST

Amars political journey began in Kolkata with Subrata Mukherjee and against Somen Mitra who died recently

Waqyanawis | When Somen Mitra shoved Amar Singh out of Kolkata

It was a sad and quiet exit for Amar Singh who for most of his life remained boisterous and flamboyant

9 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | External affairs minister Jaishankar's new vision may...

An excerpt published recently from the book's introduction outlines his worldview. It also raises a number of...

9 Aug 2020 4:50 PM IST

I swallowed, collected my scattered wits, and told the driver there was something wrong with the meter.

Shashi Warrier | My first brush with a Madras autowallah

One final instruction relayed from my Madras cousin: Don't ever take an autorickshaw in madras because the drivers are...

9 Aug 2020 4:32 PM IST

Mumbai: Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari leaves the SRPF camp, after BMC exempted him from quarantine protocols and allowed to return to his home state. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Playing cops & robbers in Mumbai-ishstyle drama

This week, all the loose ends were supposed to be tied up neatly by Mumbai police, but wait, Bihar police dramatically...

8 Aug 2020 6:43 PM IST

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Dev 360 | Pandemic on the rise: More questions than answers

Meanwhile, India's official Covid-19 tally has crossed the 19-lakh mark; and the death toll is close to 40,000

8 Aug 2020 5:06 PM IST

The Art of Persia, presented by the very talented and unassuming presenter Samira Ahmed purports to recreate the history of Persia through its artefacts. Photo: Twitter

Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander's...

Cyrus, a declared Zoroastrian and follower of the single god Ahura Mazda is mentioned in several instances in the Old...

8 Aug 2020 2:30 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and...

The media space in India is funded primarily by advertising, The reader or viewer pays very little by way of...

5 Aug 2020 8:42 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi in the Bhoomi Pujan (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi's bid to seal BJP's future?

He was careful enough to avoid mentioning the other part of the Ayodhya settlement as directed by the SC in its November...

5 Aug 2020 8:26 PM IST