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Donald TrumpOpinion
The only way to get rid of Trump is to vote him out

Yet, for all his flaws, in one crucial respect Trump is a rational and shrewd operator.

29 Jan 2020 2:29 AM IST

Nirmala SitharamanOpinion
New thinking is needed, Band-Aids won't suffice

The government has been firefighting since FY 2019 using mostly Band-Aids of the cheapest kinds.

29 Jan 2020 2:26 AM IST

P V Narasimha Rao. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
The Republic beyond 70: Who'll shape its future?

The Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh reforms opened the gates to the creation of new wealth.

28 Jan 2020 2:19 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah during a rally in support of CAA in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Current BJP's mantra is my way or the highway'

After a prolonged run of bad luck, finally, there is some hope for former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.

27 Jan 2020 1:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)Opinion
2020 Budget can be Modi's 1991 redux

The government has a duty to solve the problem, and the first step is to acknowledge the existence of a problem.

27 Jan 2020 1:39 AM IST

Author and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
A robust paradigm for real diversity

JLF this year has also been witness to the rise of the new bilingual Indian writer in the persons of Upadhyay, Kunal...

26 Jan 2020 2:07 AM IST

The tiger that the government claims Narendra Modi is, isnt interested in harming the populace.Opinion
When people demand their own repression

The tiger that the government claims Mr Modi is, isn't interested in harming the populace.

26 Jan 2020 2:00 AM IST

Nirbhayas mother Asha Devi outside the court on Wednesday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)Opinion
The death penalty for rape is ineffectual

Latika Vashist has argued compellingly for the need for forgiveness in these pages.

25 Jan 2020 1:10 AM IST

Who will rid the people of Pakistan of the capital curses listed here? No one except they themselves.Opinion
Pakistanis are suffering due to the five capital curses

The second example of selective memory is the hullabaloo over the atta price/availability scandal.

24 Jan 2020 1:48 AM IST

A coup of sorts was accomplished by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he managed to get Amit Shah chosen as party president after he inducted Rajnath Singh, who was midway through his second presidential term, into the Cabinet.Opinion
It's no easy time for Nadda, Modi-Shah

Mr Shah would have had another term as president but for the fact that Mr Modi wanted him in the government.

24 Jan 2020 1:45 AM IST

Chandrashekhar AzadOpinion
A crisis of healthcare plagues India's jails

The recent public protests against the citizenship law and related matters bring to the fore the issue of a prisoner's...

23 Jan 2020 1:39 AM IST

It is not just the temperature, but the heat accompanied by humidity that makes it dangerous.Opinion
Fanning the foreigners

Mastery over a subjugated population, the British soon learnt, is not at all an easy task.

23 Jan 2020 1:35 AM IST

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