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A families leaves riot-affected Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

After Delhi burns, there is despair, but also hope

Journalists reporting the violence in northeast Delhi have been explicitly asked whether they were Hindu or Muslim.

6 March 2020 6:46 AM IST

BJP leader Kapil Mishra

An occasion for apologists of Partition to rethink view

The BJP's landslide victory in last year's Lok Sabha elections was undoubtedly a motivating factor.

6 March 2020 6:20 AM IST

While Chidambaram is out on bail in the INX Media corruption case being probed by the CBI, the summons was issued to the bureaucrats and other accused after the court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the agency last month. (Photo: Representational | ANI)

Needed, an even-handed procedure for holding trials

The judges, in our legal system, enjoy wide latitude of discretion.

5 March 2020 2:24 AM IST

Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Taliban accord won't be easy to implement

Around 5,000 Taliban prisoners will be released immediately; like the 1,000 held by the Taliban.

5 March 2020 2:14 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Politics in the age of TV: Ex-PM Abbasi leads the pack

With Khan, there was, and continues to be, a greater level of comfort and a sense of equality.

4 March 2020 3:03 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Bengal war: Just political smarts won't be enough

As much as other issues, parliamentary democracy in a multi-party federal State will also be on trial.

4 March 2020 3:00 AM IST

Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Viewing the Afghan prism with new eyes

For the most part, the Taliban has been viewed in India as a dangerous terrorist group which is in cahoots with...

3 March 2020 7:06 AM IST

BJP leader Kapil Mishra

Murder, he wrote

In countless videos we see the police escorting mobs of Hindutva extremists who proudly boast of the police's support.

3 March 2020 7:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump after their joint press statement in New Delhi Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

Thin skin, big chip, yes; yet Hindutva rise impacts us all

Over the years, it would appear that Indian skin has become thinner, and the chip Indians carry on their shoulders has...

2 March 2020 3:07 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard during clashes in Northeast Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi 2020: The twisted logic of riot' messaging

The reported incidents of lives being lost and properties targeted were not the result of mob frenzy.

2 March 2020 3:05 AM IST

File photo shows students protesting against Delhi Police outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University. (PTI photo)

Delhi loved and lost. Will it love again?

A college in Kutch too was painting the town red. Not with satin hearts and red velvet cupcakes, but with blood.

1 March 2020 4:18 AM IST

The heroines, I said. They get younger and younger and younger. Its brilliant. In fact, one hero, as we speak, has delayed his comeback project because he is waiting for his heroine to be born. I think they are going in for a C-section because the teasers are out. Hmmmm, said God.

10 reasons why I want to be reborn a South Hero

I've seen a couple. My wi-fi has been down. The Dthritarashtra-Sanjaya Network is up for sale, as you know.

1 March 2020 4:14 AM IST