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Bela Bhatia | Comfy India would do well to brace for Aakrosh, 2020

Bela Bhatia | Comfy India would do well to brace for Aakrosh, 2020

Will the simmering anger lead to aakrosh a violence born from a virus of indifference?

31 May 2020 6:51 PM IST

How many women need not state their purpose before leaving the homestead, even to go to the park, especially to go to the park because it is a discretionary destination? AFP Photo

Sucheta Dasgupta | The almost-stigma' of not breaking quarantine

Being quarantined is, at its very benign, a social fact' in the life of the Bharatiya aurat

31 May 2020 12:30 AM IST

A Chinese soldier stands next to an Indian soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China (AFP file photo)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Given China's psyche, can we take soft line'at...

The global pandemic has triggered utter destruction of the world economy and a full stop to China's Belt and Road...

30 May 2020 7:28 PM IST

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Shobhaa De | Where are our godmen when they are needed?

Mumbai experiences devastating floods, the authorities promptly trot out some more nonsensical statistics to justify...

30 May 2020 7:08 PM IST

In this file photo taken on September 03, 2019 Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and his special advisor Dominic Cummings leave from the rear of Downing Street in central London on September 3, 2019, before heading to the Houses of Parliament.AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | The curious friendship of Boris and Dominic

When Boris Johnson moved into 10 Downing Street, he hired Dominic Cummings as chief adviser, a post which gave him more...

30 May 2020 12:15 AM IST

: Passengers undergo thermal screening before they board buses at KSRTC bus stand after Karnataka government eased the relaxation to allow inter-district travel by buses, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Devanahalli near Bengaluru. PTI Photo

Dilli Ka Babu | Karnataka officer who spoke for guest workers gets...

The transfer seems to have shocked many people within the government as well as the public

29 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

Migrants, who have arrived from Surat in Gujarat, walk to board buses to reach their native places, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. PTI Photo

Anand K Sahay | Atma Nirbhar Bharat': A mantra to mask failure?

When the lockdown came without notice, and the regime left the 400 million informal sector in the lurch, the Indian...

28 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

A scooterist tries to pass under an uprooted tree lying across a road, in the aftermath of the extremely severe cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata (PTI)

Dev 360 | Cascading crises force periphery into the core

Kolkata's devastation feels personal because it is, but it's not the only place that has been hit hard

28 May 2020 6:30 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | Kerala a role model in war against Covid, let's all...

Remember, there is no cure for Covid-19, If you catch the infection, you can only wait for it to pass through you safely

28 May 2020 5:52 PM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | History is ignored: The march of folly

There are dangers when the system leaves all decision-making to one individual, Others stop thinking

27 May 2020 7:24 PM IST

People wear protective face masks as they walk down Whitehall in the Spring sunshine in central London. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Everybody needs a Whitsun holiday while UK ponders...

As the weeks have gone by, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks less and less in charge

27 May 2020 7:04 PM IST

Boats anchored on the shores of the Ganga in Varanasi. The pilgrimage town has witnessed dwindling of tourism in the past two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (PTI)

A wish list from Varanasi's craftsmen and artistes

The PM's relief package does not pay any special attention to the thousands of families dependent on local industries

26 May 2020 10:16 PM IST