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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

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

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

Delivering bare subsistence relief will be difficult enough, with supply chains disrupted and production halted. PTI Photo

Shikha Mukerjee: Amphan's aftermath set to test Mamata & Modi

India is yet to declare devastation caused by Amphan a national disaster; its dithering is a signal of the political...

26 May 2020 4:56 PM IST

Migrants stand in a queue on a hot sunny day at Lalgarh Junction to board a special train to Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Bikaner. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari: Locked down in India, a view from the ground

While the middle classes and the rich retreated under their beds the poor baulked and decided to get home to the safety...

25 May 2020 5:14 PM IST

A lab technitian works on blood samples at the Cesar Garayar support hospital in the city of Iquitos, in the Amazon basin. AP Photo

Veena Das: Corona policy must factor in scientific uncertainty

It is well known among historians of epidemics that management of crises produced by epidemics have led to vast...

24 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

Migrants, not adhering to social distancing norms, wait to board a train to their native places at Danapur railway station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Patna. PTI Photo

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli: Let them have song

Why give them rice, dal and water, was his point, when we could give them life-affirming art and literature

24 May 2020 7:03 PM IST

: Health officials wait to collect samples for COVID-19 swab tests, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis: Covid makes cooks scarce, but at 10 Janpath, sharing is...

Apparently non-residential domestic help are not encouraged to come and go everyday by VVIPs

24 May 2020 6:33 PM IST

The pandemic led to open hostility as the US seeks a transparent inquiry and responsibility-fixing. AFP Photo

K.C. Singh: Will Covid crisis lead to major changes globally?

The domestic political consequences for poorly performing leaders aside, the pandemic is exacerbating existing...

23 May 2020 5:26 PM IST