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Halima AdenOpinion
Do burkinis' offer modesty or draw more attention?

The body is technically completely covered with hardly any skin showing.

18 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrives to attend a rally at Mathurapur, near Kolkata, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
Shadow of Bengal polls to linger over republic

The BJP, in contrast, has not done the hard work and failed to build a party grid of significance.

18 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

President Donald TrumpOpinion
US-Iran spat: New govt needs to rebalance ties

The Narendra Modi government confronts a long list of IOUs that the US is now encashing.

17 May 2019 1:50 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of Digital India Week in New Delhi on July 1, 2015. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Push science, not myths; India's future is at stake

The PM prides himself on being one of the most tech-savvy politicians and unabashedly admires all that smacks of the...

16 May 2019 3:03 AM IST

Bernie Sanders (Photo: AP)Opinion
Young, female, articulate: The tribe taking up the Left baton

That remains extremely unlikely, but no one can seriously claim that they haven't made a difference.

16 May 2019 2:53 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Basanti in South 24 Parganas on Sunday. (Photo: Asian Age)Opinion
A paralysis of thought is marginalising Left

The other memory that may remain is a sub-plot the rise of the BJP and the decline of the Left in West Bengal. T

15 May 2019 12:04 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)Opinion
Will Taliban endorse new Loya Jirga?

Of the 20 or so grand jirgas held since 1700, eight were called in a short period between 2001 and 2019.

14 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)Opinion
EC undermined due to weak institutions

The EC is a child of political happenstance and jugaad, not thoughtful institutional strategy.

14 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
Beyond atmospherics: Populism' challenges

Winning or losing an election is not so important as it is to learn to engage in democratic politics.

13 May 2019 12:07 AM IST

Pakistans flagOpinion
US hostility towards Pak is driven by China rivalry

The recently announced US South Asia Policy is predicated on India's regional domination.

13 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)Opinion
Hard times ahead for Nehru reform legacy

Ambedkar wanted to introduce other changes, all of them relating to the inheritance rights of the women of the family.

12 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.Opinion
Are humans driving Earth to extinction?

To satisfy this huge and growing need, economies will most likely continue to use the very methods that this damning UN...

11 May 2019 12:59 AM IST

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