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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. (Photo: AP)

No end to the despair of Palestinians

Whether many Gazans will vote for Fatah, if the fresh elections proposed by Hamas go ahead, remains to be seen.

21 Sept 2017 12:29 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

China's realpolitik is losing its sheen

This no-holds-barred approach of China won it immediate gratification in terms of low-hanging fruits in an increasingly...

20 Sept 2017 2:39 AM IST

Carnatic music is boring, singers are always slapping away the tala; not interesting.

Salt, pepper and the Beatles

For keen ears, music is not a performance. It's a way of perceiving the world.

20 Sept 2017 2:39 AM IST

Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi at Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley, California. (Photo: PTI)

Is there a change in the nation's mood?

The BJP president soon recovered his poise and told the media in Jharkhand that he wouldn't respond to Rahul Gandhi's...

19 Sept 2017 12:48 AM IST

After the primary investigation, the police suspected the Blue Whale Game of being the reason behind Boras suicide. (Photo: File)

Hunting the whale

It is the emotionally vulnerable and socially isolated who are most at risk, and these are the people the game targets.

19 Sept 2017 12:38 AM IST

This file picture shows Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel speech during the Nobel ceremony in Oslo. (Photo: AFP)

Suu Kyi must act fast on Rohingyas' rights

Modern communication and the relative ease of travel have made the refugee crisis a worldwide phenomenon.

18 Sept 2017 12:12 AM IST

Deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan, on August 12. (Photo: AP)

As Nawaz goes, and keeps quiet, the system' too shuts up

Nawaz with his base in Punjab and mind set on peace with India is a policy-politics threat that would always have to be...

18 Sept 2017 12:11 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Modiji, reform the public sector first

The discussions are likely to revolve around Make in India , overhaul of the financial services, healthcare, retail and...

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Laws alone can't stop the hate

The Press Council of India set up a fact-finding committee which visited 11 states and submitted a detailed Report on...

17 Sept 2017 12:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe ride an open vehicle during their roadshow in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

The Modi-Abe show: China on their mind

The Malabar naval exercises are recalled and future naval cooperation emphasised.

16 Sept 2017 3:15 AM IST

Fiction can become a reality once the imagination and interest of the kids is ignited.

To keep our kids safe, all have a role to play

Crimes against children increased from 14,975 in 2005 to 94,172 in 2015.

15 Sept 2017 3:57 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Rohingya: Myanmar's unpeople'

Suu Kyi is certainly not the only leader who can be accused of hypocrisy.

14 Sept 2017 2:09 AM IST