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Aakar Patel | To pass effective laws, PM & govt need to reach out to the Opposition

Aakar Patel | To pass effective laws, PM & govt need to reach out to...

The fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and there are many, sense a drift and a lack of purpose in this...

8 Oct 2024 12:04 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep close eye on Dhaka amid China, Pak games

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep close eye on Dhaka amid China, Pak games

As Durga Puja approaches, it might be prudent for India to keep an eye on communal harmony in Bangladesh....

7 Oct 2024 12:04 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Need more health spends, law to tackle future pandemics

Manish Tewari | Need more health spends, law to tackle future...

The Covid-19 pandemic claimed millions of lives and exposed severe limitations in global health systems,...

6 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | Israel, Palestine: Whose land is it & who is right?

Shashi Warrier | Israel, Palestine: Whose land is it & who is right?

Raghavan, my ex-professor friend, called the other day to ask if he could he drop in. “Sure!” I said. “Any...

6 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shobhaa De | It’s Navratri: Time for Disco Dandiya... Loosen up, folks!

Shobhaa De | It’s Navratri: Time for Disco Dandiya... Loosen up,...

“Pitru Paksh” is over. Our ancestors are pleased that we remembered and honoured them as the moon waned and...

5 Oct 2024 1:14 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Writing cookbooks, other tales… and a trial that speeded up India’s freedom

Farrukh Dhondy | Writing cookbooks, other tales… and a trial that...

“Why are rainbows curved and not straight? Do they “also serve, who stand and wait”? Of course there...

5 Oct 2024 1:10 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Stand firm as illiberalism, gender bias rising globally

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Stand firm as illiberalism, gender bias rising...

Social roles evolve over the long term. Today’s “mother” need not be a female and a “father” not necessarily...

4 Oct 2024 12:18 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Why no FIR after huge theft from Uttarakhand CM confidant home?

Dilip Cherian | Why no FIR after huge theft from Uttarakhand CM...

The media is buzzing with tales of a whopping Rs 50 crore heist from a retired IAS officer’s high residence in...

4 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Kamal Davar | Manipur turmoil affecting India’s security in whole Northeast region

Kamal Davar | Manipur turmoil affecting India’s security in whole...

A female Kuki tribal protestor cries during a demonstration against deadly ethnic clashes in Manipur, in New...

3 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war dynamics?

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war...

The notion -- the “King is dead, long live the King” -- may apply to monarchies and their continuity. But in...

3 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver governance

Shikha Mukerjee | Faith & ‘purity’ won’t help BJP to deliver...

“Purity”, in terms of religious practice, is rapidly evolving into yet another instrument in the apparently...

2 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi Accuses BJP of Attacking Indias Constitution

Rahul Gandhi Accuses BJP of Attacking India's Constitution

NEW DELHI: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of attacking the Constitution, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on...

1 Oct 2024 11:36 PM IST