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Opinion
No imposing of language
There is no place for imposing any particular language.
Mystic Mantra: Takht Damdama Sahib - Guru ki Kashi
Takht means a throne or royal seat and it symbolises authority, sacred and secular.
Our schools really need to nurture the individual abilities of children
In order to understand the problem, let us first visit the need for standardisation.
Great singers, musicians continue to stay fresh
Last weekend in London, another pair of survivors gave a concert in Hyde Park.
Saturday, July 20, 2019
There’s an opportunity in reprieve for Jadhav
The celebration of the reprieve is justified, but we may have to wait longer to see Jadhav’s return to India.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Misgivings over NRC
The exercise conducted in Assam so far has placed four million persons out of the state’s 33-million population on the hitlist.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Mystic Mantra: The inherent power of worship
True worship is an expression of one’s devotion, reverence and gratitude to someone from whom one has gained immensely.
Friday, July 19, 2019
A battle over culture? India, China & heritage of Kailash Mansarovar
Having traversed across the mighty Himalayas for several years, up to 20,000 ft, several points occur to this columnist.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Interview of the Week
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How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister Shailaja explains
Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds, equipment in each hospital
‘I don’t support laws that go against Preamble’
We can’t make people stand in queue again like the way it happened during demonetisation, says Hemant Soren.
‘The attack on JNU was barbaric in the least’
All the claims being made by the AAP in the areas of education and health are hugely exaggerated and we will expose them, says Sandeep Dikshit
Let Muslims be like Franciscans, espousing faith
A totalitarian system would reduce the possibility of a confederation of peoples.
The Age Debate
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Age Debate: A win for BJP and the disqualified, really?
The BJP is elated as it can look to their support - if they win the bypolls - to shore up their numbers.
Age Debate: Rafale - Time to clear the air
A joint parliamentary committee probe is the only way to resolve Rafale controversy.
Age Debate: A new roadmap for Kashmir?
Holding municipal/panchayat polls in J&K amid the NC-PDP boycott will be a farce.
Age Debate: Targeting aliens or citizens?
It will be premature to extend the NRC to the whole of India at this juncture.
Reporter's Diary
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Reporters' Diary: Keeping media at bay
UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath also does not take questions in his press conferences that are, in any case, few and far in-between.
Reporters' Diary: Angrily yours
As the probe began, the SP chose to turn a blind eye to the development and did not issue a single statement in support of Mr Khan.
Reporters' Diary: EX-CMs in UP go house hunting
The problem is that with the Lucknow skyline going up, bungalows with sprawling lawns are now a rarity.
Columns
Kashmir has this instant ability to exclude everything except the known and the immediate.
New Delhi’s greatest concern traditionally has been the transfer of military systems and technology to Islamabad.
One could watch either the ICC Cricket World Cup final or the Gentlemen’s Singles Final at Wimbledon.
Our Columnists
The writer is a Delhi-based journalist.
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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
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