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Ektaa Kapoor has long argued that her wildly popular soaps are not fantasy but reality with the odd cobra thrown in.

The Indian dictionary of acceptable phrases

We have reached the stage in our democracy where a lamp is called a chair, a stool a shirt and a tubelight the sun.

10 Jan 2020 12:14 AM IST

Armed policemen man a checkpoint along a road in Cebu City, central Philippines. (AFP)

Authoritarian regimes are using virus to silence its critics,...

500 signatories, including more than 60 former leaders, wrote an open letter organised by Institute for Democracy and...

25 Jun 2020 3:16 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | In democratic parties, why dissent equals...

Respecting the right of party functionaries to speak out, without incurring punishment ought to be the norm rather than...

28 Oct 2021 1:01 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tit for tat' is an attack on rule of law &...

Mr Khattar does not stop with advocating 'tit for tat' as a strategy

7 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights

None of the rights and liberties that the Constitution saw initially as being fundamental are present in the original...

12 Jan 2021 10:50 AM IST

Right now, there is a physical difference between the PMs House and the PMs Office. By coalescing these together, we will be creating a White House or even a Kremlin, with executive power concentrated in one structure. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Modi's new architecture for govt may hurt India

What should cause us concern is the centrality of the Prime Minister's residence and office to this new layout

24 Jun 2021 7:03 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why monopoly of power is a threat to democracy

In short, no matter how legitimately political power is acquired, justice demands the balancing factor of an opposition

10 Jun 2021 1:03 AM IST

A 14c copy of Magna Carta in the MertonCollege library. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Liberty and rights for all: Myth of the Magna Carta

Magna Carta came out of an intra-elite struggle between 40 barons and their King

13 July 2021 9:11 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why democracy often turns ugly: Prejudice & hate as...

The byelection for a Member of Parliament in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley was a paradigm of this ugliness

3 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

Democracy is pointless without debate and discussion. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Dysfunctional Parl leads to a dysfunctional...

Legislatures and Parliaments, while meant to be self-governing, still are in need of governing

5 Jan 2022 1:23 AM IST

The Indian Army deployed over 50,000 soldiers in Ladakh to counter any threat from the Chinese Army. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Of democracies, dictatorships & transparency

We should consider that India is not a dictatorship and should be using its natural strength as a democracy

29 March 2022 12:34 AM IST

Elections for the 60-member Manipur Assembly are taking place in two phases, that is, February 28 and March 5. (Photo: PTI/File)

AA Edit | Hate talk: Tough line welcome

The incidents of hate speeches targeting a particular community across the country are unacceptable

28 April 2022 12:32 AM IST