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Mr Pitroda’s description of India’s diversity is without foundation. Indians are rather proud of their Indianness, regardless of what the colour of their skin is, and even a school student would know pigmentation is genetically typed by what climatic conditions their ancestors may have lived in and mingled with upon migrating. (File Image: DC)

AA Edit | Pitroda lands Cong in soup

Pitroda faces backlash for divisive comments, draws criticism for reducing India's cultural richness to racial stereotypes

09 May 2024 12:00 AM

The danger posed by the spreading of maliciously created videos to intrude into the lives of celebrities like former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actresses was just a teaser. (Representative Image: ANI)

AA Edit | Stamp out tech fakery from poll-time politics

Maliciously altered videos stir controversy, posing challenges to authenticity and social harmony during election season

02 May 2024 12:00 AM

Mr Modi’s latest charge, that the Congress Party had “given away” Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka several decades ago, was reckless. (File Image: DC)

Padma Rao Sundarji | India-Sri Lanka tussle: Let sleeping islands lie

An in-depth analysis of the political climate in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership

11 Apr 2024 12:00 AM

Lal Krishna Advani ingenious tactics paved the way for the BJP's ascent, setting the stage for Narendra Modi's era. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Advani is a real Ratna of the Bharat of today

Discover the man behind the political evolution that reshaped India's ethos and ideas

05 Feb 2024 12:00 AM

ONOE Panel Led by Kovind Calls for Suggestions

The high-level committee declared that suggestions received by January 15 would be thoroughly considered

07 Jan 2024 12:42 AM

We in India have equality in the sense implied in a democracy. We have periodic free and fair elections — at least reasonably free and fair, an independent media, an independent judiciary and all of us enjoy all the freedoms we believe to be essential to be a free people. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | What ails our democracy? Power flows from the top

No party seems without some blame attached it, for this seems to have become the norm these days

19 Dec 2023 2:38 AM

TMC MP Mahua Moitra speaks with the media, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing voters

The tale is not the alleged cash that Mahua Moitra received; the tale is of two legislators

01 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

Memoirs of a Maverick: The First 50 Years (1941-1991) By Mani Shankar Aiyar. (Image DC)

Politics, Pakistan were the two fatal attractions of Aiyar’s life

Do we really believe all Pakistanis are jihadis

24 Sep 2023 12:00 AM

The Opposition INDIA alliance has announced the names of 14 news television anchors whose programmes their spokespersons will boycott. (Image: Twitter; @2024_For_INDIA)

Aakar Patel | Opp. right not to be part of ‘rigged game’ with some pro-govt anchors

The arguments against the boycott are various, including press freedom and the “Emergency”

20 Sep 2023 12:00 AM

Parliamentarians enter the new Parliament building, in New Delhi, on Tuesday, (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | New Parliament to match aspirations of rising India

A new Parliament is an excellent icon, an inspiration to our democracy, worthy of welcoming and cheering

20 Sep 2023 12:00 AM

Beyond the organisational excellence, there were significant geo-political reasons why the summit was a success. India is today in a unique position where it has good relations with almost every important bloc in the world. (Image: PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Why stoop to sterile jokes on successful G-20 summit?

The absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping turned out to be a blessing in disguise

17 Sep 2023 12:00 AM

Artists perform traditional music during the gala dinner hosted by the President Droupadi Murmu. (File Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Is Sukhu cozying up to BJP now? T’gana: Spotlight on Kharge story

Congress strategists believe that highlighting Mr Kharge’s story would benefit the party in the poll-bound states

17 Sep 2023 12:00 AM

Cover of "Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery". (Photo by Arrangement)

Modi: The man who changed India’s politics

The book, Modi@20, Dreams Meet Delivery, is about his journey from Gujarat chief minister to the Prime Minister of India

21 Aug 2022 12:10 AM

After 2019, the BJP hasn’t acquired any significant new territory. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | As Cong crumbles, India’s politics shifting to centre

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections was high noon for the BJP

08 Oct 2021 2:55 AM

Rahul Gandhi: International media has exposed FB-WhatsApp's assault on India's democracy

Ruling party's IT cell head Amit Malviya alleged a

01 Sep 2020 7:28 PM

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi recently accused PM Modi of humiliating his guru Lal Krishna Advani by denying the BJP veteran a Lok Sabha ticket. (Photo: File)

Let down

Other veteran leaders of the BJP like Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha and the likes have been sidelined too.

09 Apr 2019 12:00 AM

Battle for the Ballot

The two main political parties of the country are leaving no stone unturned in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

07 Apr 2019 6:22 AM

Kamal Haasan is one of the biggest names in Indian cinema and has appeared in more than 200 films since making his debut aged six over half a century ago. (Photo: AFP)

Defending freedom of speech, protecting diversity Kamal Haasan's priorities

Haasan's MNM will fight polls for first time in 2019 Lok Sabha polls when PM Modi will seek a second term.

10 Aug 2018 11:57 AM

Venkaiah Naidu said if mother tongue is eyes, languages are pairs of spectacles. Spectacles are worn over eyes, but in the absence of eyes, there is no sight. (Photo: File)

All courses should be taught in Indian languages: Venkaiah Naidu

If teaching and learning in Indian languages is not promoted, future generations won't be able to speak their mother tongues, Naidu said.

17 May 2018 8:22 AM

Stung, but strong

While Jaitly pours out her heart in Life among the Scorpions, she is also very passionate about the upliftment of art and crafts in India.

19 Nov 2017 4:53 AM

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