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Saeed Naqvi
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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi
    Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Can Rahul's Hinduism redefine composite culture?

    The Indian National Congress has, with unprecedented honesty, embraced its Hindu credentials.

    21 Dec 2018 12:40 AM IST

    With slump in real estate sector and fewer donations, the Rajasthan government had to widen the scope of cow cess to increase its cow welfare kitty.Opinion
    Wide Angle: Of cow urine, gaushalas & Cong's future

    When a lynch mob in Haryana forced two Muslim boys to swallow a paste of cow dung and urine, they vomited.

    7 Dec 2018 1:54 AM IST

    US has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo: File/AP)Opinion
    A new Mideast game: Trump & MBS vs The Rest

    President Donald Trump is punctilious in following his dictum: if its findings do not suit him, the CIA is wrong.

    23 Nov 2018 7:08 AM IST

    Sabarimala templeOpinion
    A Sabarimala tale: When the celibate god rewarded an actress for...

    Amit Shah has chastised the Supreme Court for having ruled that young women, whose entry to Sabarimala was banned, be...

    9 Nov 2018 8:04 AM IST

    UK Labour part leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Wide Angle: Chance for Corbyn if May trips on Brexit

    The Conservative Party is in desperate straits over both Brexit and Corbyn. PM Theresa May is looking at the Exit door...

    26 Oct 2018 7:35 AM IST

    Still from the movie MantoOpinion
    When subcontinent's greatest short story writer got just Rs 20 for a...

    “Thanda Gosht”, or “Cold Meat”, another Manto masterpiece, becomes one of the film's supporting columns.

    28 Sept 2018 12:51 AM IST

    (Representational Images)Opinion
    Is smutty gay love' poetry now kosher?

    The motto for love life in the days of latter Mughals could well have been borrowed from ancient Greece.

    15 Sept 2018 1:56 AM IST

    We agree that we reject the burqa, we agree that we want to introduce a legal requirement to show ones face in places where it is necessary for our societys coexistence, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    To ban or not: Troubling questions on the burqa

    Women on the Haj pilgrimage do not have to cover their faces in front of the Kaaba, the building at the centre of the...

    31 Aug 2018 12:35 AM IST

    Late DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi.Opinion
    Wide Angle: Battle for Dravida dynasty to strain Centre-TN ties

    The transition from Muthuvel Karunanidhi to his son M.K. Stalin was always going to be a pipedream.

    17 Aug 2018 7:38 AM IST

    While theres no clarity whether Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil will attend Imran Khans swearing-in as Pakistan Prime Minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu has accepted the invitation to attend the ceremony. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Wide Angle: Will Erdogan's Turkey be a model for Imran?

    Those who know Imran are quite firm that the new Prime Minister will be pragmatic.

    3 Aug 2018 7:25 AM IST

    Multiculturalism has been the flavour of the season at the World Cup in Russia, with migrants providing the decisive punch to all European teams which reached the top. (Photo: Pixabay) (Representational image)Opinion
    Wide Angle: Multiculturalism & Europe Don't forget history

    Without migrants from Francophone Africa, there would be no French team which lifted the Cup after 20 long years.

    20 July 2018 8:25 AM IST

    Arvind KejriwalOpinion
    Wide Angle: Supreme Court judgment on AAP won't be digested easily

    The considerable dignity that the Supreme Court has restored to Kejriwal's AAP govt in Delhi is not going to be digested...

    6 July 2018 7:45 AM IST

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