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Rahul Gandhi is in poll-bound Gujarat to participate in protests in Surat, the countrys diamond and textile hub. (Photo: PTI/File)

Wide Angle: How will Rahul deal with Kejri, Mamata?

The Congress' incoming president, Rahul Gandhi, was once admiring of the AAP's rapid rise.

8 Dec 2017 3:07 AM IST

Former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Indira's mixed legacy: '71 triumph, '75 nadir

The way to contemplate political figures like Indira Gandhi with clarity is by continuously re-evaluating them.

24 Nov 2017 6:19 AM IST

Wide Angle: Soldiers trained for jihad need to fight wars without end

Wide Angle: Soldiers trained for jihad need to fight wars without end

Mr Putin said he knew the Saudis controlled militant groups across the Caucasus.

10 Nov 2017 2:25 AM IST

Soft saffron' Cong: Will Rahul change its image?

The ground was prepared over the past 70 years by the Congress.

27 Oct 2017 1:31 AM IST

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, stretch their arms out to receive packets of biscuits thrown at them as handouts. (Photo: AP)

Wide Angle: Rohingya crisis - Is there a Saudi role?

The defeat of militant groups in Syria has, ironically, created another kind of problem.

13 Oct 2017 12:32 AM IST

Iraqi Kurds have long dreamed of independence - something the Kurdish people were denied when colonial powers drew the map of the Middle East (Photo: AFP)

Wide Angle: Kurdish vote not binding, but it'll simmer

For Iran, any suggestion of eventual independence for any of the Kurdish enclaves is anathema.

29 Sept 2017 12:48 AM IST

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung (Photo: PTI)

Wide Angle: A mess in Darjeeling Trauma for Gorkhas

Don't forget, there are thousands of Gorkhas in the Army.

15 Sept 2017 8:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Wide Angle: Reaping political profit after triple talaq ban

The muffled and crushed Muslim woman is contrasted against her liberated, non-Muslim counterpart.

1 Sept 2017 1:03 AM IST

Keeping in mind that Pakistans Independence Day is a day before Indias, the exchange starts on August 14 and continues till August 15.

Wide Angle: India is 70, but what celebration for this family?

Lest you begin to chastise the present government for Rabab's woes, do pause for a moment.

18 Aug 2017 12:59 AM IST

The Indian Army had last month made its first-ever military intervention of sorts on behalf of Bhutan by physically blocking Chinese troops from constructing a road in the Bhutanese Doklam area border territory near Indian border defences. (Representational image) .

Wide Angle: Bhutan & China - Clues to crisis from 1979

The two countries have not had serious difficulties or differences in the interpretation of Article 2.

4 Aug 2017 12:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Wide Angle: India's best governed state is not Gujarat

Tripura's Bengali population blots the copy somewhat but gender bias among tribals is the lowest.

21 July 2017 1:08 AM IST

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Wide Angle: Saudis, Qatar, Egypt on West Asia roller coaster

One of the casualties of the ongoing Saudi-Qatar spat could well be Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

14 July 2017 2:46 AM IST