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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. (Photo: AFP)

Reflections: Hillary raj or a Trump sarkar? It's all good

Americans don't share the Indian affectation of looking down on wealth.

8 Nov 2016 12:46 AM IST

A precaution that farmers should take against a fungus attack and pests at this time was to use a booster dose of urea, fungicide and pesticide. (Representational image)

Reflections: Focus on rural India, look at hunger index

The IFPRI shows that India lags behind neighbouring Bangladesh in feeding its people.

25 Oct 2016 12:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: The blinkers that threaten our unity

The difference between country and government is being deliberately obliterated.

11 Oct 2016 1:02 AM IST

Army personnel in action inside the Army Brigade camp during a terror attack in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: J&K - Amid fury, can federal' idea work?

Two incontrovertible truths dominate the horizon.

27 Sept 2016 12:42 AM IST

Hyderabad Biryani has been pending since 2009. (Representational image)

Reflections: Haryana's gimmicks - Is this India's future?

Beef is legal in many other parts of the country.

13 Sept 2016 12:37 AM IST

Mother Teresa (Photo: AFP)

Reflections: Enterprising Indians and Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa isn't the only victim of India's craze for celebrities.

30 Aug 2016 12:21 AM IST

Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: Basit goes off the diplomatic radar

The tussle between India and Pakistan is fought at political, military and diplomatic levels.

16 Aug 2016 1:05 AM IST

US President Barack Obama. (Photo: AP)

Reflections: America's allies worry over life after Obama

The perceived threat Mr Trump is accused of not taking seriously enough is not to Norway, Sweden or Denmark.

2 Aug 2016 12:23 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Theresa May attends a reception for the Police Bravery Awards in Downing Street, London. (Photo: AP)

Reflections: Terror in Nice poses challenge for May

Theresa May is cool, composed and competent, but doesn't strike a human chord.

19 July 2016 12:31 AM IST

Representational image

Reflections: Should Indians fight far from home?

Setting aside general factors, the Indian Army has special reasons for taking pride in its foreign exposure.

5 July 2016 12:54 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister David Cameron speaks outside 10 Downing Street, London as his wife Samantha looks on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Reflections: Brexit may leave UK in disarray

The UK is not one nation but four.

25 Jun 2016 12:35 AM IST

Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox. (Photo: AP)

Reflections: Xenophobia in UK

Xenophobia seemed to dominate the thinking of the man who is accused of killing Jo Cox, a Labour MP.

21 Jun 2016 12:31 AM IST