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Abhinandan Varthaman(Photo: PTI)

We must think beyond rivalling Pakistan

The intensity with which we are focussed on Pakistan, particularly our government and our media, ultimately harms us and...

3 March 2019 1:55 AM IST

The hijab remark attracted no accusations of Islamophobia from anyone.

Amid the UK furore over anti-Semitism, even I was (wrongly) asked to...

My complainant set out the history of the Jewish Orthodox practice of wearing wigs.

2 March 2019 2:15 AM IST

The clip surfaced after a recent move by Hurriyat leaders to downplay fears of the growing influence of the ISIS in the Valley. (Photo: File)

ISIS brides: A problem for the West and Muslim world

In the days to come, it seems that no country is likely to be amenable to taking on the headache of repatriating and...

1 March 2019 3:03 AM IST

A file photo of India captain Virat Kohli and his counterpart Sarfaraz Ahmed posing with the Champions Trophy. (Photo: AFP)

World Cup: Boycotting Pak gets us nothing

India has always beaten Pakistan in the World Cup in the previous six times we have played them.

24 Feb 2019 2:07 AM IST

Dilli Ka Babu: SC on excessive babu bias'

Apparently, the government decided to change the composition of the panel by including the additional secretary from the...

24 Feb 2019 1:41 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Hambantota: Art of using old tricks to get new land

The devil always lies in the detail, and the story of Hambantota is no exception.

22 Feb 2019 1:28 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too

Today, many young Indians see Kashmir only through the lens of bloodshed and violence.

21 Feb 2019 12:59 AM IST

Bateman is an economist who gives media interviews in the buff because she thinks that Brexit will leave Britain naked.

UK in thrall over naked' protests & the return of reformed' jihadis

More than 6,000 Europeans, men and women, are supposed to have joined the Islamic State's war, many of them very young.

18 Feb 2019 1:18 AM IST

Election Commission officials said close to 700 companies of central armed police forces, comprising around 75,000 men, have taken their positions. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Mixed-up confusion!

The report requires the NSC's approval after which the NSSO is supposed to make it public.

17 Feb 2019 2:37 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

India must calibrate response to Jaish

The Mumbai police had a similar problem after the 1993 riots and bomb blasts and they no longer have good local networks...

17 Feb 2019 2:26 AM IST

As the Brexit debate, which has breached British sense and sensibilities, not to mention pride and prejudices, progresses, the unicorns multiply.

Brexit's unicorns' and the idiocies, fantasies, myths they spawn

The British satirical press has played the entertaining game of counting unicorns or mentions of them in Parliament.

16 Feb 2019 2:14 AM IST

Dark' tourism is on the rise, cashing in on human misery

It is well known that in India, which markets itself as exotic India in its pro-tourism commercials, tourists can take...

15 Feb 2019 1:38 AM IST