Opinion - Page 10

Columnists

Farrukh Dhondy | Writing cookbooks, other tales… and a trial that...

“Why are rainbows curved and not straight? Do they “also serve, who stand and wait”? Of course there are beings...

5 Oct 2024 1:08 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | Welcome reform by SC of caste bias in prison rules

A decision by an arm of the state that has the potential to trigger a larger debate and initiate welcome changes in the...

5 Oct 2024 12:53 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | Chagos: Win-win move for all

In a historic move, the UK will be handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius...

5 Oct 2024 12:50 AM IST

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Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Stand firm as illiberalism, gender bias rising...

Social roles evolve over the long term. Today’s “mother” need not be a female and a “father” not necessarily male. In...

4 Oct 2024 12:17 AM IST

Columnists

Dilip Cherian | Why no FIR after huge theft from Uttarakhand CM...

The media is buzzing with tales of a whopping Rs 50 crore heist from a retired IAS officer’s high residence in the...

4 Oct 2024 12:11 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | Hear Ladakh activist’s plan

The release of Ladakh climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, after nearly 36 hours in detention on...

4 Oct 2024 12:06 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | India questions West, Global North on double standards

The world is at a crossroads today when it is being challenged even on what stand to take as wars are being fought in...

4 Oct 2024 12:01 AM IST

Columnists

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war...

The notion -- the “King is dead, long live the King” -- may apply to monarchies and their continuity. But in the murky...

3 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | A remarkable Test win for Team India

Team India fashioned a remarkable victory over Bangladesh with time to spare in the rain-hit second Test and took the...

3 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Kamal Davar | Manipur turmoil affecting India’s security in whole...

After some uneasy quiet over the past few months, India’s strategic border state of Manipur in the Northeast is on the...

3 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | Success of J&K polls after 10 years has deep messages

The election to the 90 seats of the Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir which concluded on October 1...

3 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

DC Comment

DC Edit | SC helps pursuit of excellence

In an unprecedented manner, the Supreme Court has invoked its extraordinary powers to admit Atul Kumar, a youth from...

2 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST