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Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Why I just love literature festivals

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Why I just love literature festivals

Sigh, this is the season of literature festivals, and I just love them to death. In my dozen or so years as one of...

29 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

People watch the screening of the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, in Thiruvananthapuram. (PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Allegations in a democracy: Itâ€™s best to debate,...

“He hid the breakage of his heart This poet of love and loss. His poise and purpose remained smart Unlike the...

28 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Its time for us desis to borrow the Brit stiff upper lip. Our lips are like Mick Jaggers -- a bit too rubbery and loose. We react and over-react to any and every small thing. (Photo: Twitter)

Shobhaa De | BBC Badnaam Huaâ€¦. Darrrrrling Tere Liye!

Let me put it bluntly: I am keen to watch the much-talked about, highly controversial, banned in India BBC documentary...

28 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Donâ€™t leave poor...

There is a line in Princeton professor Ashoka Mody’s latest book India is Broken and Why it’s Hard...

27 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Captain Shiva Chouhan. (Photo: Twitter)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Women officers in Army: From PCs to combat role

The recent news item in the media outlining the convening and conduct of a selection board for the rank of Colonel,...

26 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | IPS officer as addl chief secy sets off churn in...

When the Sikkim government appointed 1989-batch IPS officer, A. Sudhakar Rao, as additional chief secretary of the home...

26 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Telangana had backwardness written into its geography. It had backwardness written into its sociology. And it had backwardness hard-wired into its mentality. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Andhra & Telangana: The trial marriage that failed

On January 3 this year, A. Sridhar Reddy, the founder of the Sampoorna Telangana Praja Samithi in 1969, the organisation...

25 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Saeed Naqvi | Who remembers Rabuka, the man who seized power from 6L...

The name Sitiveni Rabuka means nothing to Indians even though he singlehandedly snatched power from 6,00,000 people of...

25 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Earlier, India and China held 11 rounds of talks at the Corps Commander level to reach the arrangement to disengage from the Pangong lake area. (PTI Photo)

KC Singh | Rising Indiaâ€™s challenge: Tackling China, Pakistan

The year 2023 opened with interesting developments involving Pakistan and China and their impact on India’s...

24 Jan 2023 12:31 AM IST

The inspection teams found that the cloth distributed under the scheme for uniforms in some schools was insufficient for the children and the amount given for its stitching was also less than normal. (File Image: DC)

Aakar Patel | Why getting our kids educated is a true sign of good...

Governance is defined as the system by which an organisation is controlled and operates, and the mechanisms by which it,...

24 Jan 2023 12:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Kishwar Desai | Whiff of duplicity! Why did BBC sit on Gujarat...

The BBC story with a narrative that was obviously antagonistic towards the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, is...

23 Jan 2023 12:30 AM IST

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Budget 2023: Capital strike subdues the â€˜animal...

“I would like now to see private investors and private industry in India coming forward with that so-called animal...

23 Jan 2023 12:26 AM IST