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Farrukh Dhondy | Does African link colour attitudes of Indians in British politics?

Farrukh Dhondy | Does African link colour attitudes of Indians in...

“O Bachchoo is it true that everything’s been said By the prophets and poets, now long dead? Must we now...

1 April 2023 12:49 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Right to health in India: Raj law to be test case?

Patralekha Chatterjee | Right to health in India: Raj law to be test...

In a country where nearly half of all healthcare costs are still paid for by the patients themselves, you would think a...

31 March 2023 12:02 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus to probe corruption among serving IAS officers

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus to probe corruption among serving IAS...

The department of personnel and training (DoPT)’s decision to invite retired IAS officers to investigate...

30 March 2023 10:29 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Making Indian fighter jets: What is all the fuss about?

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Making Indian fighter jets: What is all the...

Why is there such a deafening cacophony, invariably launched by a few “aviation experts”, whenever a...

30 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will US & China engage or confront each other?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will US & China engage or confront each other?

The nervous global reaction to deteriorating Sino-American relations recalls the old saying that it is the grass that...

29 March 2023 12:07 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is Indias rank so low?

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is India's rank so low?

In 2014 Dr Manmohan Singh had said: “I sincerely believe it will be disastrous for the country to have Narendra...

28 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Its not just about Rahul: The stakes are far bigger

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | It's not just about Rahul: The stakes are far...

The breath-taking alacrity with which Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla moved to disqualify Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from...

28 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its alliances

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its...

As the world sat up at the Iran-Saudi rapprochement mediated by China, signals became visible of quiet, low-key efforts...

27 March 2023 12:09 AM IST

Anand K. Sahay | Rahuls expulsion from LS: Is India at a turning point?

Anand K. Sahay | Rahul's expulsion from LS: Is India at a turning...

The conviction of Rahul Gandhi on the flimsiest of charges by a Gujarat trial court, and within 24 hours, as if it was...

27 March 2023 12:02 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Complications in defamation law exposed

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Complications in defamation law exposed

The two sections of the Indian Penal Code -- IPC 499 and 500 -- of 1860 vintage, dealing with defamation and punishment...

26 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Indian foreign policy has to move beyond self-congratulatory event management exercises in the rarefied salons of Delhi and actually start doing some heavy lifting for India. (Representational Image/AFP)

Manish Tewari | Can India ever outdo China diplomatically?

Seven years ago, in the winter of 2016, news broke of Saudi Arabia having executed 47 prisoners. One of those beheaded...

26 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Synonyms that so often are antonyms instead

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Synonyms that so often are antonyms...

The other day, while speaking of a certain larger-than-lifeless politician, when a friend referred to him as powerful,...

26 March 2023 12:00 AM IST