In the name of the party, go!
It is unfair to blame the Congress of being a lousy opposition party. It has a great legacy as India’s greatest Opposition party ever, which defeated British colonialism and won India its freedom.
23 hours ago
The Chhatrapati in Hindustan
In 1788, Mahadji Scindia became the Mughal Empire’s de facto ruler by reinstating the deposed Emperor Shah Alam II and establishing a permanent Maratha garrison in Delhi to rule Hindustan.
26 Feb 2021
Need a different toolkit for democracy
It will take years, nay decades, for the BJP to mature into a genuinely democratic party that welcomes different opinions to enrich inputs and thought processes.
20 Feb 2021
The pathetic myth of the Indian celebrity
It was no great surprise when former Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar railed against 'external forces' and Akshay Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar tweeted identical messages with MEA hashtags.
13 Feb 2021
'The Dig' movie review: Death and discovery
It liberates the boy from his powerlessness to save his dying mother, because he becomes convinced that she will wait for him among the stars.
12 Feb 2021
Don’t ignore the laughter weapon
On January 7, 2015, two French Muslim brothers, shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, murdered 12 journalists of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
07 Feb 2021
TV journalism’s watershed moment
The arrogance of Arnab Goswami's delusions was so great he believed that Republic TV’s Balakot story helped Modi win the 2019 elections.
23 Jan 2021
Mountain chief
Virendra Singh Negi is responsible for bringing solar lighting to the villages, made bridges check dams, and cultivated orchards where people grow fruit to be sold in the towns.
23 Jan 2021
Why democracy loves authoritarianism
Democracy is small beer where dictators are concerned. Adolf Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch was meant to overthrow the Weimar Republic.
16 Jan 2021
The secularist idea of Hinduism challenged
The mystic chords of India’s collective memory even now reverberate to the twisted melody of pogroms and conversions, driving a deep chasm between countrymen.
03 Jan 2021
The Christian calendar of doubt
Catholic Church promotes its representatives as the epitomes of ethical conduct. Yet, like all other institutions, there are black sheep on the pulpit.
18 Dec 2020
A Harvest of Future Leaders
Akhilesh Yadav went on dharna in their support and was booked by the UP Police, which snatched a brief respite from arresting consenting Hindu-Muslim couples.
12 Dec 2020
The fossils of myopic minds
We forget the wonder of creation. We examine the past to conjure up nonsensical mythology and degradable dogma to suit our version of the present.
27 Nov 2020
There is no vaccine for the Congress
The coronavirus is the motherlode of metaphors. It represents man’s war against Nature, the eventual outcome summarising his capacity to resist degradation.
21 Nov 2020
Latest
Government proposes to hike in LIC's authorised capital to Rs 25,000 crore
IPL 2021 to start on April 9 in Chennai, final on May 30
Farmers agitation will continue till three agri laws are withdrawn: Rakesh Tikait
Bengal polls: Actor Mithun Chakraborty joins BJP ahead of PM Modi's Brigade rally
From farms to mills, it's a long wait for Western UP farmers just to get sugarcane weighed
Amit Shah exudes confidence of NDA 'coalition government' in Tamil Nadu post April 6 polls
