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Aayirathil Oruval. One in a thousand women, Jaya achieved greatness against tremendous odds
Politics consumed Jayalalithaa so comprehensively that the human side in her remained invisible most of the time.
14 Jul 2022
TJS George Column | Now is the time to say goodbye
Prime Ministers may come and go, home ministers may say this and that, but the essence of India will go on, unaffected by the manipulations of power-seekers.
12 Jun 2022
Capitalising on the greatness of Modiji
There is something phenomenal about the way literature is building up on Narendra Modi.
05 Jun 2022
Where has Gandhi’s, Nehru’s India gone?
Once upon a time there was Mahatma Gandhi’s India which dovetailed imperceptibly into Jawaharlal Nehru’s India.
29 May 2022
The gospel according to Amit bhai
Narendra Modi is undoubtedly the most PR conscious Prime Minister in Indian history.
22 May 2022
Secrets in the Taj Mahal’s rooms?
The Allahabad High Court has rejected a petition seeking the opening of the Taj Mahal’s closed rooms.
15 May 2022
'Hindi imposition' row: A language to disrupt India?
Hindi zealots do not realise a basic fact of life — that zealotry is negative in its impact.
08 May 2022
The age of crime and computers
Imagine a situation where a household celebrity of Karnataka such as B S Yediyurappa cannot be found. That is what happened in the ultra-modern state recently.
24 Apr 2022
Alas, Hindi will never unite India
Why is Hindi unable to function as a uniting influence? To those with an open mind, the answer is clear. Hindi is the first language of nearly 57 per cent of Indians.
18 Apr 2022
The rise of communal nationalism
There was Nehru’s India and then there was Vajpayee’s India and now there is Modi’s India. Same soil, but three different countries as it were.
10 Apr 2022
Learn from the decline of Sri Lanka
What a tragedy Sri Lanka has become. All school examinations have been cancelled because there is no paper.
03 Apr 2022
Jinnah lives again, what an irony?
We may think there is irony in Yogi striking the same chords that Jinnah struck way back in the 1940s. But there is no irony there. Politicians are the same, irrespective of the colours they wear.
27 Mar 2022
Congress can’t be privately owned
Kapil Sibal questioned the authority under which Rahul Gandhi leads the Congress.
20 Mar 2022
Yogi Adityanath: The victory of communalism
Religion sells. In most parts of the world, mixing politics with religion is recognised as an unwholesome practice.
13 Mar 2022
Are 'low-calibre men' India's destiny?
When the economy opened up in the 1990s, many failed initially to comprehend its implications. The wise had always known about the potential of India.
06 Mar 2022
Ambedkar, Mulk Raj: where’s that India?
What exists now is an India that thinks things through as per the single ideology that is identified as patriotic.
27 Feb 2022
Lata Mangeshkar: The musical phenomenon we lost
Lata’s primacy in her field was accepted by fellow artists with a naturalness that testified to the quality of her art.
20 Feb 2022
Rogues can be dressed as priests
To call Franco Mulakkal India’s Rasputin would be unfair to Rasputin.
06 Feb 2022