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Aakar Patel is a senior journalist and columnist
    In some Muslim states, for example, there is a prohibition on alcohol and people are forced to shut their restaurants during the day in the month of Ramzan. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)Opinion
    The idea of Hindu rashtra is vague

    Prohibition of alcohol and cow slaughter already exist in our laws in some form and in many states.

    30 Sept 2018 7:38 AM IST

    We need more women in politicsOpinion
    We need more women in politics

    Like the rest of the world we live in a place of great inequality.

    23 Sept 2018 7:33 AM IST

    How marginalised create space for themselvesOpinion
    How marginalised create space for themselves

    Azad calls himself “Ravan”, to identify with those aspects of our culture that others may see as repulsive.

    16 Sept 2018 12:23 AM IST

    Members of the LGBTQI+ community celebrate after the archaic Section 377 is struck down on Thursday. Image: DCOpinion
    Politics must reflect our rights

    A century before Turing, the great English author Oscar Wilde was also convicted for the crime of being a homosexual.

    9 Sept 2018 7:54 AM IST

    Husain said Gautam Navlakha appears confident and says he is prepared for any outcome. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Law never takes its own course in India

    As we now know, the Supreme Court is to hear this again on September 6. Many of us will be watching what it does with...

    2 Sept 2018 12:17 AM IST

    Rescue teams evacuate people from flood affected areas, to relief camps at Kottayam district in Kerala on Monday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Denying foreign aid to Kerala is cruelty

    The Thailand ambassador to India has himself written that Delhi is refusing foreign assistance.

    26 Aug 2018 7:33 AM IST

    K. T. Rama Rao, Minister for Information Technology, Telangana.Sunday Chronicle
    Government by Twitter

    Some Ministers have been quick to grasp the power and reach of micro- blogging sites.

    26 Aug 2018 12:02 AM IST

    Atal Behari VajpayeeOpinion
    Remembering two famous men who left us

    Vajpayee was ideological, in the sense that he genuinely believed in Hindutva, but he did not like extremism or...

    19 Aug 2018 1:41 AM IST

    Why referendum is not a good ideaOpinion
    Why referendum is not a good idea

    A nation can take a quick decision in a fit of passion or excitement that can be damaging to itself in the long term.

    12 Aug 2018 7:50 AM IST

    Is Atithi Devo Bhava still an Indian credo?Opinion
    Is Atithi Devo Bhava still an Indian credo?

    Those of us who think of ourselves as Hindus, must consider what the true meaning of being Hindu is in light of such...

    5 Aug 2018 1:11 AM IST

    India and Pakistan flagOpinion
    We're not at war, but we're never at peace

    The south and the east of India are different, but then those differences exist inside India as well.

    29 July 2018 1:45 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    No-trust motion exposed disarray in Oppn

    Perhaps the real intent then was for the Opposition to launch its campaign for 2019 through this effort.

    22 July 2018 1:09 AM IST

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