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10 ways to love your country

10 ways to love your country

The sporting victory promotes a nationalism that is hollow and one that inevitably wanes.

21 Aug 2016 3:45 AM IST

Cant win medals? Blame it on our culture

Can't win medals? Blame it on our culture

The crucial thing here is not enjoying the physical work.

14 Aug 2016 3:58 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi

Modi's big bang' theory

The state of economic growth in the outside world is not favourable to India.

7 Aug 2016 12:23 AM IST

$Screen grab of Narendra Modi\s interview to Arnab Goswami.$ Opinion

Ads maketh the anchor

The advertisers are interested in only certain groups of consumers: those with the capacity to spend.

31 July 2016 1:08 AM IST

Sachin Tendulkar received the Bharat Ratna from Indian president Pranab Mukherjee in 2014. (Photo: AFP)

Fame alone must not decide the Ratna

Sachin Tendulkar is nothing like Muhammad Ali.

24 July 2016 12:31 AM IST

A shadow committee called Adilabad Praja Panula Rakshana Committee (public works protection committee) a first of its kind was floated allegedly backed by the police after Maoists torched the machinery used in construction of the inter-state bridge on river Pranahitha at Gudem village in Bejjur mandal on April 26, 2016.

The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie

Lakhs of Kashmiris and Northeasterners live in urban Indian centres where they work.

17 July 2016 12:52 AM IST

Actually, Im a huge fan of Nicola Sturgeons

Reshuffle or not, Modi still the boss

The environment ministry is important because an activist minister can block projects.

10 July 2016 2:34 AM IST

Real Estate Regulatory Authority can even revoke registration of a real estate developer.

Reality eludes real estate in India

The truly strange thing is that the conversion of the rupee's actual value makes India's real estate even more...

3 July 2016 1:34 AM IST

The main opposition Labour Party, which supports Britain remaining in the European Union and some lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party, which are deeply divided over the vote, condemned the poster. (Representational Image)

EU: The unfinished project

Britain's exit is only the latest episode.

26 Jun 2016 1:05 AM IST

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani (Photo: PTI)

Ms Irani, it's not your fault...

It is something Smriti Irani should accept with humility because it is not her fault.

19 Jun 2016 1:16 AM IST

Inspite of challenges and lower than projected GDP growth rate during 2015-16, the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 per cent of GDP seems achievable.

Change attitudes, not governments

The debate in India tends to focus only on what the government can and should do.

12 Jun 2016 1:26 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi (Photo)

Congress needs Sonia, not Rahul

Mr Rahul Gandhi in now would be like throwing petrol on the flames consuming the Congress.

5 Jun 2016 1:16 AM IST