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The courageous and imaginative proposal by Savitri Bai Phule, a BJP member of the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, for a Buddhist monastery at Ayodhya, deserves to be welcomed by Hindus and Muslims alike.

Ayodhya: Look to the future, not the past

Some things never change. Doing business in India is one of them.

20 Nov 2018 7:35 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses during the Special Convocation of Kazi Nazrul University at Asansol in West Burdwan district of West Bengal on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: Dhaka's begums at war, fight yesterday's battles

The resemblance goes beyond Pakistan's first law and labour minister and Bangladesh's former chief justice both being...

6 Nov 2018 7:26 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi (Photo: AFP)

India can't ignore Saudi ethics, Jamal's killing

No healthy, productive and rewarding foreign policy can be founded on expedient pacts that are so utterly devoid of...

23 Oct 2018 1:35 AM IST

Myanmars Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photo: AP)

Reflections: Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

One reason for her disinterest in the Rohingyas' plight could be religious.

9 Oct 2018 7:40 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Targeting English isn't way to brighter Bharat

There is no need for Mr Bhagwat's equivalent in these countries to lecture anybody on why they â€œshould start...

25 Sept 2018 12:48 AM IST

The impression is that the United States has been courting an indifferent or even hostile India all these years.

As we get closer to US, let's not forget the past

No doubt Donald Trump's businessman's eye on India's building boom is a contributory factor.

11 Sept 2018 12:20 AM IST

An aide adjusts Pope Francis cape as he speaks at the Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, on Sunday. Pope Francis was on a two-day visit to Ireland. (Photo: AP)

In Ireland, Pope sets Church in a new direction

Ostensibly, Pope Francis' historic two-day visit was to attend the triennial Festival of Families in Dublin.

28 Aug 2018 12:48 AM IST

Dread and relief over Naipauls biography

Dread and relief over Naipaul's biography

Naipaul's ardour for innovation became apparent when he wrote that â€œthings are happeningâ€ in India.

14 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

People wait to check their names on the final draft of the National Register of Citizens after it was released, at an NRC Seva Kendra in Nagaon, Assam on Monday. (Photo:PTI)

Reflections: NRC fears, bigotry may lead to wider N-E strife

Meghalaya shares a border of nearly 900 km with Assam, and could be a convenient refuge for individuals with nowhere...

31 July 2018 7:42 AM IST

Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)

Reflections: Trump, like Indira, gets touchy about the press

Anything that he doesn't like is dismissed as fake news . The press is the scapegoat of vain politicians.

17 July 2018 7:21 AM IST

The Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the midnight of June 25, 1975 was a signal disservice to the basic idea of democracy. (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: Why our netas don't need another Emergency

Like Mrs Gandhi, Narendra Modi can also be called a directly elected PM.

3 July 2018 1:17 AM IST

Veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead by terrorists in Srinagar.

Reflections: India as Lynchistan' Act before it's too late

Nowadays, the Internet and cellphones accelerate rumours. Millions of people who are mentally still in the Middle Ages...

19 Jun 2018 7:16 AM IST