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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | How ‘social engineering’ led to BJP triumph in Haryana

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | How ‘social engineering’ led to BJP triumph in...

The BJP's victory in Haryana reshapes political narratives, highlighting the need for Congress to reassess its...

10 Oct 2024 12:00 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Cong fatal flaws exposed by Haryana shock defeat

Shikha Mukerjee | Cong fatal flaws exposed by Haryana shock defeat

The Congress, by handing the BJP a walkover in Haryana with a third term in power and the status of representing the ...

9 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Manipur: Weaponised society, fake videos worsen N-E crisis

Pradeep C. Nair | Manipur: Weaponised society, fake videos worsen N-E...

Manipur has been in the news and the national consciousness now for over 17 months. The Manipur high court order of...

8 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | To pass effective laws, PM & govt need to reach out to the Opposition

Aakar Patel | To pass effective laws, PM & govt need to reach out to...

The fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and there are many, sense a drift and a lack of purpose in this third term....

8 Oct 2024 12:03 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep close eye on Dhaka amid China, Pak games

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Keep close eye on Dhaka amid China, Pak games

As Durga Puja approaches, it might be prudent for India to keep an eye on communal harmony in Bangladesh. Already, ...

7 Oct 2024 12:03 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | Israel, Palestine: Whose land is it & who is right?

Shashi Warrier | Israel, Palestine: Whose land is it & who is right?

Raghavan, my ex-professor friend, called the other day to ask if he could he drop in. “Sure!” I said. “Any time!” ...

6 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Need more health spends, law to tackle future pandemics

Manish Tewari | Need more health spends, law to tackle future...

The Covid-19 pandemic claimed millions of lives and exposed severe limitations in global health systems, particularly...

6 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

Shobhaa De | It’s Navratri: Time for Disco Dandiya... Loosen up, folks!

Shobhaa De | It’s Navratri: Time for Disco Dandiya... Loosen up,...

“Pitru Paksh” is over. Our ancestors are pleased that we remembered and honoured them as the moon waned and amavasya...

5 Oct 2024 1:13 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Writing cookbooks, other tales… and a trial that speeded up India’s freedom

Farrukh Dhondy | Writing cookbooks, other tales… and a trial that...

“Why are rainbows curved and not straight? Do they “also serve, who stand and wait”? Of course there are beings...

5 Oct 2024 1:08 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Stand firm as illiberalism, gender bias rising globally

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Stand firm as illiberalism, gender bias rising...

Social roles evolve over the long term. Today’s “mother” need not be a female and a “father” not necessarily male. In...

4 Oct 2024 12:17 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Why no FIR after huge theft from Uttarakhand CM confidant home?

Dilip Cherian | Why no FIR after huge theft from Uttarakhand CM...

The media is buzzing with tales of a whopping Rs 50 crore heist from a retired IAS officer’s high residence in the...

4 Oct 2024 12:11 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war dynamics?

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war...

The notion -- the “King is dead, long live the King” -- may apply to monarchies and their continuity. But in the murky...

3 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST