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A woman walks past the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Karyashala in Ayodhya on March 14, 2020. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to hold a massive congregation of religious seers on the occasion of Ram Navami at Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 despite the threat of the coronavirus (Covid-19). (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit: Huge Ram Navami meeting at Ayodhya a disaster in the making

And Narendra Modi is having to choose between the holy men at the core of his constituency and his responsibilities as...

20 March 2020 12:37 PM IST

Sanjay Manjrekar.Opinion
DC EDIT: Bring back Sanjay Manjrekar

As an individual, he has every right to hold an opinion on public issues

18 March 2020 12:01 AM IST

File photo of then chief justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi paying homage at the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated former chief justice to the Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2020. (PTI)Opinion
DC EDIT: Ranjan Gogoi’s Rajya Sabha nomination sends the wrong...

Justice Gogoi had a destructive influence as a strongman judge

18 March 2020 12:01 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh governor Lalji Tandon and chief minister Kamal Nath arrive for the budget session of the state Assembly in Bhopal on March 16, 2020. (PTI)Opinion
DC EDIT: Can the BJP topple Kamal Nath?

The legislature belongs to the people’s reps and is run by the speaker, not the governor

17 March 2020 9:25 AM IST

A medical worker stores medical samples of patients at a coronavirus testing lab. (AFP)Opinion
DC EDIT: India must do much more on coronavirus testing

We still have no protocol on compulsorily testing people with symptoms

17 March 2020 9:01 AM IST

A leader of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha quaffs gau mutra at a event to publicise it as an antidote to the coronavirus. (AP)tives.Opinion
DC Edit: End this rage against science

There may be some amazing hidden qualities in gau mutra but it cannot be used as a vaccine against Covid-19

16 March 2020 12:43 PM IST

National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah speaks to the media after his detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) was revoked by Jammu & Kashmir administration. (PTI)Opinion
DC EDIT: Now that Farooq Abdullah is -'free-', will Kashmir be back to...

Dr Abdullah’s release yields the surmise that the Narendra Modi government has just had an attack of realism

16 March 2020 12:10 PM IST

The departure of Jyotiraditya Scindia from the Congress is the latest setback the opposition party has suffered due to its imprudent leadership.Opinion
DC EDIT: Jyotiraditya Scindia jumps ship

The Congress has been smug that Kamal Nath would manage things all on his own

10 March 2020 11:14 PM IST

A man watches the screen outside the BSE building as the Sensex nosedives, in Mumbai, March 9, 2020. The equity benchmark Sensex plummeted led by a deepening rout in the global markets amid volatility due to rapidly-spreading coronavirus and free falling oil prices. (PTI)Opinion
DC EDIT: The current global crisis is an opportunity for India

If the world shuts its door on globalisation, especially when MNCs are looking for an alternative to China, India will...

10 March 2020 10:53 PM IST

Victims injured during the riots in northeast Delhi participate in a peace march to protest against communal violence, in New Delhi on Saturday. (PTI)Opinion
Don’t blame Iran

Majoritarianism would be seen to prevail once again prevail if those who spewed inflammatory speeches go scot-free.

4 March 2020 2:16 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi.Opinion
No more than a trick to sidetrack, chill riot flak

As the PM himself on Tuesday confirmed, he would leave social media only for a day.

4 March 2020 2:14 AM IST

It is much better to understand its functioning rather than fight a losing battle with it. Always in search of happiness, the mind follows the senses into the world of objects and enjoys various experiences TV shows, a dance or just window-shopping!Opinion
Mystic Mantra: Why we need an empathy revolution

The empathy that society needs is not a form that comes from superiority, but one that is born from a profound humility.

3 March 2020 1:47 AM IST

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