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One of the great scholars when it comes to Urdu literature, Gopi Chand Narang, was quoted as saying that, Urdu is not the language of Muslims. If at all there is any language of Muslims, it should be Arabic. Urdu belongs to the composite culture of India. Hindi and Urdu are supplementary and complementary. They are like sisters strengthening each otherOpinion
Urdu has a glorious past, but will its future too be bright?

For instance, Upendranath Ashk and Munshi Premchand were famous Urdu authors before they even began to write in Hindi.

8 Nov 2019 12:44 AM IST

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadis underpants were obtained by an undercover source and DNA tested to prove his identity before an operation by US forces to kill him, an advisor to the Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday. (Photo: File)Opinion
In Baghdadi’s death, did US really ‘kill its own creature’?

When history is written, Mr Trump will be chastised for a hundred reasons, and severely.

8 Nov 2019 12:40 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee, this years Nobel laureate in Economics.Opinion
‘India may have walked out of RCEP too early’

Do not buy into the propaganda of the Right.

8 Nov 2019 12:37 AM IST

Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)Opinion
Thirty years after fall of Berlin Wall, democracy in Europe is in...

The message from Moscow that autumn was clear: the Eastern European regimes propped up by the USSR were on their own.

7 Nov 2019 4:14 AM IST

Some years ago, Pope Francis, while visiting Sweden and celebrating the Mass on November 1 the feast of All Saints, proposed to the faithful six new beatitudes that he believed could help them lead a holy life in modern times.Opinion
Mystic Mantra: The Pope’s beatitudes - Who are the blessed?

For many, just one or two Bible verses have brought about a total conversion in their lives.

7 Nov 2019 3:28 AM IST

Abhijit BanerjeeOpinion
Need value for money in healthcare

Healthcare being a state subject, each state government will need to act on this, with or without any support from the...

7 Nov 2019 3:27 AM IST

For instance, you have no right to ask why over 10 million Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley, Pir Panjal, the Chenab Valley, Kargil and elsewhere have been denied the Internet for the last three months since the abrogation of Articles 35A and 370.Opinion
History’s lesson for J&K: ‘There is no why here’

Everyone familiar with Holocaust literature is aware of how the Jews were exterminated, tortured, made to die of hunger,...

7 Nov 2019 3:25 AM IST

Dont spend your time double tapping a picture of friends laughing together when you could be laughing with someone in real life.Opinion
Mystic Mantra: Savour life, relish the moments

We’re all missing out on a life that is unfolding in front of us, one that is so wonderful and yet won’t be there...

6 Nov 2019 6:06 AM IST

With respect to communal messages, rather than remain quiet, I have responded politely by asking for names of Muslims assumed to be plundering the country so that action is taken against them.Opinion
Don’t question my identity! Setting the record straight in dismal...

The religious priests assumed that they were there for religious purposes and not for tourism.

6 Nov 2019 6:04 AM IST

The UN has grown much since then, reflecting the changes in the world mostly due to decolonisation, fragmentation of the USSR, and the division of some founder member states like Yugoslavia.Opinion
It’s high time to push UN’s democratisation

The UN now has 191 members, and Switzerland was the last to join on September 10, 2002.

6 Nov 2019 6:01 AM IST

Flyovers are outdatedOpinion
Flyovers are outdated

Technically, flyovers and elevated corridors/sections are bridges that come under intense load and continuous stress for...

5 Nov 2019 3:17 AM IST

The senses see objects in the present; the mind focuses on the past; and the intellect plans the future.Opinion
Mystic Mantra: The journey from ‘prithvilok’ to ‘suryalok’

Some of these are subtler or higher, more of them are grosser or lower.

5 Nov 2019 1:33 AM IST

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