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A healing chapter in the Lanka tale begins

A healing chapter in the Lanka tale begins

In the end, Mahinda Rajapaksa of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), who presented himself as the Sinhala...

21 Aug 2015 8:38 AM IST

Banning porn is a tricky business

Banning porn is a tricky business

If the politics of a regulation society were a pie chart, the Modi government would split into three sections. The first...

19 Aug 2015 9:58 AM IST

Clean our money

Clean our money

It will take much more than curious laws to clean up our dirty money. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to attack...

17 Aug 2015 11:57 AM IST

Of maps, mercenaries & Bharat Mata

Of maps, mercenaries & Bharat Mata

‘Indian Army’ has a history that reveals its instinct as being entirely mercenary in character

16 Aug 2015 12:15 PM IST

Modi must break the mould on Aug. 15

Modi must break the mould on Aug. 15

Every year the Prime Minister of India stands early in the morning facing the ramparts of the Red Fort and speaks to the...

15 Aug 2015 7:19 AM IST

Big ideas not enough

Big ideas not enough

Every leader is expected to articulate a personal vision. Every Prime Minister sets forth inspiring national goals. This...

13 Aug 2015 11:14 AM IST

Fissures in Taliban good for Kabul

Fissures in Taliban good for Kabul

It’s a moment of epiphany in Afghanistan. The realisation has dawned that Pakistan cannot be trusted to bring...

13 Aug 2015 10:35 AM IST

GMO in my mustard

GMO in my mustard

India is the home of oilseed diversity — coconut, groundnut, linseed, niger, mustard, rapeseed, safflower and...

12 Aug 2015 12:56 PM IST

U-turns & flip-flops

U-turns & flip-flops

No government, whether led by Congress or BJP, can afford to cut spending on welfare

11 Aug 2015 11:36 AM IST

What stands between Athens & anarchy?

What stands between Athens & anarchy?

Athens: Nestled under the Acropolis, snug and safe among the ancient ruins of a long-ago grandeur, Plaka is the only...

11 Aug 2015 11:28 AM IST

The ‘rights industry’

The ‘rights industry’

Sambit Patra, the voluble Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman, in a recent newspaper article refers to “the human...

10 Aug 2015 10:47 AM IST

Partition: A fallout of 1942?

Partition: A fallout of 1942?

There has been a spate of books in recent weeks on Partition and the birth of Pakistan. The books have covered a range,...

9 Aug 2015 12:19 PM IST