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Porn: From print to preview

Porn: From print to preview

The ban now extends, quite rightly, to “child porn”

8 Aug 2015 6:07 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: God walks with you

Mystic Mantra: God walks with you

God is aware of everything that occurs in our lives

7 Aug 2015 11:00 AM IST

Punch hard, punch now

Punch hard, punch now

India must realise that this “no war, no peace” status with Pakistan will continue with occasional terror...

7 Aug 2015 10:55 AM IST

Equality, but with one exception

Equality, but with one exception

I saw this story in the news on immigration which made me wonder if the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government had...

7 Aug 2015 10:51 AM IST

Tackle politics first, governance later

Tackle politics first, governance later

It was instructive to monitor the Twitter postings last Tuesday afternoon of people who are often understood to be in...

6 Aug 2015 11:37 AM IST

The justice deficit

The justice deficit

India has carried out the execution of Yakub Memon,” says the BBC, “the man convicted of financing the...

3 Aug 2015 10:17 AM IST

The accused was a victim too

The accused was a victim too

Convicted terrorist Yakub Memon was buried this week, the same day as former President and scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam....

2 Aug 2015 9:51 AM IST

Selective memories

Selective memories

In December 1992, as violence spread in different parts of Bombay, as it was then called, I met a young man who had...

1 Aug 2015 6:28 AM IST

Manners matter, even at an orgy

Manners matter, even at an orgy

London: We all agree that a world without manners would make this a pretty grim place to live. Offensive informality is...

31 July 2015 12:09 PM IST

Punjab: Terror & drugs

Punjab: Terror & drugs

Punjab is back in the headlines with a brutality reminiscent of the violent Eighties. In the early hours of July 27,...

30 July 2015 11:53 AM IST

Bihar is not Patna

Bihar is not Patna

Lalu may have decided to support Nitish but challenge is to ensure that RJD votes are ‘transferred’

28 July 2015 11:51 AM IST

The Chinese islands

The Chinese islands

A brooding presence is shrouding the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives, steering it in a direction inimical to...

28 July 2015 11:36 AM IST