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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | English Hinglish: Taking liberties with language

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | English Hinglish: Taking liberties with...

One had always suspected that the saffron lobby’s Hindi fervour was a political position like “love...

11 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Indus river in Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. AP file photo

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus waters: Yawning gap between threat and reality

The Narendra Modi government has decided to start talks with Pakistan on the Indus Waters Treaty, and rightly so. After...

8 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The State in the economy and state of the economy

Continuing the emphasis placed in the Union government’s budgetary strategy for the last fiscal year 2022-23,...

6 Feb 2023 12:35 AM IST

This Republic Day has dawned in the midst of a nationwide agitation against the CAA-NPR-NRC combine.

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | CAA not the real problem, but NRC is open to...

Recalling the stormy protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, it was not surprising to learn that a young Jamia...

1 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Gandhi-Godse debate. (Photo: Twitter)

Move Review | A courageous take on the Gandhi-Godse debate

Bold indeed. Full marks both for inventing the space and holding a great artistic balance in telling the story to Raj...

29 Jan 2023 12:34 AM IST

But 50,000 flags per circle would result in a total of 15 lakh for the 30 circles. Asked about this mismatch, officials avoided comment. DC Image

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Strengthen Indiaâ€™s future: You canâ€™t change...

Recent events confirm that Indians suffer acutely from what Jawaharlal Nehru saw as the majority’s minority...

18 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

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Dinesh C. Sharma | How the Nizam in 1947 waged propaganda war against...

We live in the information age, bombarded with thousands of messages, news stories and data daily. Political parties,...

4 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen MM Naravane, review the security situation and operational preparedness in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, in Tawang. (PTI file photo)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | 1962 to 2022: No lessons learnt on tackling...

Six decades after the 1962 Chinese invasion, it’s time for a proper historical narrative, not just partisanship...

16 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks outside Parliament with the media after paying tribute to martyrs who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack on its 21st anniversary, at Parliament House complex in New Delhi, Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Amit Shah: No one can capture India-'s land till Modi government is in...

The bravery shown by soldiers is appreciable, they have saved our land, Shah said

14 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Patel was part of the earlier generation, and, along with Jinnah and Gandhi, passed on shortly after Independence. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same...

We are in the middle of yet another election cycle (do these things never end?) and the matter of Jawaharlal Nehru...

6 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

The Indian Army has said agressive local incidents on the Line of Actual Control are resolved through local meetings of

Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

The short answer to whether India and China will always be rivals is a resounding “yes”. But rivals need not...

6 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | The 1962 India-China war: In dubious battle

I was in school in 1962, but the events of September, October and November are still etched in my mind. They still tell...

22 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST