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Winston Churchill famously said that “a politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year” and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and President of Bharatiya Janta Party, Amit Shah appear to be past masters in this art. Call it Karnataka effect or recent reversals in bye-polls, Modi and Shah are...
Why farmers are in distress ?
During the seventy years of India’s independence, we have marched forward on many fronts; especially expansion of industry and service sector and opening up...
World News
US asks India, other nations to stop oil imports from Iran...
The United States on June 26 asked India, other nations to stop oil imports from Iran by November 4 or face imposition of economic sanctions.
Peter Harrell,...
Politics
Administrative functioning during period of unitary rule in J&K is not...
Imposition of governor’s rule since June 20 in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, following the breaking up of Bharatiya Janata Party alliance with...
Economy
Will continue to make every effort to settle with PSBs: Vijay...
Vijay Mallya on June 26 released a two-year-old letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said in a statement saying “He will continue to...
States
Police arrest 3 youth for allegedly raping class 12 student in...
Three youth were arrested from Bhatinda, Punjab for allegedly raping a class 12 student for over three days (June 17 -20) in Manali town...
Editor's Note
Modi, Shah in search of friends offer olive branch to allies
Winston Churchill famously said that “a politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next...
Book Review
The Yamraj that wasn’t
Ask anyone familiar with Hindu mythology to visualise Yama or Yamraj and the first thing that you would get is a huge dark green...
Thayil brings out outlandish souls from the fragments of desperate times
No vigils left to keep, No enemies left to slaughter. Dom Moraes, in his 1983 poem <Absences>, perhaps best describes what he would not...
Remembering the subcontinent’s legends of Classical music
One of the oldest surviving writers in this part of the subcontinent, 95-year-old diplomat turned author Pran Nevile, is not halting the flow of...
Mythology made easy: Getting to know Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu
Hindu mythology is known for its fascinating narratives spun around a multitude of philosophical thoughts. While the stories mostly follow an inconsistent thread, what...
Unmasking Kashmir: An outsider’s revenge
A memoir by a former IAS officer normally has fewer reasons to be contentious. But there is every reason for it to be so...
Carrying on the fight against 1984 injustice
In 1984, I was residing in New Delhi and have seen the barbaric and horrifying hounding of Sikhs during the rioting. Rightfully described as...
India Social: Dissecting politics’ kinship with social media
The last few years have seen the fixation around the words ‘Social Media’ reach proportions fit for magical fascinations. Nearly every group, organisation and...
