Opinion

How Do You Kill a Case? The UP Government’s Playbook in the Akhlaq Lynching

Ten years. Ten whole years since a mob dragged Mohammad Akhlaq out of his home in Dadri, beat him to death with bricks and rods because someone spread the lie...

Why Indira Gandhi Remains India’s Most Influential and Most Debated Prime Minister

Let us recall the achievements of Indira Gandhi, whose birth anniversary we celebrate today. She has undoubtedly been...

El Fashir Has Fallen — and So Has the World’s Conscience on Sudan

The seizure of the city of El Fashir in North Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

How India’s Symbol of Love Is Being Twisted into a Tool of Hate

The Taj Mahal, regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is one of the major...

Bihar Today, Bengal Tomorrow: The Dangerous Blueprint of Special Intensive Revision

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar has revealed the true intent of the...
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Nitish loses will to act in crisis situation

“Why has Chief Minister Nitish Kumar become inactive when he is supposed to be super active with the Covid-19 playing havoc in Bihar?” This is...

Hagia Sofia and Babri Mosque: Majority appeasement towards one-party rule of theocracy

The historic Hagia Sophia in Turkey’s Istanbul has been reconverted from a museum to mosque by the country’s Islamist-nationalist president and ruling AKP leader...

BJP’s gamble on Scindia puts the party in a difficult situation in two states

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s central leadership gambled in Madhya Pradesh when it gave too much importance to Jyotiraditya Scindia by persuading the State...

Epilogue: A Requiem for the Dreams of Lost Generations and Hope for a New Dawn

I had begun the overview of the history of Indo-China conflict with the question: Can a student of history afford a sense of sadness...

India-China conflict: A Renegade’s Reading

Mao’s conquest of Tibet and Xinjiang happened during the high days of Sino-Soviet camaraderie. But the relation between communist giants nosedived after the Indo-China...

Bihar DGP: A Mystic in Uniform

It was a hot summer evening in 1983. The sun had faded out but there was no relief. The table fans creaked and blew...
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