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Narendra Modi invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee provides hope
August 11, 2016, 2:39 AM IST
By AS Dulat “Walo a Baghbano, Nau Baharuk Shan Paeda Kar” (Arise, O Gardener! And usher in the glory of a new spring) Mahjoor (Kashmiri poet) All great sages from Kalhana to Mahatma Gandhi have…
August 11, 2016, 2:39 AM IST
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Full statehood for Delhi minus NDMC
August 10, 2016, 6:01 AM IST
Delhi, the high court has ruled, is a Union territory and the lieutenant governor, who is the President’s representative, has the final authority in matters of administration. However, on the ground, Delhi has an elected…
August 10, 2016, 6:01 AM IST
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Is GST setting BJP up?
August 10, 2016, 5:46 AM IST
As the government hails the goods and services tax (GST) as a new miracle cure for black money, tax terror, a segmented domestic market and, of course, revenue shortage, its leaders would do well to…
August 10, 2016, 5:46 AM IST
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India must rekindle the spirit of Bismil and Ashfaqullah
August 9, 2016, 3:21 PM IST
At a time when the cow has inadvertently been turned into a divisive symbol threatening social amity, it is time to remember a long-forgotten episode from the freedom struggle which in its time mesmerised all…
August 9, 2016, 3:21 PM IST
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Did Dalits fare any better in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat?
August 9, 2016, 10:39 AM IST
In a hard-hitting message on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an appeal to end politicisation of Dalit atrocities during his first visit to Telangana. PM Modi was in a belligerent mood as he exhorted…
August 9, 2016, 10:39 AM IST
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The world is not enough: Are domestic policies to blame for asset and employment creation not to have returned?
August 9, 2016, 4:10 AM IST
By Saumitra Chaudhuri Terms come in and go out of usage. ‘Green shoots’ is one, an expression of a longing for the heady days of high growth that surfaced after the 2008-09 global crisis. It…
August 9, 2016, 4:10 AM IST
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Finally, the gau-to man
August 8, 2016, 4:41 AM IST
“I’ve seen people indulge in antisocial activities through the night, put on robes of gau rakshaks by the day.” Clark Kent a.k.a. Kal-El a.k.a. Superman couldn’t have made a more pertinent observation at the most…
August 8, 2016, 4:41 AM IST
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As Modi settles in Delhi, new non-traditional challengers are emerging
August 8, 2016, 4:37 AM IST
By Pranab Dhal Samanta Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had a reasonably good run of late. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitution (Amendment) Bill is through. His trusted aide Amit Shah has effected a…
August 8, 2016, 4:37 AM IST
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PM Narendra Modi’s condemnation of vigilantism welcome
August 8, 2016, 4:33 AM IST
It is welcome that PM Narendra Modi has condemned, in no uncertain terms, the self-styled cow protectors who have mounted assaults on Muslims and Dalits in different parts of the country in the name of…
August 8, 2016, 4:33 AM IST
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What explains PM Narendra Modi’s belated condemnation of the cow-guards?
August 7, 2016, 6:22 PM IST
If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly. That, of course, was Shakespeare. Better late than never. That is a plain old English proverb. Both are relevant in the…
August 7, 2016, 6:22 PM IST
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Would pellet guns be used in Gujarat?
August 6, 2016, 4:21 AM IST
By Ajmer Singh I am an ex-Indian Army officer, short service commissioned, and left after completing my contractual period. Along with that brief introduction, I must also talk about my new identity as a ‘Pakistani’…
August 6, 2016, 4:21 AM IST
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It is Pakistan’s advantage when Delhi is not savvy enough to open lines of communication with people in Kashmir Valley
August 6, 2016, 4:18 AM IST
By Anand K Sahay It is advantage Pakistan when New Delhi is not savvy enough to open lines of communication with its own people in the Kashmir Valley. That is exactly what gives Islamabad every…
August 6, 2016, 4:18 AM IST
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Valid politics beyond parliamentary norms
August 6, 2016, 4:06 AM IST
Should parliamentary behaviour be guided by lofty ethics and morality, or should political compulsions take precedence? Lecturing first-time MPs on July 1, eminent constitutional lawyer Fali Nariman plumped for the former. He singled out Mani…
August 6, 2016, 4:06 AM IST
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Needless rage on media issues during Rajnath Singh’s visit to Pakistan
August 6, 2016, 2:24 AM IST
By Pranab Dhal Samanta As if India and Pakistan don’t already have enough to worry about that an almost needless rage has emerged around Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Pakistan. And that too, over…
August 6, 2016, 2:24 AM IST
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Nitin Patel misses out again as Vijay Rupani becomes Gujarat chief minister
August 5, 2016, 6:27 PM IST
The dramatic turn of events leading to the elevation of Vijay Rupani as the chief minister of Gujarat has taken most by surprise. Rupani’s deputy will be Nitin Patel who had hogged the limelight through…
August 5, 2016, 6:27 PM IST
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GST: Big bang Modi’s forward march
August 5, 2016, 5:24 AM IST
Just over three years ago when the BJP national executive met in Goa to appoint Narendra Modi as the campaign committee chief ahead of the 2014 elections, the media narrative and secular intelligentsia debate was…
August 5, 2016, 5:24 AM IST
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This climate change is real: A new politics is emerging out of new aspirations that threatens purveyors of old politics
August 5, 2016, 5:20 AM IST
By Neerja Chowdhury The BJP can be faulted on many fronts today, but not for its quick political reflexes. With angry Dalits coming out in Ahmedabad in thousands to protest against the floggingof four Dalits…
August 5, 2016, 5:20 AM IST
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Enough is enough, apologise Azam Khan
August 4, 2016, 6:59 PM IST
Senior minister in Uttar Pradesh, Azam Khan, must have been secretly patting himself on the back for giving a political twist to the Bulandshahr gang rape that has evoked nationwide outrage. A 35-year-old woman and…
August 4, 2016, 6:59 PM IST
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Five reasons why Amit Shah will not be next chief minister of Gujarat
August 3, 2016, 4:37 PM IST
There have been many murmurs of how Amit Shah is eyeing the chair of Gujarat chief minister rather than continuing in his all-important position of BJP’s national president. But nothing could be further from the…
August 3, 2016, 4:37 PM IST
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Obama’s foreign-policy of “Don’t do stupid stuff” could benefit PM Narendra Modi domestically
August 2, 2016, 10:15 PM IST
The worry in India now is that in trying to regain lost ground with the marginalized communities like the Dalits whom it has alienated ahead of next year’s UP assembly elections thanks to the vigilante…
August 2, 2016, 10:15 PM IST
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