Monday, 30th October 2017

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Opinion

It wasn’t a coincidence that Narendra Modi’s 2019 election campaign was unremittingly sectarian, without even the nod to development that characterised its 2014 pitch. The first step now in reclaiming the republic is to reject the Muslim-baiting menu without caveat or qualification

Opinion

Experiments in the politics of sadomasochism

Such politics don’t just distract from economic suffering; they are a way of sublimating distress into majoritarian rage

By Mukul Kesavan

Opinion

Let me tell you bedtime stories

By Sankarshan Thakur
We don’t invite into bed folks that are not us. And we don’t tell them the stories that I am about to tell you

Opinion

Kashmir: Perils of a muscular approach

By A. S. Dulat
People shout pro-freedom slogans at a demonstration after Friday prayers during curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar on Friday, August 16, 2019
A Kashmiri woman holds her 40-day-old daughter, Tanzeela, as she waits near a police station to hear about her husband who was detained during night raids in Srinagar, on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Authorities say thousands have been arrested in the communications blackout and security lockdown

Opinion

Hindus, Muslims no longer talk to each other

By Swapan Dasgupta
The Red Cross display in the mall graphically gave the lie to Suu Kyi’s claim that the Myanmar government had not engaged in any “armed clashes or clearance operations” targeting the Rohingya.

Opinion

Lessons for Suu Kyi in London's shopping malls

By Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
English cricketer Douglas Jardine

Opinion

Is Jofra the new Larwood?

By Amit Roy
At a time when Indian policy-makers continue to pay lip service to defence reforms and the Indian armed forces continue to complain about the lack of resources, China seems to be moving far ahead in reshaping its military into a leaner, meaner fighting force

Opinion

How China is shaping its security strategy

By Harsh V. Pant
In Prasoon Joshi's letter defending the Narendra Modi regime, what was a left/right, secular/communal divide is now embedded in a national-antinational opposition, turning dissent, opposition, terror and critique into questionable activities

Opinion

Confusing majoritarianism with uniformity

By Shiv Visvanathan
Climate change stems from an excessively consumerist lifestyle

Opinion

Planting trees can't stop climate change

By Jaydev Jana
Sister Nivedita

Opinion

Sister Nivedita and her Tamil dedicator

By A.R. Venkatachalapathy
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Comment
Among the whispers in BJP corridors are questions as to why no action was taken against P. Chidambaram (in picture), despite the case against him being old, while Arun Jaitley played an active role in politics

Chidambaram's arrest and Jaitley's absence

By The Telegraph
P. Chidambaram is being investigated for seeking financial kickbacks for his son, Karti, in return for okaying foreign investments granted to a media group

In the name of the son

By Upala Sen
A demonstration against unemployment by Dalit women. What India requires today is a ‘third democratic upsurge’ that can rearticulate an anti-elitism against the traditional social elites

The anger of New India

By Ajay Gudavarthy
Children who are given the freedom to experience different ways of worship grow up to be broad-minded and respectful of other religions

We are too wary when talking about religion

By Devi Kar
Working presidents of the Delhi unit of the Congress party salute the national flag on August 15, 2019

Old habits die hard, especially bad habits

By The Telegraph
Crow, crow, crow your throat / Hoarsely down the stream / Horribly, horribly, horribly, horribly / Life is but a scream

Birdie, birdie, kee gall hai?

By Sankarshan Thakur
Editorials
Storytelling is the final frontier that separates man from intelligent machines
Storytelling is the final frontier that separates man from intelligent machines

Can bots tell stories the way people do?

By The Editorial Board
Letters
Perhaps given the gradual disappearance — or should that be silencing? — of the argumentative Indian, the change in the fortunes of these iconic biscuits is only to be expected
Perhaps given the gradual disappearance — or should that be silencing? — of the argumentative Indian, the change in the fortunes of these iconic biscuits is only to be expected

Parle-G, Britannia Marie, and 'chai pe charcha'

By The Telegraph
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