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The ‘trickle-down effect’, it seems, seldom works for the good things. Yet it operates most efficiently when the urge is to divide and hurt. A primary school in Wazirabad village in Delhi has been...

Today is Friday the 13th and I want to talk about a spine-chilling experience. A chain of circumstances led me to spending a night in the company of a Bengali grammar book, with no one around but a lo...

Educator Deepak Ramola was on a 90-day tour of Europe in 2016. He was documenting what he calls the “life lessons” of refugees. “That was the height of the refugee crisis in Syria. A lot of peop...

Pitch ready? CheckBat and ball? CheckTeams? CheckAadhaar? CheckReligion? Err…The scene would have unfolded in Kerala had a “club” gone ahead with a cricket tournament on November 25.The Under-18...

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There is a first time for everything, including honouring democratic rights and duties. This is evident in the record number of Indian citizens who have registered as first-time voters for the upcomin...

Fair is foul and foul is fair in this country full of fog and filthy air. India is, once again, choking on the fumes of revelry. The festival of lights — or is it one of smoke? — has come and gone...

Ahead of the expected Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled how the government, political parties and the civil society prevented attempts to crea...

An act of omission can be intended to complement an act of commission. Consider, as a primer, the prime minister’s latest attempt to be parsimonious with the truth. While replying to the motion of t...