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...
Kamal Nath’s appointment as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is widely seen as an instance of realpolitik. It isn’t that. There are moments in the life of a country that are sacred. Not becaus...
Wondering why his comments on mob violence were being misconstrued with some people calling him a 'traitor', actor Naseeruddin Shah said on Friday that he spoke as a 'worried Indian' and has the right...
A recent tweet from the Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, runs thus: “It is really praiseworthy that Muslim community persons along with the old woman’s two ...
Sir — Cyclone Titli, which clocked wind speed up to 165 kilometre per hour, left behind a trail of destruction in parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Over 20 people are dead owing to the cyc...
The Bengal chief minister said on Wednesday that communalisation of the Nizamuddin Markaz congregation was “condemnable” and there was no need for worry over people who had contracted the novel co...
Sir — The recently-concluded Miss Venezuela beauty pageant has broken with the tradition of publicly declaring the physical measurements of the winner. This is welcome, given that the practice objec...