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Opinion | Rahul Gandhi Must Be Mindful Of His LoP Role - On Foreign Soil Too

Sanjay Singh | Wednesday September 11, 2024

It is one thing for an opposition leader to criticize Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government domestically, but Gandhi often ends up disparaging his own country, its people, and its institutions on foreign soil.

Opinion | Elections 2024: It's The Season Of 'Others', Once Again

Amitabh Tiwari | Wednesday September 11, 2024

'Others' are poised to flex their muscles and may well play a significant role in the 2024 state elections in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. Whether they will become kingmakers or simply act as vote-cutters remains to be seen.

Opinion | India-Pak Peace Is Possible - Only If Pak Army Takes A Back Seat

Syed Zubair Ahmed | Wednesday September 11, 2024

If India and Pakistan have tepid bilateral relations today, it is because the Pakistan army appears reluctant to allow civilian governments to build a warm relationship with India.

Opinion | G20 Or COP29, West Will Keep Choosing Politics Over Climate

Manjeev Puri | Tuesday September 10, 2024

While US ambivalence on international commitments for climate change is known, the Europeans, who project themselves as champions of climate action, are now prevaricating too.

Blog | 'Don't Do Drama': My Story Of Online Sexual Harassment Isn't Mine Alone

Nishtha Gautam | Tuesday September 10, 2024

Women are made to watch over their shoulders even more in digital space. I have written multiple times about the intellectual moorings of this trend of making women invisible by either blocking women's entry to, or bullying them out of public spaces.

Opinion | RSS's Caste Census Dilemma Is Only Growing

Arati R Jerath | Tuesday September 10, 2024

The fears of the RSS are not misplaced. However, endorsing a caste census only plays into the hands of the Opposition.

Opinion | Trump Is On Top - Despite Everything

Ajay Kumar | Monday September 09, 2024

One, Americans favour dynamism over compassion. The fastest growing US states - Texas, Florida, Montana - are ruled by Republicans; the slowest and the stagnant by Democrats.

Opinion | 12 New Opposition MPs India Should Watch Out For - Part 2

Derek O'Brien | Monday September 09, 2024

This is the second part of a two-part column: 12 new MPs in the Opposition to watch out for. In the first part, Derek O'Brien wrote about six of the 446 new MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Blog | A Doctor's Rape-Murder And The Calcutta Chromosome

Saikat Kumar Bose | Friday September 06, 2024

It has been 28 days since a 31-year-old doctor was found raped and murdered in a seminar hall of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. And the City of Joy, known to be laid back and hopelessly romantic, is wide awake and angry.

Opinion | It's Time Pakistan Stopped Blaming Others For Its Balochistan Problem

Bharti Mishra Nath | Friday September 06, 2024

Pakistan needs to abandon the policy of rewarding those who attack Baloch nationalists and stop promoting conspiracy theories that India, Iran, and Afghanistan are behind all the chaos in Balochistan.

Opinion | <i>IC 814</i> Row, And My 1994 Encounter With Terrorist Omar Sheikh

Opinion | IC 814 Row, And My 1994 Encounter With Terrorist Omar Sheikh

Syed Zubair Ahmed | Friday September 06, 2024

The Netflix web series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack has sparked a controversy over names of a few of the hijackers. But it has taken me back to my chance encounter with Omar Sheikh, one of the three terrorists released after the hijack.

Opinion | AAP Alliance, No CM Face: Decoding Congress's Haryana Strategy

Amitabh Tiwari | Thursday September 05, 2024

Both parties initially planned to go solo, but last-minute discussions at the high command level revived talks. The AAP is reportedly demanding 10 seats, while the Congress is currently offering two to three.

Opinion | India Is Finally Reversing Its Semiconductor Misfortune

Syed Zubair Ahmed | Thursday September 05, 2024

The Modi government has recognised the fact that if India needs to be a big geopolitical player, it needs to be the leading light in the semiconductor arena.