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By Apoorvanand It is good that even when an imaginary Hindu fear has paralysed the Indian political mind and Muslims are being invisiblised, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress are returning to their

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik On Friday evening I drove back home to Islamabad after covering Pakistan’s July 25 general elections from the eastern city of Lahore. As I fumbled in my purse for

By G. Sampath When the Congress’s newly reconstituted Working Committee, which met for the first time on July 22, announced its intent to pitch Rahul Gandhi as the Opposition’s prime ministerial face,

By Seema Mustafa I had met Imran Khan when he was in the midst of turbulent politics, fighting and losing elections steadily, at his hilltop residence in Islamabad. One had to drive

By S Y Quraishi The general election in Pakistan is being described as a milestone in the democratic history of the country. This is only the second transition from one full-term civilian

By Jean Drèze Vimla Devi is a poor widow who lives in Kodakel village of Khunti district in Jharkhand. In a short video circulated recently on Twitter, she explains how she has

By Raza Agha The verdict is out. Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) it is, although not quite as decisively as the powers that be wanted. Coalition governments are in the offing in the centre, Punjab,

By Nasir Khan Political parties are essential to modern democracy, contrary to some popular opinion. Parties organise democracy and prevent voters from having to choose from among scores of candidates. Parties in

By Naseer Ahmed Poetry, literature, and rhetoric use words to influence, rather than to communicate precise ideas. This type of language, without precise meanings, is unsuitable for the pursuit of any discipline

By Syed Hossein Nisar In every religious universe created by God through revelation, there exists a center for the followers of that religion, a center where Heaven and earth touch each