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By Shyam Saran The latest terrorist outrage in Kashmir underscores the nature of the war against terror. The terrorist has to succeed only occasionally to negate, in public perception, the scores of

By Ramachandra Guha Earlier this week, Jignesh Mevani, an elected member of the Gujarat assembly, was stopped from speaking at the H.K. Arts College in Ahmedabad, where he had himself once

By Anup Sinha With the parliamentary elections coming up, slanging matches among political parties have become more intense and strident. The quality of discussions amongst politicians and media houses, especially the electronic

By Seema Mustafa The die has been cast. Top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party. Telugu Desam and the Congress party met to form what can be

By Dar Javed Walking in the maze of narrow lanes and by-lanes into Old Srinagar called shaheri-khass, meandering through its exposed brick and wooden structures, often shouting for some care and attention

By Dr Tasaduk Itoo Mother tongue is blessed with amazing power of reassurance. Some time back while I as a doctor on duty, a concerned staff nurse accorded to a patient ,

By Srinat Rraghavan Recent revelations about the Rafale deal have all focused on one central question: Was the contract for 36 aircraft secured by the NDA government on better terms than the

By Yara Hawari On February 14, Valentine’s Day, the corporate capitalism machinery will distract the general population with yet another consumerist “holiday” in which we are made to feel lonely, inadequate and/or

By Mohammad Humayoun Khan The belief that mankind will rise from the grave, an integral part of the three Abrahamic faiths Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, is not just a myth or wishful

By Spahic Omer The Prophet (pbuh) has said that Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty1. It is for this that the whole of Allah’s creation has been designed and created according