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By Amlan Home Chowdhury Quite a few decades ago, an interesting piece of poll-time gossip surfaced in an eastern Indian state concerning its chief minister. The wags had it that the chief…

By Suhail Ahmad Wani “Some Indians crawl face downwards in front of their gods. I wanted them to know that a British woman is as sacred as a Hindu god & therefore…

By Dr Mahboob A Khawaja “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”…

By Priyanka Tripathi Postcolonial India was largely democratic, however, in recent times, it has given way to a divisive society with religious sectarianism, conservative mindsets and politics of hatred. Despite the established…

By Ruchir Joshi In the run up to the last LokSabha elections, the propagandists of the BJP-RSS began projecting a cluster of reasonably well thought out lies. The set menu these waiters…

By Kumar Ketkar Far too many times, journalists experience a sense of déjà vu in their career. Eight years ago, in April, Anna Hazare had begun his indefinite fast to demand a…

By Tawfeeq Irshad Mir Say Kashmir, and the sweet aroma of pine takes over the mind fluttering among images of valley, Kashmir lost its claim to heaven a long time ago but…

By Dilip Hiro It’s still the most dangerous border on Earth. Yet compared to the recent tweets of President Donald Trump, it remains a marginal news story. That doesn’t for a moment…

By Sunanda K Datta Ray Whether or not NarendraModi returns as Prime Minister, the end of the LokSabha campaign will find him presiding over a sadly degenerated BharatiyaJanata Party. Lal Krishna Advani’s…