The Centre is unable to integrate Kashmiris into the mainstream by means of dialogue, despite several attempts.
...Full StoryDevout gangsterism that devises its own means of justice argues for the violent cult of the cow.
...Full StoryThe EU referendum proves Britain no longer speaks for the world.
...Full StoryI watch him for his pride in standing up and taking a beating.
...Full StoryThe two years of his rule have been lacklustre.
...Full StoryThe choices our democracy seems to throw up cannot be called genuine.
...Full StoryWhen the common man in a semi-literate country awaits justice, should lawmakers indulge in verbal diarrhoea?
...Full StoryOf course, it's fishy business.
...Full StoryThe PM could have owned up and said his education has been in real life experiences.
...Full StoryOne presumes 2014, when Malala and Satyarthi shared the honour, was the year Mr Mr rejected the offer.
...Full StoryShould we lose billions of man-hours looking for the principles of quantum physics in, say, Karna Parva?
...Full StoryThe Hindu right-wing is endorsing superstitions.
...Full StorySir, where's my money going, if I may ask? And why is it not coming back to me when I need it most?
...Full StoryThe state's literacy rate might be high, but its tolerance threshold is low.
...Full StoryIf a poll is done on the trust quotient of media now, or the government or the judiciary, you are likely to find it at its lowest ebb.
...Full StoryThere is a very thin line between ideologies like nationalism and fundamentalism.
...Full StoryThere is nothing preventing the government from running a DNA test on the freedom fighter's ashes.
...Full StoryInfantile dependency on guns as a film-making tool shoots the director in him dead.
...Full StoryI am not blaming anyone. I am not bitter.
...Full StoryWould have been better to pull up the civic body and directing the opaque institution to keep its footpaths free of sleepers and squatters.
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