Naghma Sahar

We can't silence people objecting to Muslims being lynched by regurgitating whataboutery such as, 'What about when Hindus were killed?'

Aam and khaas fans alike want MS Dhoni to not hang up his gloves. But, critics demand, he should take a break now. The divisive intensity of this debate takes it beyond the cricket pitch.

Irony ran wild as Mike Pompeo tried lecturing India on rights even as children, migrants and hapless minorities suffer abuse, attacks and discrimination in the land of the brave and free.

The swearing-in ceremony of Parliamentarians was marred by a contest of religious slogans, taken out of context and used to target. Will Parliament now become a religious akhada?

It wasn't so much the Congress' weaknesses as the strength of Narendra Modi's imagined new India, rich, powerful, globally confident and stridently Hindu, that won Lok Sabha 2019.

Modi's phrase signifies the resentment in a sizeable section of voiceless India which has begun to find its voice. And which has started to reject mockery by the elite such as the Congress' venerable elders.

The election pitch will reach a crescendo with BJP branding Congress as a 'terror sympathiser', one that raised questions over the IAF strikes in Balakot as well.

There are several crucial learnings here, including the truth that wars are not fought in newsrooms and India’s anger against Pakistan cannot turn inwards.

Commenting on a female politician's gender, looks or attire reflects the misogynistic mindset of our politicians. This is seen across the political spectrum, from the 'traditional' BJP to 'new-age' neta Rahul Gandhi.

Bengal will be a major battlefield in 2019 and the Modi vs Didi clash so far shows the gloves are off and the fight will only get nastier. Alongside, the rhetoric will grow more pious.

Even a flawed Afghan government will be better than the Taliban rule, but the US appears to accept any deal in a hurry to get its "boots on the ground" out of Afghanistan.

There is a lot of talk about Priyanka's possible political impact. But the fact remains, Priyanka's face-off with Narendra Modi in the 2014 elections failed to stop the Modi wave.

Despite the newfound bonhomie, the two leaders are very different in terms of experience, style of functioning and ideology.

There’s a key difference between Bofors and Rafale. That may be the BJP's battle strength, despite it losing a war of words.

Life is not all about perfection and success. This is the underlying message of 'Zero', which will be vindicated if SRK shines rising above Zero's success or failure.

Constantly questioning Rahul Gandhi's 'Hindu-ness' seems to have hurt the BJP. Rahul's use of 'soft Hindutva' helped the Congress, but not our larger polity.

The Congress President is repeating the mistake Rajiv Gandhi made in 1989. By swallowing the Sangh's agenda, the Congress has only done the BJP a favour, and hurt Indian secularism.

Trump’s liberal use of his Twitter account has created unease within his own administration.

The Statue of Unity is full of ironies. Not least that the man who first recognised the Chinese threat to India should have his statue made with Chinese know-how.