menu_open

National Herald

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Two cases, two judges — a watershed moment for India

latest 10

National Herald

Avay Shukla

Dear farmers, watch the backdoor

latest 4

National Herald

Yogendra Yadav

The filthy state of a holy river

A staggering Rs 17,000 crore is being spent to host the 40-day Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. An additional sum of Rs 237 crore was sanctioned by...

15.12.2024 10

National Herald

Pankaj Chaturvedi

What global indices say about the state of the nation

In 2021, I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters, I compared India’s rankings on various global indices that I had...

15.12.2024 40

National Herald

Aakar Patel

Uttar Pradesh: Stoking the fire is easier than putting it out

The sudden spate of petitions for ‘surveying’ mosques and dargahs, from Sambhal to Ajmer Sharif, and the seemingly unrelated ‘stray’ incidents...

15.12.2024 3

National Herald

Herjinder

The imminent rise of an Islamist epicentre in Syria

The fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s long-entrenched ruler, has reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East in ways few anticipated....

15.12.2024 5

National Herald

Ashok Swain

A bitter harvest for the farmers

Who’s stopping farmers from going to Delhi? No one, according to the BJP’s Haryana president Mohan Lal Badoli. If they can’t walk, “let them...

15.12.2024 2

National Herald

Pankaj Chaturvedi

Digital immortality is already here!

In his seminal and thought-provoking book Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari has some very interesting observations about mankind's quest for...

14.12.2024 2

National Herald

Avay Shukla

Syria: Will it be Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde?

It’s a cataclysmic change. An easy overthrow of the ruling regime in Syria headed by President Bashar al-Assad was unforeseen. Yet, in less than...

13.12.2024 3

National Herald

Ashis Ray

How Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts Rajya Sabha proceedings

Every day, the Rajya Sabha chairman provides more and more evidence of his biases. Take today, for example.   Today, he lets multiple BJP MPs take...

13.12.2024 2

National Herald

Nh Digital

India and Bangladesh need each other but politicians think otherwise

Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s one-day visit to Dhaka this week marked a turning point in bilateral relations with Bangladesh. The...

12.12.2024 1

National Herald

Aj Prabal

ac44402757597d481d420168333010ad