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R JagannathanThe Times of India |
By confronting everyone who comes in her way, even the Election Commission or crime-fighting agencies like the ED, Mamata Banerjee has shown that for...
The fact is, Pakistan is not a normal state, and its reason for existence, especially its army, is extreme and unremitting enmity to India.
Mamata Banerjee has lost the sense of invincibility she had earlier. And the public knows this.
Beyond the immediate protection of Israel and its borders, which the USA could reasonably commit itself to, it did not need to get into every war in...
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Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.
A recent judgment of the Bombay High Court, ruled that the mere presence of a Jesus statue or the symbol of the crosscannot be seen as proof of...
A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our...
Trump cannot be relied on to understand India’s sensitivities, especially on our long-standing relationship with Russia.
The Union government’s fiscal discipline has not been matched by state fiscal discipline, thanks to the tendency to promise unconditional freebies...
Uncompetitive firms in other sectors impacted by zero or low import tariffs will also be wailing for bailouts once the big trade deals kick in.
The hubris lies in pretending that journalists are somehow seekers of the whole truth. This hubris was punctured when social media started calling out...
The real challenge for India’s reformers is to make manufacturing competitive. It must be the top priority for Centre, states, and local bodies.
Canadian PM Carney's Davos speech echoes India's realism on great-power rivalry and urges middle powers to band together.
There was a simpler way to give Vodafone a bailout on its AGR dues without raising the spectre of unequal treatment.
India’s urban crisis won’t end until cities make driving in crowded areas expensive.
While the Narendra Modi government has attracted criticism for the way it is handling India-US relationship, it is now possible to discern the faint...
Indian sampradayas have to institutionalise their knowledge and boil it down to essentials for transmission and proselytisation if they are to compete...
The one thing that bothers Pakistan, China, and the US is the global talk about India’s resilient economy and its inevitable rise as the third pole...
Organisations change with the times, and the RSS has probably done so too. But its past comes in handy for critics to take political potshots at it...
India’s IT services companies are not holding firms. They should focus on creating long-term value for shareholders instead of returning cash to...
Thanks to Trump’s sudden decision to target India rather than any other country with massive tariffs, many things that ought to have been done...
American thinker Thomas Sowell got it right, and it is time India's politicians and social activists realised that “solutions” lie in the spaces...
Rahul Gandhi is right to point out errors in the voter list, but it is quite unreasonable to allege that the BJP and the ECI were in cahoots.
Since all non-NDA Opposition parties seem united in demanding a cancellation of Bihar’s SIR, it’s safe to assume they fear their own vote bank...
Neither Naseeruddin Shah nor Zohran Mamdani can be accused of honesty in the views they hold dear.
When the powerful are not willing to open the gates for the deserving, it is time to gatecrash and make oneself heard.
PM Modi must ask himself a simple question: what is the use of all my prestige and political capital if it ultimately does not get things done for the...
It is only when ordinary Muslims start openly questioning the basic tenets of Islam and modifying or reinterpreting them for the modern era that...
Caste is one form of social linkage that has mutated over centuries. From being fairly flexible and affording some mobility pre-CE, it became more...