First two phases of LS elections confuse parties

NEW DELHI: Low voting percentage is giving some...

Return the ASEAN Sea to Southeast Asia

Geographically, the nomenclature ‘South China Sea’ makes...

Will Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena have an impact in Andhra Pradesh?

CHENNAI: While the Jana Sena has a significant...

Joyeeta Basu

Silence of the ‘liberals’

The silence in the “liberal” space over the spate of communal violence in West Bengal is getting deafening. “Civil” society members, who were out...

EC is right, Kejriwal needs to introspect, not throw mud

The theatre of the absurd is in town, with its varied cast of characters acting out their parts in a bizarre manner, which is...

EC is right, Kejriwal needs to introspect, not throw mud

The theatre of the absurd is in town, with its varied cast of characters acting out their parts in a bizarre manner, which is...

EC is right, Kejriwal needs to introspect, not throw mud

The theatre of the absurd is in town, with its varied cast of characters acting out their parts in a bizarre manner, which is...

Left-liberal against right only creates hatred

It’s a war out there. Every possible medium of communication—be it the mainstream media or the not-so-social media—is caught in a vortex of constant...

Left-liberal against right only creates hatred

It’s a war out there. Every possible medium of communication—be it the mainstream media or the not-so-social media—is caught in a vortex of constant...

Left-liberal against right only creates hatred

It’s a war out there. Every possible medium of communication—be it the mainstream media or the not-so-social media—is caught in a vortex of constant...

Anxiety in Bengal as radicalism gathers speed

Infiltration, demographic change and radicalisation of a section of the minority population are issues in the West Bengal elections this time, at least in...

Of brothers, rent collectors and absentee MLA: A Bengal Diary

The infectious enthusiasm to vote for Mamata Banerjee, which was so apparent in the 2011 Assembly elections in West Bengal, is missing in 2016....

CPM, Congress bank on arithmetic in Bengal

Desperation, some call it pragmatism, has driven the moribund Left and Congress in each other’s arms in West Bengal. Both are fighting for their...

‘Mamata treats clerics as mouthpieces of Muslims for the sake of votes’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s policy towards Muslims, a community that can be a deciding factor in as many as 85-100 seats, or...

BJP rising in Kashmir, will take time to peak

There was a time, not too long ago, when Altaf Thakur, a Kashmiri Muslim, was denied treatment for his child by a doctor at...

Rural Kashmir upbeat, will keep thronging booths

READY TO VOTE Rural, and some parts of urban Kashmir will vote, and vote with a gusto. Last Tuesday's record turnout of 71% in the...

‘Discourse has changed in Kashmir’

Separatist leader Sajjad Gani Lone's political party, People's Conference, is fighting the Assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir after 27 years. Lone, the son...

My meeting with PM has united PDP, NC: Sajjad Lone

People's Conference leader Sajjad Gani Lone's recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi "has united" Omar Abdullah's National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic...

Mufti Saab will be CM, I’m happy as MP: Mehbooba

Mehbooba Mufti, a Member of Parliament, does not want to be Chief Minister if her People's Democratic Party comes to power in Jammu and...

Pak mobilised infantry unit during cross-border fire

Pakistan mobilised its Northern Light Infantry, an Army unit based in Gilgit, during the severe cross-border firing with India on the International Border that...

‘Pak intentionally targeted our civilian population’

Rakesh Sharma, Inspector General, Jammu Region, of the Border Security Force spoke to Joyeeta Basu about the heavy cross-border firing between Pakistani and Indian...

Shell-shocked Arnia wants to know why

Arnia still does not understand why. Why from the night of 2-3 October Pakistani shells started raining down on this semi-rural town of 25,000...

Thought leaders encourage young entrepreneurs

A clutch of international achievers with interesting life stories to tell converged on Muscat as part of the Open Minds thought leadership forum organised...

‘Red tape affects India’s tourism’

Adverse publicity over incidents of rape may not be the only reason why international tourist footfall to India has decreased, feels Tony Wheeler, the...

Jeffrey Archer chooses India for launch of new book

British author Jeffrey Archer will launch the fifth book of his Clifton Chronicles series in India in February next year, ahead of its global...

Highway gossip, sold-out media and Modi roti: A Varanasi diary

The highway gossip in Varanasi is about the "something that is going on" in Uttar Pradesh. "Kuchh to chal raha hai, andar andar," say...

Doshipura Shias want Modi and electricity

The Muslims of Doshipura, an enclave of Shia weavers in the Sunni dominated Adampur, are the latest "tourist" attraction in Varanasi for their vocal...

Race in Varanasi is for second place

If there is a race in Varanasi, it is for the second place. The winner, as locals say, was decided on 24 April, the...

It’s Modi spring in Mathura

Hope springs in Mathura at the mention of Narendra Modi. Eyes brighten, smiles break out on young and old faces. The groundswell of support...

Katheria locked in a close fight with Suman

The battle for Agra will be formidable, with the BSP and the BJP locked in a close fight in this reserved constituency. The BJP...

View as you like it

Mathura's Congress workers, some of them Muslims, had a major complaint against Hema Malini: because of her, the ancient Dwarkadhish temple kept its doors...

My heart belongs to the elephant

The village of Kalwari in Fatehpur Sikri constituency is a civic nightmare. Water shortage is a major problem here; open drains cut through village...

The ‘Rani’ of Badhawar is SP candidate from Fatehpur Sikri

The Samajwadi Party candidate from Fatehpur Sikri may officially go by the name of Rani Pakshalika Singh, but is devoid of the fuss associated...

Pranab got a bridegroom’s welcome

President Pranab Mukherjee looked grim only once during his interaction with media onboard Air India One while returning from Bangladesh on Tuesday evening: when...

Dhaka mulls banning violent Jamaat

Bangladesh is considering banning the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami, the party that was part of the ruling coalition headed by Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party between...

Pranab will visit in-laws, speak in Bengali when in Dhaka

President Pranab Mukherjee will address the Bangladesh Parliament in Bengali during his 3-5 March visit to that country. This will be Mukherjee's first visit...

Mamata’s voters want Kalam as President

Mamata Banerjee knows her voters well. The evening she dropped Abdul Kalam's name on Sonia Gandhi's head as one of her choices as President,...

Rafale has an Aadhar connection

Rafale, the French medium multi role combat aircraft (MMRCA), which was selected by India for a $18 billion deal has an interesting link with...

Typhoon blew off US fighter

The Eurofighter Typhoon has emerged as the number one aircraft, ahead of Dassault's Rafale, in a Ministry of Defence evaluation for the $10 billion...

A France Diary

The Iranian café owner selling paninis near the Pompidou Centre, Paris' modern art museum, had a simple take on the "law prohibiting the concealing...

A France Diary

The Iranian café owner selling paninis near the Pompidou Centre, Paris' modern art museum, had a simple take on the "law prohibiting the concealing...

A France Diary

The Iranian café owner selling paninis near the Pompidou Centre, Paris' modern art museum, had a simple take on the "law prohibiting the concealing...

‘We deeply regret the death in Jaitapur’

Luc Oursel, Areva's chief operating officer (COO) in charge of international marketing and projects and a member of the executive board and the executive...

Japan effect will halve the number of future reactors

The number of nuclear reactors proposed to be built over the next two decades is likely to be halved, post Fukushima. Around 700-750 reactors...

‘Diplomat shortage kept India, EU apart’

The European Union believes India's diplomat-shortage is one of the reasons why it has taken time to strengthen its ties with India. The EU...

Bengal Diary: Buddholand awaits MamataDi

Political, and non-political, circles in Kolkata are abuzz with rumours that Mamata Banerjee has started finalising her Cabinet, keen as she is to get...

Bengal Diary: Buddholand awaits MamataDi

Political, and non-political, circles in Kolkata are abuzz with rumours that Mamata Banerjee has started finalising her Cabinet, keen as she is to get...

Bengal Diary: Buddholand awaits MamataDi

Political, and non-political, circles in Kolkata are abuzz with rumours that Mamata Banerjee has started finalising her Cabinet, keen as she is to get...

Two feet in Bengal, thumbprint in Delhi

No one can say that Mamata Banerjee does not care for Bengalis. The lady who not too long had declared herself to be a...

Two feet in Bengal, thumbprint in Delhi

No one can say that Mamata Banerjee does not care for Bengalis. The lady who not too long had declared herself to be a...

Two feet in Bengal, thumbprint in Delhi

No one can say that Mamata Banerjee does not care for Bengalis. The lady who not too long had declared herself to be a...

Reality in the time of collective swoon

At a time when the Indian media is in a state of collective swoon, also known as the Obama effect, a note of reality....

Reality in the time of collective swoon

At a time when the Indian media is in a state of collective swoon, also known as the Obama effect, a note of reality....

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