Shifting the national narrative: Indian Dream

Our national narrative must break free from...

Biden leaving the U.S. Presidency with an unwelcome bang

Terrorists have been given confidence by strategic...

HINDUISM: Happy? New? Year?

“New” and “old” are relative concepts. They...

THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN

Nambi Narayanan’s Calvary

Accountability and its absence in India is the primary reason why the country is still close to the bottom of the scale in several...

Dance-movement therapy to help you rejuvenate the mind, body and soul

Dance is a way to find oneself, and loose oneself—all in one go. It’s a form of entertainment. But can it also be used...

Populist shia cleric al-Sadr wins Iraq vote

Sadr cannot become PM as he did not run in the election, though because of his bloc’s victory he will have a strong say...

Texas shooter a quiet teenager in trench coat

SANTA FE: He was a quiet Texas teenager who danced with his Greek church group and played football. He had a passion for symbology...

Eu will stay committed to Iran nuclear deal

Britain, France and Germany back the deal as the best way of stopping Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.   TEHRAN: The European Union’s energy chief sought to...

‘I was left behind as my class fellows were marching on…’

In his new novel Return to Jammu, author V. Raghunathan writes about a man’s search for his roots, as he retraces the steps back...

India must not give in to the US’ ‘global bullying’ tactics

The United States has been exerting diplomatic pressure on India to accede to the outdated and flawed Hague Convention. But there are plenty of...

Wonder and love for humanity are the themes of this exhibition

Eleni Tsipiara Stoelinga, Pankaj Guru, and Priyanka Gupta are three artists of different ages, generations, and cultures. They met in Delhi and became firm...

Iraq votes in first election since defeating ISIS

The poll could bolster Iran’s role in Iraq and the Middle East.   Iraqis voted on Saturday in the first election since defeating Islamic State, although...

Kindness at what price?

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister is a kind lady. There is no reason to doubt her expression of sorrow at the death of a...

Kindness at what price?

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister is a kind lady. There is no reason to doubt her expression of sorrow at the death of a...

Kindness at what price?

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister is a kind lady. There is no reason to doubt her expression of sorrow at the death of a...

After China, now focus on U.S.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have known that a powerful lobby in India would look with disfavour on his journey to Wuhan to have...

After China, now focus on U.S.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have known that a powerful lobby in India would look with disfavour on his journey to Wuhan to have...

After China, now focus on U.S.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have known that a powerful lobby in India would look with disfavour on his journey to Wuhan to have...

Compulsion is not consent

One of the dirtiest secrets of India’s film industry is the casting couch phenomenon. It is well known that many actresses, and even some...

Compulsion is not consent

One of the dirtiest secrets of India’s film industry is the casting couch phenomenon. It is well known that many actresses, and even some...

Compulsion is not consent

One of the dirtiest secrets of India’s film industry is the casting couch phenomenon. It is well known that many actresses, and even some...

RBI must stop starving the economy

While Bill Gates may have complimented Government of India for the unprecedented step of withdrawing 86% of the country’s currency at less than four...

RBI must stop starving the economy

While Bill Gates may have complimented Government of India for the unprecedented step of withdrawing 86% of the country’s currency at less than four...

RBI must stop starving the economy

While Bill Gates may have complimented Government of India for the unprecedented step of withdrawing 86% of the country’s currency at less than four...

Friends and diplomats: A British politician in India

Sir Richard Needham, a veteran of British politics, writes about his efforts to retrace his family’s past in India, and his high-velocity campaign to...

The authorities had no right to take my grandson away

After being forcibly separated from her grandson on dubious grounds, the author began a legal battle against the Department of Social Services in the...

Setting an example: Temple, mosque, gurdwara join hands in this small UP town

During ‘namaaz’, the ashram switches off its loudspeakers and on Hindu festivals and special occasions, the mosque committee helps the temple with arrangements.   With inter-community...

U.S., UK, France target Syrian chemical hubs

Trump announced the military action from White House, saying the three allies had marshalled their ‘righteous power against barbarism and brutality’.   US, British and French...

Russia, Syria slam US, allies over airstrike

MOSCOW/LONDON:  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday slammed the US and its allies for carrying out a military strike on Syria, saying that Washington...

Trump takes U-turn on Syria after attack

About 10 days ago, US President Donald Trump told national security aides that he wanted US forces out of Syria in six months or...

Book Kuldip Sengar for murder too

The reluctance of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to ensure that BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar be placed in confinement as a danger...

Book Kuldip Sengar for murder too

The reluctance of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to ensure that BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar be placed in confinement as a danger...

Book Kuldip Sengar for murder too

The reluctance of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to ensure that BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar be placed in confinement as a danger...

Mayhem in Bengal

There was a time when states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were considered India’s “badlands”—the Wild North and East—where guns and goons had...

Mayhem in Bengal

There was a time when states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were considered India’s “badlands”—the Wild North and East—where guns and goons had...

Mayhem in Bengal

There was a time when states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were considered India’s “badlands”—the Wild North and East—where guns and goons had...

Labour does not realise anti-Semitism is racism

Jeremy Corbyn has merely issued a trickle of weak statements which don’t even scratch the surface of a heartfelt apology.   Earlier this week, hundreds of...

Trump tells advisers he wants U.S. out of Syria

Trump had ordered the State Department to freeze more than $200 million in funds for recovery efforts in Syria.   President Donald Trump has told advisers...

US will gather social media data of all visa applicants

In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for US visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from...

Happy to be back: Malala

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she has pined for her home in Pakistan’s picturesque Swat Valley, even as she recalled two years...

UK-Russia standoff deepens as Moscow seeks cut in diplomats

Moscow has told Britain it must cut “just over 50” more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia in a worsening standoff over...

Young Turks who could bring glory at the CWG

Manu, Pradeep, Tejaswin and Divya could win medals in the Commonwealth Games.   With the Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in Gold Coast, Australia from...

PM must act on CBSE mess

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is no better or no worse than other wings of government in a country whose bureaucracy has...

PM must act on CBSE mess

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is no better or no worse than other wings of government in a country whose bureaucracy has...

PM must act on CBSE mess

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is no better or no worse than other wings of government in a country whose bureaucracy has...

Hawking’s strong connect with India made him our favourite man of science

In January 2001 at the age of 59, Stephen Hawking travelled to India where he gave lectures and visited places of interest. This was...

Utopian ideals don’t mix well with child-welfare policies

The community-based models of child rearing have never really worked, as testified to by the many Kibbutznik children of the ’60s and ’70s Israel....

Little magazines played a big role in our literary culture

Avant-garde in their orientation and irreverent in their tone, the little magazines of the ’60s created an ecosystem of a kind for some of...

Boeing delivers world’s first 787-10 Dreamliner to Singapore Airlines

North Charleston: Boeing and Singapore Airlines celebrated the delivery of the first 787-10 airplane, the newest and largest member of the Dreamliner family and...

Journey to Antarctica: Seals, penguins and glacial beauty

The trip began in Punta Arenas, the capital of Magallanes region, Chile. We had spent three days aboard the Arctic Sunrise, a Greenpeace ship...

Syrian rebels, families start leaving Ghouta

Thousands have fled their homes in the past week as bombings in Douma intensified.   BEIRUT: The Syrian army paused its bombardment of Douma, the last...

Transgenders barred from U.S. military service

The Democratic National Committee criticised the decision by Donald Trump as an insult to transgender service members.   President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday...

50 years ago, how Subhas Bose finally reached Delhi

The regretfully belated acceptance of Subhas Chandra Bose’s stellar role in the Indian Independence movement may be symbolically dated to an event which took...

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