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Ashwani Kumar
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The writer is a Congress leader and former Union law minister. The views expressed here are personal.
    People offer flowers to late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. (AFP Photo)Opinion
    Ashwani Kumar | Farewell, Abe San: Salute to a real friend of India

    The outrageous crime underscores the reality of a world torn by countless conflicts and faltering in its quest for a...

    11 July 2022 11:40 PM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)Opinion
    Ashwani Kumar | Putin's war strikes at world order, exposes UN's...

    Moscow has placed its nuclear forces on alert, in an ominous signal of a possibly prolonged confrontation

    3 March 2022 1:18 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Ashwani Kumar | It's now time to reclaim the moral centre of the...

    The erosion of a nurtured culture of tolerant coexistence questions our democratic resilience

    17 Sept 2021 2:11 AM IST

    Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Ashwani Kumar | Amid grief as Covid surges, India needs divine mercy!

    Wailing mothers, grieving children and the helplessness of marginalised people mock our politics

    13 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Indian Parliament (Image credit : Wikipedia)Opinion
    Ashwani Kumar | Reassert core' values & halt democracy's decay

    As the highest forum of democracy, Parliament too cannot escape its share of responsibility for our faltering record on...

    9 Jan 2021 7:21 AM IST

    Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Ashwani Kumar | Ensuring dignity for all, respect for the law, still a...

    Questions about the Supreme Court's vacillation and seeming incapacity to enforce its judgments, have diminished...

    28 Oct 2020 9:34 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Modi's audacity of hope: Can he win over J&K?

    The Supreme Court has been petitioned to pronounce upon the constitutionality of what is essentially a political...

    15 Aug 2019 12:40 AM IST

    Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Nagrota. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Transformative changes likely in Cong with Rahul as chief

    Rahul's elevation as the party's boss is expected to identify the organisation with the aspirations of a modern,...

    8 Dec 2017 1:19 AM IST

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