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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump after their joint press statement in New Delhi Tuesday. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

Thin skin, big chip, yes; yet Hindutva rise impacts us all

Over the years, it would appear that Indian skin has become thinner, and the chip Indians carry on their shoulders has...

2 March 2020 3:07 AM IST

One of the great scholars when it comes to Urdu literature, Gopi Chand Narang, was quoted as saying that, Urdu is not the language of Muslims. If at all there is any language of Muslims, it should be Arabic. Urdu belongs to the composite culture of India. Hindi and Urdu are supplementary and complementary. They are like sisters strengthening each other .

Opinion

India no more a beacon for democracy in South Asia?

Kashmir, too, remains under control by dint of the harshest crackdown ever seen in the held Valley.

17 Feb 2020 1:40 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Pied Piper' Imran Khan now finds that being PM can be hard work

In fact, it has been one long party thus far: the Prime Minister says he doesn't run a kitchen or own a car.

11 Feb 2020 1:58 AM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

Opinion

Unlike in China, all endangered species should be off the menu

Whatever the cause, it is certain that China's food preferences have triggered this plague.

4 Feb 2020 6:25 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)$ Opinion

Iranians should remember that revenge always best served cold

Trump, facing impeachment and re-election, could do with a short, sharp war.

14 Jan 2020 4:10 AM IST

Opinion

Identity rules in our time of culture wars, not our ideology

Our antagonism for the other is now a key driver in social and military conflicts.

6 Jan 2020 2:34 AM IST

Many of us with a Western education consider our clerical parties a retrogressive force that wants to push Pakistan back to the medieval era.

Opinion

World faces a perfect storm of discontent

In Pakistan, we have a special case where mobs are usually associated with religious movements or parties.

17 Dec 2019 7:42 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)$ Opinion