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The writer is a senior journalist and commentator based in New Delhi

Still from the movie Manto

When subcontinent's greatest short story writer got just Rs 20 for a...

Thanda Goshtâ€, or Cold Meatâ€, another Manto masterpiece, becomes one of the film's supporting columns.

28 Sept 2018 12:47 AM IST

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Is smutty 'gay love' poetry now kosher?

If men were going to be so unidirectional, women too were beginning to experience things they called freedom.

15 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

Muslims in Britain who are causing raised eyebrows by an obstinate insistence on a wardrobe which the host population finds outlandish and worse, must realise that they are at risk of bartering away priceless goodwill. (Photo: Representational Image)

To ban or not: Troubling questions on the burqa

Women on the Haj pilgrimage do not have to cover their faces in front of the Kaaba, the building at the centre of the...

31 Aug 2018 1:23 AM IST

Late DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi.

Battle for Dravida dynasty to strain Centre-TN ties

The MGR-Jayalalithaa charisma had obscured the Dravida movement's earlier anti-Hindi, anti-north and anti-brahmin edge.

17 Aug 2018 2:31 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Will Erdogan's Turkey be a model for Imran?

Islamabad, Beijing, Moscow are all persuaded that the Taliban will have to be part of the solution in Afghanistan.

3 Aug 2018 5:16 AM IST

Zlatan Ibrahimovics 94th-minute penalty earned Manchester United a 1-1 draw against Everton. (Photo: AP)

Multiculturalism & Europe: Don't forget history

The 78-day US bombing of Serbia during the Kosovo war was designed to oust the Serbian dictator, Slobodan Milosevic.

20 July 2018 6:28 AM IST

In the letter to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal wrote, I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure. (Photo: PTI)

SC judgment on AAP won't be digested easily

Buoyed by the SC judgment, the AAP would also acquire similar potential if it proceeds to repeat its 2015 performance in...

6 July 2018 12:35 AM IST

Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)

Sajid & Sadiq: A London lesson for desis

The war on terror with its random targets did cast the Muslim in an unfortunate image, particularly during the Tony...

22 Jun 2018 1:00 AM IST

Donald Trumps chief startegist Steve Bannon. (Photo: AP)

Change vs status quo: Epic battle looms in Italy

In the new see-saw world order, the populistsâ€ are now on the Rome gaddi.

8 Jun 2018 2:15 AM IST

At a rally in Mysuru BJP national president Amit Shah said in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah and corruption are synonyms. (Photo: File)

Karnataka polls: In their end is a larger beginning

The Congress is, of course, a string to his bow and that too if it remains stout and tense.

25 May 2018 2:20 AM IST

Dineshwar Sharma on his way for a meeting with various delegations in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmir, India-Pak tension, Muslim discontent: All for...

Reliable sources in Srinagar describe the current explosion as indigenous , which is not what the officials say.

11 May 2018 6:35 AM IST

Nowhera Shaik, national president of MEP

Why is a mysterious hijab-clad lady contesting every seat in...

Ms Shaik is not a comical entrant of that genre. There has been widespread demand for her party's ticket.

27 April 2018 12:39 AM IST