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Irreverent, provocative, opinionated... Shobhaa De has been challenging status quo for four decades... and is at her best when she punctures inflated egoes. You can reach her at: @ShobhaaDe(Instagram) and @DeShobhaa(Twitter).

$The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)$ Opinion

Conversations by women, about women

Delhi's Shaheen Bagh model is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.

25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM IST

JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghosh during a meeting with HRD secretrary Amit Khare in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

After JNU attack, bring on the black bands

Citizens had started to believe that this foul, vitiated atmosphere based on belligerence and muscle power was here to...

11 Jan 2020 6:29 AM IST

Protesters from the Muslim community burn tyres during a demonstration against National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Howrah district of West Bengal on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Am I a citizen of India? Dunno! I am still scratching my head

The Assam agitation will polarise India like no other political development since Independence.

14 Dec 2019 6:12 AM IST

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Maha ghotala and Gondhal' in Maharashtra

Mumbaikars are known to shrug, grin and get going with their lives in the metro.

30 Nov 2019 12:37 AM IST

Pilot of Air India Jaipur-Delhi flight refused to fly due to duty limitations prescribed by the DGCA. (Photo: File)

Is India prepared to bid the Maharajah a royal goodbye?

Despite all of this, regulars insist there was no better service than the one offered by Air India on its non-stop...

16 Nov 2019 7:26 AM IST

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrates his partys win in Assembly elections outside BJP head office in Mumbai. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

BJP-Sena drama: Bhaisaab, yeh 50-50 kya hai?

Today, Mr Fadnavis wants to hang on to all the key portfolios and hand out the leftovers to the Shiv Sena.

2 Nov 2019 12:09 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee

The Bongo-fication of a Nobel Laureate

To make matters worse, Banerjee is also Amartya Sen's prot©g©. Oh dear! Amartya babu, also a Bengali Nobel Laureate, is...

19 Oct 2019 4:40 AM IST

The SDMC had earlier told the court that two plots of land have been identified in west Delhi for artisans making Ravan effigies ahead of the festive season.

Folks, get ready to vanquish evil this Dusshera!

As a lead up to Dusshera next week, we should ideally be focusing on the victory of good over evil.

5 Oct 2019 1:46 AM IST

Ayushmann Khurrana

A new kind of Bollywood hero is now emerging

Here, Ayushmann gets to channel his inner woman by effectively using his falsetto voice to fool ardent listeners.

21 Sept 2019 2:12 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

In times of economic anxiety, old is gold indeed

Madame Sitharaman, it is time to rejig outdated rules and challenge Budget traditions.

7 Sept 2019 12:16 AM IST

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram leaves after being produced in a CBI court in the INX Media case in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Can Chidambaram do a 'mutual' to get out of mess?

It's useless to talk about following the lawâ€ scrupulously blah blah blah. It sounds good on paper.

24 Aug 2019 3:55 AM IST

Documents with Home Minister Amit Shah before he went to parliament.

How different will Naya J&K and Purana J&K be?

The most significant fallout of the Article 370 nullification has been an unlikely development within the Congress...

10 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST