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Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian consequences

Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian ...

Way back in 2004, King Abdullah of Jordan had coined a controversial and loaded term called the “Shia...

11 Dec 2024 3:46 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Assad’s exit an inflection point: Stability or chaos?

K.C. Singh | Assad’s exit an inflection point: Stability or chaos?

The 24-year-old government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was ousted on Sunday, December 8, as rebel...

10 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | South Asia needs to end communalism to ensure region can grow, develop

Aakar Patel | South Asia needs to end communalism to ensure region can...

The BJP’s Ram Madhav has written an article titled “For South Asia to grow, communalism must end”. It makes...

10 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Driving our foreign trade beyond the Trump bump

Sanjaya Baru | Driving our foreign trade beyond the Trump bump

Donald Trump addresses supporters in Sioux Centre, Iowa, calling President Biden's Valley Forge speech a -"weak...

9 Dec 2024 12:54 AM IST

Anita Katyal| Did Kharge send a signal to Rahul with talk about pro-people issues?

Anita Katyal| Did Kharge send a signal to Rahul with talk about...

Doing some plain speaking in his opening address at the last meeting of the Congress Working Committee, party...

8 Dec 2024 12:11 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Don’t airbrush history, but respect context & fact too

Pavan K. Varma | Don’t airbrush history, but respect context & fact...

Recently, I spoke at the launch in Delhi of Vikram Sampath’s new magnum opus, Tipu Sultan: The Saga of...

8 Dec 2024 12:11 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | The reign of the business model

Shashi Warrier | The reign of the business model

A couple living nearby, Shobha and Vineet, both scientists, dropped in a few weeks after a visit to Varanasi...

8 Dec 2024 12:11 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Women in command: Key for Army is how to adapt

Syed Ata Hasnain | Women in command: Key for Army is how to adapt

Gender issues in the Army must be seen as a constant work in progress without attaching sensitivity to them. I...

7 Dec 2024 12:01 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of gaps in history; and a remarkable absence of graffiti in India’s big cities

Farrukh Dhondy | Of gaps in history; and a remarkable absence of...

“An ‘Aunty’ who lived in Mumbai Cultivated a romantic sigh Thinking to seduce Young men on the...

7 Dec 2024 12:01 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Too few babies? Reset the India fertility rate debate

Patralekha Chatterjee | Too few babies? Reset the India fertility rate...

The idea of defining a woman primarily as a mother, duty bound to uphold the interests of the nation, is not...

6 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | A great exodus: Why are India’s tax officers calling it quits?

Dilip Cherian | A great exodus: Why are India’s tax officers calling...

India’s bureaucracy, often seen as the steel frame of governance, is experiencing a curious phenomenon — an...

6 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Delhi, Dhaka need to act as B’desh Hindus face threats

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Delhi, Dhaka need to act as B’desh Hindus face...

Hindu population in Bangladesh falls sharply, with religious persecution and migration driving the decline, raising...

5 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST