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Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a hologram of the statue of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose that was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | RSS and freedom struggle: Still in search of genealogy

One now has to see the move to instal the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in the vacant canopy on Rajpath as another act of misappropriation

27 Jan 2022 3:03 AM

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Why Netaji is at centrestage: Will history bolster politics?

The improbable “return” of Netaji into India’s mainstream politics would have jeopardised the career paths of leaders of every hue

26 Jan 2022 2:25 AM

Several subsidiaries of Air India which have not been sold will have to be prepared for sale. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Before Tata takeover, Air India gets new CMD

Clearly, the appointment of the 1993-batch officer is an indication that the takeover of Air India is delayed

26 Jan 2022 1:17 AM

But Tagore was a staunch nationalist at heart, a man who had composed the tune to Vande Mataram which animated the protests against the partition of Bengal in 1905.

Raja Karthikeya | The secret in 'Jana Gana Mana'

Tagore was apparently asked by a British friend to write a eulogy to King George V during his visit to India in 1911

25 Jan 2022 4:45 PM

After the world voiced its alarm, an FIR was filed against those who openly called for the mass murder of Muslims at a Hindu function in Haridwar. (file photo)

Aakar Patel | Listen to what the world says: Step back from the precipice…

It is not safe to be dismissive about words like genocide, but unfortunately, that is what India is doing today

25 Jan 2022 12:06 AM

In this file photo taken on October 1, 2019, Chinese troops march during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. (Representational photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure

Taking the cue from Jia, one needs to ask whether viewing the region through the prism of 'absolute national security' is any longer useful?

24 Jan 2022 11:47 PM

This handout photograph taken on January 23, 2022 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a hologram of the statue of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose that was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (AFP)

Anita Katyal | Statue's location is a little curious; AAP starts trend of ‘CM face’ poll

Modi government decided to instal a statue of Subhas Chandra Bose under the colonial canopy at Delhi’s iconic India Gate

24 Jan 2022 2:25 AM

Sanjaya Baru | Pakistan’s ‘geo-economic’ pivot to national security

However, to be able to make use of this geo-economic opportunity, says the NSPP, Pakistan has to modernise its economy

24 Jan 2022 2:00 AM

Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | PC is wrong; TMC offered Goa tie-up, didn’t hear back

Details such as seat sharing, & other modalities of fighting the election in alliance, would have followed, should the Congress have agreed

23 Jan 2022 3:00 AM

There was a magical quality to a tram, as if you were somehow removed from the mad frenzy of normal Calcutta traffic. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Ranjona Banerji | A streetcar named nostalgia

These two cities, as Bombay, Mumbai, Calcutta, Kolkata, define my life

23 Jan 2022 2:09 AM

The First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Moscow’s brief foray doused Kazakh turmoil, hasn’t ended it

I run my eyes with wonder because the turbulence is totally incompatible with the image of serenity etched on my mind

23 Jan 2022 1:37 AM

Britain’s Prime Minster Boris Johnson. (AFP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Truth and lies: A Sobhraj twist as BoJo faces more trouble…

The defection comes as BoJo’s participation in the decadent culture of the cabal of politicians and civil servants he runs from 10 Downing

22 Jan 2022 12:42 AM

Indian performers surround a tableaux representing the state of Tamil Nadu during 68th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2017. (AFP file photo)

Shobhaa De | I’m now designing my own Republic Day tableau, OK?

Why is Didi’s tableau rejected? And Stalin’s and Pinarayi Vijayan’s? Isn’t this a bit too blatant and obvious?

22 Jan 2022 12:09 AM

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Assam CM shows off his street cred, but ‘rebuke’ to IAS officer backfires

The incident got more airtime because the NCP decided to take up cudgels for the poor hapless officer caught in the episode

21 Jan 2022 2:19 AM

(Clockwise from L) Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab and WEF president Borge Brende listen India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking remotely during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEF's headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks

The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a position China occupies

21 Jan 2022 1:57 AM

Public spending on education must increase from 4.43 per cent to six per cent of GDP in the next three-four years. (Representational Image/ DC)

Chandrajit Banerjee | Budget must pave way for ambitious decadal growth

It should take forward big, bold reforms and root for policy predictability and stability

20 Jan 2022 2:58 AM

Praveen Davar | Looking back: How Goa was made a part of India in 1961

Nehru had made up his mind, and on December 17 Indian troops moved into Goa and, within 26 hours, made it a part of India

20 Jan 2022 1:14 AM

NewsIn February 2021, India and Pakistan made a surprise joint announcement that they would “strictly” observe a ceasefire at the Line of Control. (Representational Image/PTI)

Aakar Patel | Pakistan’s new security policy: How should India respond?

The policy articulates what it sees as Pakistan’s vision and priorities and provides a detailed implementation framework

19 Jan 2022 2:46 AM

An Oxfam report claims that India’s richest one per cent holds over four times the wealth of 953 million people who make up the poorest 70 per cent of the population. (Representational image/ AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Identity politics threat to social cohesion in India

Tragically, symbols have acquired all the substitute value of substance under leaders who splash out on the circus of gigantic statues

19 Jan 2022 1:36 AM

Shovana Narayan | A legend who will live on in our memories

Humour and interest in little details were indelible part of Maharaj ji’s character

18 Jan 2022 8:43 AM

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