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A still from Padmavati.

The subtle idiom of prejudice

Communal poison is spread in such innocuous yet lasting ways.

29 Nov 2017 2:24 AM IST

Editor, social activist and a virulent critic of right-wing groups, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru. (Photo: Facebook)

Without fear or favour

Conversations resounded with the idea of Gauri Lankesh as a radical and the radical as someone to be dispensed with.

11 Sept 2017 1:14 AM IST

Union minister Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal accuses West Bengal govt of indulging in communalism

Trinamul Congress is losing support and the people in the state are yearning for a change in 2019, says Goyal.

10 Sept 2017 6:05 AM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to break the current deadlock on reported use of chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the situation spiralling out of control in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

No communalism, extreme diversity in India: UN chief

There were no specific reference to any discussions on the Kashmir issue, amid speculation earlier that the UN chief...

3 Oct 2018 1:13 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Photo: AP)

A few reflections, with eyes closed

If Partition couldn't have be avoided, the next best option for all would have been Hindustan, the obvious name for the...

19 Jan 2018 12:59 AM IST

Academic critics, Leave art alone

Academic critics, Leave art alone

It is the prerogative of artists and writers to decide the construct of their work, doesn't matter what context academic...

18 Feb 2018 3:31 AM IST

Just like holy texts of all religions, Ramayana also gives us a message of peace and brotherhood, she said. (Representative image)

Politics of religion has no room as India rises

The five southern states are free of religious divisiveness as are West Bengal and Odisha in the east.

13 March 2019 1:38 AM IST

Opposition parties were trying to spread bitterness, casteism and regionalism in the country to target the BJP, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Ravi Shankar Prasad warns social media firms on platform misuse

IT Ministry, last year, began work on tightening rules for social media and online companies, for which it held wide...

3 Jun 2019 5:28 PM IST

It is accurate to say that India has quite consciously been led to the stage today when communalism has completely infected the nation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with...

A course can be corrected only if we accept that we are headed in the wrong direction

11 Jan 2022 2:15 AM IST

Security personnel keep vigil during a two-hour relaxation in the curfew imposed by administration in wake of possible communal flare-up over controversial remarks by two now-suspended BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, at Bhaderwah in Doda district, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The Prophet stir: If communalism hurtles at velocity,...

Has the RSS & BJP plugged their ears so firmly that Atal Behari Vajpayee's whisper doesn't reach them:

17 Jun 2022 1:39 AM IST

While Pakistan attempted to secularise, India has gone the other away. (Reresentational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | From secular to communal: The changing story of India &...

Today, there is no Muslim chief minister in India for the first time since 1947

7 Jun 2022 12:44 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | North vs South: For Muslims, the experience is wholly...

In the North, manufactured daily incidents keep communalism on a continuous simmer and folks huddle and wonder what the...

20 July 2022 7:15 AM IST