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Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts

The magazine reflects the growth of a more public debate in some parts of the continent about gender issues.

21 Sept 2017 8:37 AM

Deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan, on August 12. (Photo: AP)

As Nawaz goes, and keeps quiet, the system' too shuts up

Nawaz with his base in Punjab and mind set on peace with India is a policy-politics threat that would always have to be...

17 Sept 2017 6:41 PM

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first PM, is mentioned in the book. The book, Love in the Time of Emergency, is set during the Emergency period (1975-77) imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

A democracy run by undemocratic leaders?

The ideology of the political class is to eschew ideology on the altar of self-promotion.

9 Sept 2017 6:49 PM

The Paradoxical Prime Minister by Shashi Tharoor, Aleph, Rs 799

Our democracy lies in the freedom of our institutions

Every institution that upholds a healthy and vibrant democracy needs to be fostered and cared for by the government of...

27 Oct 2018 7:21 PM

Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture here, he claimed that in the past four years, the countrys national will has been aroused. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India needs stable govt for next 10 yrs; weak coalitions bad: Ajit...

Unstable regimes are more vulnerable to fragility, corruption, local political interest taking precedence over larger...

25 Oct 2018 1:19 PM

Jair Bolsonaro

Electing Bolsonaro is a self-goal for Brazil

Brazil, by far the biggest country in South America, is the world's fourth largest democracy.

24 Oct 2018 7:01 PM

Shift in form of governance could trigger other conflicts

A regime change, unlike a new government, alters the form of governance, eg from autocracy to democracy.

9 Oct 2018 6:38 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

Nationalism is eroding democracy

That's a popular drug these days, and all we have to do is look next door at India to see the consequences.

1 Oct 2018 6:55 PM

Supreme Court judges (from left) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur address the media in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: File/AP)

A democracy in peril

The BJP/RSS has deliberately polarised the media, especially television into us media' and them media'.

20 Jan 2018 7:49 PM

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

The most uncertain year for Pak is here

The more Nawaz tries to force his way back into the system, the greater the resistance will be.

31 Dec 2017 8:39 PM

Yashwant Sinha quits BJP, will work to save democracy'

Mr Sinha, however, made it clear that he would not join any other political party.

21 April 2018 8:47 PM

A statue of Soviet state founder Valdimir Lenin was toppled by protesters in Kiev during a rally organised by supporters of EU interation.

Erase memories, perpetuate hate

Social justice movements seek the removal of racist Civil War era symbols from public spaces amid the rise of far-right...

31 March 2018 8:25 PM