PM Modi’s praise for Nehru, Indira and other predecessors on 75 years of Parliament’s journey befitted the occasion. He spoke like Prime Minister, not BJP’s chief campaigner. There have been many guiding lights in this journey that reflected collective will and endeavour. PM Modi acknowledging it is a good beginning.a
Santiniketan now a Unesco World Heritage site. Let’s allow it to rise above a divisive image
Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan has become a Unesco World Heritage site — a proud moment for the fount of arts and culture. Much politics, identity wars and one-upmanship have gone on around the institution. With the prestigious tag now, let’s allow it to rise above a divisive image gifted by political parties.
Applauding torture of UP schoolgirl murder accused misguided. Brutality won’t deter criminality
Like past police encounters, the kneecapping of two men accused of killing a schoolgirl in Uttar Pradesh is drawing misguided applause. Encounter cultists, like sharia enthusiasts in Pakistan, imagine brutality will deter criminality. Letting police kill and torture with impunity, though, delivers a death sentence to the rule of law.