Taha Siddiqui
Taha Siddiqui is an award-winning Pakistani journalist living in exile in France. He teaches journalism and is writing a book on Pakistan. He also manages safenewsrooms.org, a digital media platform documenting press censorship in South Asia. He tweets @TahaSSiddiqui.
Why Right-wingers and lapsed liberals hate Romila Thapar, the mother of history in India
The dislike for Romila Thapar is embedded in belief that Left-liberal monopoly on scholarship has denied Hindus their rightful place in history.
With Lok Sabha elections over, how can India and Pakistan now repair fractured ties?
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering appointing a national security adviser to revive backchannel diplomatic talks with India.
Defence
RAW & IB chiefs, cabinet & defence secretaries — the key appointments awaiting new govt
The new govt will also appoint the IAF chief after incumbent Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa retires in September.
If Pragya Thakur wins this Thursday, Modi is in for an embarrassing 5 years
Never has one constituency had such a bearing on Indian nationalism and the pretence of a Gandhian polity. So what if PM Modi doesn’t forgive her in his heart?