‘I would have taken Kartarpur Sahib’ — Modi invokes 1971 war, Sikh history & CAA in 1st Punjab rally
PM slams both AAP and Congress in his speech, draws attention of people to plight of Punjab’s economy and its drug problems. Read this report by Chitleen K Sethi.
“Our countryside beauty is intact. We have a lot of secret beaches and spots in the hills we don’t share with anyone,” says Yatish Baikampade, a tourism entrepreneur in Mangaluru, reports Shubhangi Misra.
Not only is FDI into India falling, but foreign firms are increasingly taking their money out
Actual foreign direct investment is the difference between how much companies put in and how much they take out. While the former is falling, the latter is rising sharply, reports TCA Sharad Raghavan.
Can the subaltern pronounce? Gayatri Spivak Q&A turns into firestorm of class, snobbery, intolerance
During session at JNU, Spivak repeatedly interrupted a young scholar to correct his pronunciation of WEB Du Bois’ name, drawing criticism & questions about power dynamics, reports Vandana Menon.
RSS-BJP separation is official now. It’s been a long time coming under Modi decade
If Modi wins a majority in 2024 election, then the RSS would find the going tougher for itself as the patriarch. But if he fails, then the RSS will have the last laugh, writes Vivek Deshpande.
Huge surge in minority institutions after RTE Act. Even DPS Bengaluru became one to avoid quota
Right to Education Act mandated schools to allocate 25% of their seats to disadvantaged communities. To circumvent this and preserve the elite character of schools, minority status became a godsend, writes Dilip Mandal.
Suchitra got her singing career through ‘Brahmin-Brahmin’ connection. It’s not ‘cute’
Suchitra is not the only ‘insider’ leaking secrets in Tamil Nadu. Actor Bayilvan Ranganathan, who mostly discusses the lives of celebrity couples in Kollywood, also brings in the views, writes Aneesa PA.
Pune Porsche accident has clear message for Indians—if you’re powerful, law is optional
Several institutions enabled a tragedy of this magnitude through their collective dereliction of duty and failure to uphold the law, writes Karanjeet Kaur.