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For Bill Clinton, Trump, a JNU professor, or a BJP MLA, we are all Monica Lewinsky

Clinton’s recent comments prove that the minds and bodies of women continue to be nothing more than unfortunate collateral damage in wars of power waged by men.

How interpreters can make or break it for leaders like Narendra Modi

What’s in a name? That may be true when you’re smelling a rose, but mixing metaphors in foreign languages could land you in a diplomatic incident or two.

Women are just having fun in Veere Di Wedding. And I refuse to feel guilty for enjoying it

It’s a relief to see women in a film talking to each other without having to sprinkle keywords that would sell the movie as one with a cause.

Modi govt is so busy throwing stones at others that it has forgotten its own glass house

BJP certifies itself as clean while central agencies go after opposition leaders.

We should celebrate cricket more. It reduces caste divisions, finds study by MIT

A new study finds that collaborative interaction across caste lines, like in cricket leagues, can reduce caste divisions in India.

Modi bets to gain in Lok Sabha polls with welfare plan for 1/3rd of Indians

Though this extension of benefits to 500 million people may ease his road to 2019, it will also likely widen India's yawning fiscal deficit Prime...

Veere Di Wedding: It’s been a terrible week for masturbation in India

A ridiculous depiction of masturbation does more damage than good. It tells young women that exploring and discovering their bodies is odious and absurd.

Veere Di Wedding is an apology for feminism and doesn’t really celebrate independent women

If you want to watch a movie about a woman asserting herself, finding happiness without a man, and not being unnecessarily mean to anyone, watch Kangana Ranaut’s Queen.

Modi’s gambit to split OBCs can be risky for his govt in 2019. But do risks deter him?

Narendra Modi wants the most backwards among the OBCs to benefit from reservation. The commission to look into the issue will submit the report by June 20.

Jaguar is being steered toward an Indian pothole

For all the halo of security that a parent provides, Tata Motors doesn’t guarantee or assume any liability for the British carmaker’s notes.

On Camera

Trump’s Iran blockade isn’t just about Tehran, it’s about China

The oil math is skewed against the White House. The blockade has a slim chance of working. Iran can remain defiant, and China unconcerned, longer than Trump can remain solvent.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Warfare enters new dimension as Ukraine’s robot brigade records battle win against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a group of Russian soldiers surrendered to an unmanned battle group.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.