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A Nagpur manifesto

Why the reality of the new RSS-BJP arrangement should be accepted but questioned on its view on diversity.

Behind the closet

Rising prosperity has not changed attitudes, it has merely enabled us to exploit cheap labour as 'domestics'.

What Sena vs Sudheendra Kulkarni is really about

Sena, which has had to grovel its way back in the coalition, wants its lost power back, and believes the only way is by undermining its own ally, BJP. Kulkarni is just a collateral victim.

The canary and the deep state

Why Khurshid Kasuri may have his story-telling right but politics wrong.

What Modi established with Silicon Valley focus

The rise of Modi with a full majority in Lok Sabha has raised global expectations. That’s why there is a great deal of work left to do.

The war Pakistan lost and India didn’t win

All wars begin with miscalculation and the 1965 war was purely Pakistan's error. It was a strategic defeat for Pakistan but a military stalemate.

Broken politics, constant combatants

For India’s economy to get its mojo back, normalcy has to be first restored in its politics.

Too low? The news Peter, Indrani Mukerjea sought

What does it say for our society? That we enjoy watching muck on our TV, but then love to snigger at it as muck and make fun of journalists who bring it to us.

Three officers and their lost cause

Why India needs to set norms for tell-alls by security-bureaucrats.

Dare you to stop watching Indrani Mukerjea coverage

As the Indrani Mukerjea story plays out over the next few days, a most fashionable - and politically correct - thing to say would...

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.