The concept of wakf for the settler’s limitless generations is archaic.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on July 31, Forty Years Ago.

A debate about representation that is in danger of being reduced to mere muscle-flexing.

Confirmation of Mullah Omar’s death brings closure. And the warning that a more unpredictable era is here.

Aftermath of his hanging puts at risk presumptive legitimacy of institutions that mediate social division.

Gurdaspur underlined that India’s fight against terror lacks reliable and modern counter-terror forces.

Looks like the embattled Fifa president has at least one powerful ally — Vladimir Putin.

Modi government may have underestimated the gravity of the issue. It must act urgently.

It may be too late for Yakub Memon. But it is time for India to rethink the use of the death penalty.

We need an informed debate on cash transfers, not ideological positioning.

You don’t prepare for terrorism after it has happened. And you don’t just learn from your own experience.

The US Senate voted to let the Pentagon build a naval base and support facility at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on July 29, Forty Years Ago.

Will Turkey-US cooperation against IS bring more stability to the region or less?

Decision to allow the sprinter to compete again finally acknowledges that nature is not neat.

Court order on the hijab in the examination hall risks overruling a fundamental freedom.

SC is right to set up a larger bench in Yakub Memon case. It should address the issues raised, not rush to a judgment.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on July 28, Forty Years Ago.

Modi’s foreign policy shows new energy. But can ambition stand in for realism?

Terror at Gurdaspur will test the political will for India-Pakistan dialogue. It must not win.

The court’s exoneration of Sreesanth cannot be read as a clean chit.

It is important for the PM to shut his ears to the tweets of the hawks, and stay the course on Pakistan.

Kalam answered the need, in cynical times, for a role model who had no axe to grind, who spoke of igniting the mind.

A look at the front page of The Indian Express, published on July 27, Forty Years Ago.