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Manish Tewari
The writer is an MP and Congress spokesperson. Views are personal.
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Don’t be fooled by the withdrawal of I&B guidelinesSubscriber Only
April 03,2018 18:43:19 PM
The fourth estate would be naive to take the withdrawal of this directive at face value. The government has just fired a warning shot across the bows knowing fully well that the guidelines were anchored in quicksand.
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
It is not about ‘Padmaavat’ aloneSubscriber Only
January 29,2018 09:43:56 AM
If television can be beamed into people’s bedrooms, 24X7, regulated by only a Programme Code and an Advertising code, why have a censorship mechanism just for films?
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
The scam that wasn’t: CAG, BJP need to apologiseSubscriber Only
December 21,2017 17:00:32 PM
If this CBI court verdict had come a week ago, before the elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, it would have had a huge impact and seen a different government come to power in those states.
Fri, Dec 22, 2017
Babri Masjid dispute never about religion, but politicsSubscriber Only
December 06,2017 08:36:53 AM
India is a melting pot of diverse faiths, cultures, languages, and ethnicities. It does not require the “Shamshan Aur Kabristan“ kind of nonsense.
Wed, Dec 06, 2017
India is not shimmering, it is simmeringSubscriber Only
August 01,2017 23:40:46 PM
The Bharat-India cleavage has widened to an unprecedented degree. The disconnect between ground narrative and public discourse is nothing short of hallucinatory.
Tue, Aug 01, 2017
As India-China standoff continues, absence of full-time Defence minister is glaringSubscriber Only
July 10,2017 07:03:34 AM
India-China standoff: To the exclusion of its territorial disputes with India and Bhutan, China has settled all its other land boundary disputes. In contrast, it has resolved none of its maritime border disputes, with the honorable exception of the Gulf of Tonkin dispute with Vietnam.
Mon, Jul 10, 2017
Why is Air India being singled out for step-motherly treatmentSubscriber Only
July 04,2017 00:59:26 AM
Air India’s whole package is worth over 5 lakh crores and not Rs 20,000 odd crores the government wants to hawk it off for. The hungry vultures of privatisation have been salivating over it for two decades now
Tue, Jul 04, 2017
Iran’s Khamenei names Kashmir, calls for jihadSubscriber Only
June 29,2017 09:39:46 AM
Among the most wanted stone pelter in the Valley is a seven-year-old. If the average age of stone-pelters in J&K is from 7-17 years, the Indian state is sitting on a volcano that is belching lava.
Thu, Jun 29, 2017
Will the Modi-Trump meeting be a zero-sum game?Subscriber Only
June 21,2017 07:57:06 AM
The prime minister is headed to a dysfunctional US capital, but it is the divergences on both Pakistan and China – in Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean -- that will define the outcome of his meeting with the US president
Wed, Jun 21, 2017
Should Constitution be amended to make Freedom of Speech a direct Fundamental Right?Subscriber Only
June 13,2017 07:55:53 AM
Perhaps India should carefully look at the 45 sacrosant words in the First Amendment of the US Constitution which protect the right to free speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
Tue, Jun 13, 2017
Time has come for grand bargain on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid disputeSubscriber Only
June 01,2017 17:51:44 PM
The continuous legal saga around the Babri Masjid demolition will serve no other purpose but resurrect old ghouls and buried phantoms
Thu, Jun 01, 2017
When tyranny permeates hot summer wind, India requires an activist, not a conformist PresidentSubscriber Only
May 30,2017 08:55:53 AM
It’s clear that in our constitutional scheme of things, the principal preserver, protector and defender of the Constitution is the President, not the chief justice of the Supreme Court and much less the prime minister.
Tue, May 30, 2017
Abolition of triple talaq is an idea whose time has comeSubscriber Only
May 22,2017 08:38:23 AM
The fact remains that the only constant in the march of the human civilization is change.
Mon, May 22, 2017
OBOR is the grandest failure of Indian foreign policySubscriber Only
May 16,2017 09:23:48 AM
India’s objection to CPEC is extremely valid, but the moot point remains that we were not able to carry any of the big powers on the vital question of Westphalian sovereignty.
Wed, May 17, 2017
Their separate waysSubscriber Only
April 11,2016 00:03:42 AM
A varied electoral cycle for national and state legislatures and local bodies acts as a check against demagoguery and oligarchy
Mon, Apr 11, 2016Why the CAG is wrongSubscriber Only
August 28,2012 01:18:54 AM
It has no constitutional mandate to make its own policy prescriptions and then utilise them to compute notional loss or gain
Tue, Aug 28, 2012The golden meanSubscriber Only
April 28,2012 00:32:07 AM
The jury is still out on where the median on freedom of thought and expression lies
Sat, Apr 28, 2012A solid sense of securitySubscriber Only
February 21,2012 03:02:42 AM
Its not just the NCTC we need to provide a statutory basis and oversight mechanisms for all our intelligence agencies
Tue, Feb 21, 2012When Centre cannot holdSubscriber Only
December 21,2011 00:15:23 AM
If the executive is undermined further,it will prove disastrous
Wed, Dec 21, 2011A cure far worse than the diseaseSubscriber Only
June 07,2011 02:03:45 AM
Dont underestimate street power. History shows it can undermine functional democracies.
Tue, Jun 07, 2011The colour of moneySubscriber Only
March 11,2011 02:07:03 AM
Instead of fixing arbitrary limits on election spending,we should try to make private funding legitimate and accountable.
Fri, Mar 11, 2011New rules for a new worldSubscriber Only
August 02,2010 03:59:33 AM
India must look beyond conventional foreign policy prisms....
Mon, Aug 02, 2010For an Indian military-industrial complexSubscriber Only
February 19,2010 03:17:20 AM
On July 25,2001,replying to a question in the Lok Sabha,then-Defence Minister Jaswant Singh stated that the defence industry sector...
Fri, Feb 19, 2010Setting our MPs freeSubscriber Only
December 09,2009 02:20:44 AM
Vice President Hamid Ansaris observations on internal democracy in our legislatures merit revisiting the Tenth Schedule...
Wed, Dec 09, 2009Journalism of Courage
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