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Salman Khurshid
The writer is senior Congress leader and former external affairs minister.
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The Waqf Amendment Bill is a threat to a way of life once celebrated as ‘unity in diversity’Subscriber Only
April 02,2025 12:41:23 PM
Waqf, like zakat and qurbani, is a critical indicator of Islam’s preoccupation with charity and human welfare. Sadly, the march of uniformity is taking another toll
Thu, Apr 03, 2025
Salman Khurshid writes: Let the Constitution be free of the plays of powerSubscriber Only
December 05,2024 04:20:09 AM
To cut off certain parts of our past, especially when encouraged and supported by political powers of the day, will only diminish the independent India that was carefully built 75 years ago.
Thu, Dec 05, 2024
India’s engagement with the world needs a reset. Congress manifesto offers a planSubscriber Only
April 30,2024 07:45:55 AM
The Nyay Patra’s vision for India is that of a country with a voice, one that will be heard and respected across the world, and one that 140 crore Indians can be proud of
Tue, Apr 30, 2024
Salman Khurshid writes: Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congess Plenary have underscored Rahul Gandhi’s special connect with the peopleSubscriber Only
February 27,2023 17:29:53 PM
But minus Opposition unity, 2024 may be the beginning of the end, and 2029, the end for non-BJP parties
Thu, Mar 02, 2023
Salman Khurshid writes: Rahul Gandhi is not trying to appropriate the BJP’s political icons — he is trying to bridge a divideSubscriber Only
December 27,2022 17:25:22 PM
It is surprising that the BJP is uneasy about someone showing respect for Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who not only made the BJP acceptable to the masses but also stood firm with the idea of 'raj dharma'
Tue, Dec 27, 2022
Salman Khurshid writes: What the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as Congress president means for the partySubscriber Only
October 19,2022 18:47:58 PM
Salman Khurshid writes: Mallikarjun Kharge's emphatic victory in the Congress presidential election marks a new turn for the party. But Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are likely to provide leadership and guidance to the party as Kharge takes on organisational responsibilities
Thu, Oct 20, 2022
Courts must clamp down on calls for violenceSubscriber Only
December 28,2021 04:08:21 AM
🔴 Salman Khurshid writes: A red line must be drawn between debate and defiance of law.
Tue, Dec 28, 2021
No one burnt my cottageSubscriber Only
November 17,2021 03:32:28 AM
Salman Khurshid defends his book: For too long, we have given the forces of Hindutva the freedom to push us around, giving the impression that they have a monopoly of the truth.
Thu, Nov 18, 2021
Making a choice in Uttar Pradesh electionsSubscriber Only
September 22,2021 03:00:47 AM
Salman Khurshid writes: Communities concerned about the model of governance implemented in the country need enlightened reappraisal of their options.
Thu, Sep 23, 2021
What Kapil Sibal got wrong in his recent observations about communalismSubscriber Only
July 08,2021 03:19:16 AM
Salman Khurshid writes: Muslim outfits have been integral to the Congress since the national movement and shaped the contours of our politics. It cannot suddenly suffer amnesia and be guided by the BJP to make forced errors.
Thu, Jul 08, 2021
The Places of Worship Act has been challenged. Here’s why this is dangerousSubscriber Only
March 19,2021 04:20:34 AM
Salman Khurshid writes: Upholding the challenge to the Act will reopen old faultlines and jeopardise the path to reconciliation shown by the Ayodhya verdict.
Fri, Mar 19, 2021
BJP believes that its legislative majority makes differing views irrelevantSubscriber Only
January 25,2021 03:13:56 AM
Understandably, there is a red line between protest and sedition but advising the citizen to protest for politics should come with an assurance that it will not be crushed by an impervious law.
Mon, Jan 25, 2021
Farm laws alter bargaining landscape in favour of corporate playersSubscriber Only
December 12,2020 03:50:21 AM
The asymmetric negotiating matrix between the famers and corporates will invariably lead to negation of their rights. The present laws alter the bargaining landscape in favour of the corporate players to the detriment of the farmers.
Sat, Dec 12, 2020
Ahmed Patel’s silences ran deep. Congress will miss its go-to personSubscriber Only
November 27,2020 03:01:52 AM
The Congress party will miss Ahmed bhai in whom we saw the invincibility and sustenance of our ideological beliefs and secrets of our organisational strength.
Fri, Nov 27, 2020
Jamia Millia Islamia was born as an act of repudiation of the British Raj. Celebrate its legacySubscriber Only
November 04,2020 03:05:18 AM
This was the Jamia for which Gandhiji spoke of going with a begging bowl and threatened to boycott it if, as some people suggested, the word Islamia be dropped from the name.
Wed, Nov 04, 2020
It is silly to link the anti-CAA protests to the subsequent riots of FebruarySubscriber Only
September 26,2020 04:00:59 AM
Salman Khurshid writes: As anti-CAA movement is sought to be projected as precursor of the riots, damage that will be done to a generation of young Indians will be bad enough, but damage done to police could take generations to repair.
Sat, Sep 26, 2020
Democracy in question: If questions are disallowed in Parliament, more will be asked outside itSubscriber Only
September 11,2020 04:10:38 AM
Salman Khurshid writes: National parliaments do not dispense with questions even at the time of war. If questions are disallowed in Parliament, many more will be asked outside it. If the questions can lead to greater unity of national purpose, the government will do itself and the nation a great injustice by attempting to stifle them.
Fri, Sep 11, 2020
Congress crisis cannot be solved by bypassing Congress ideologySubscriber Only
August 23,2020 17:51:36 PM
Howsoever virulent the attack on it, party must not concede that the Gandhi-Nehru socialist, secular ideology has been defeated and rejected by the people of India.
Mon, Aug 24, 2020
Belated all-party meet exhibited much-needed support for govt, also flagged issues that need to be addressedSubscriber Only
June 22,2020 03:40:40 AM
How are we to live with a neighbour we did not choose, but need to live with in honour and cooperation?
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
We have to put India, and humanity, before everything else in war against hatredSubscriber Only
May 18,2020 03:32:56 AM
Post COVID-19 we have to make a fresh beginning, hopefully united and trusting each other as we must have been through a life-death experience together.
Mon, May 18, 2020
Ayodhya verdict nudges us to look back at how much we have lost over years of conflictSubscriber Only
November 11,2019 05:04:18 AM
The greatest opportunity that the judgment offers is a reaffirmation of India as a secular society. It is a decision that refutes the idea of Hindu Rashtra and amplifies the practical handling of sensitive religious concerns in a secular system.
Mon, Nov 11, 2019
Life beyond defeatSubscriber Only
March 21,2017 00:59:13 AM
For Congress, 2014 was a loss to BJP’s superior electoral tactics. 2019 has to be a victory for a higher strategy
Tue, Mar 21, 2017
Adventurism on I-DaySubscriber Only
August 17,2016 00:02:03 AM
Linking PoK with Balochistan is a myopic move, could undermine India’s high moral ground vis a vis Pakistan.
Wed, Aug 17, 2016
Missing statesmanshipSubscriber Only
January 06,2016 00:58:41 AM
India, Pak must break the pattern of camaraderie cameos interrupted by negative asides.
Wed, Jan 06, 2016
Some plainspeaking for Mr AkbarSubscriber Only
November 23,2015 00:00:38 AM
Whatever Manmohan Singh might have wanted in the matter of making a breakthrough with a visit to Pakistan, someone should share with Akbar the BJP’s official position.
Mon, Nov 23, 2015Journalism of Courage
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