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Inder MalhotraOct 19, 2015
Daughter of the soil Subscriber Only
In 1999, three members of the Congress did the BJP’s work for it by raising the issue of Sonia Gandhi’s ‘foreign origins’.
Rohan MukherjeeOct 19, 2015
Meet India’s new nationalists Subscriber Only
They are young, urban and online. They organise efficiently and move swiftly to muzzle dissent.
Meghnad DesaiOct 18, 2015
Out of my Mind: Varieties of intolerance Subscriber Only
Fighters for liberal rights cannot rely on any Government. Remember the Emergency. As Taslima Nasreen and Salman Rushdie know, the seculars are just as bad when their vote banks are at stake.
Tunku VaradarajanOct 18, 2015
Reverse Swing: A byte of beef Subscriber Only
The Desi Modi stands in depressing contrast to Modi Abroad
Coomi KapoorOct 18, 2015
Inside Track: Mark of confidence Subscriber Only
The Vigilance Bureau building is reportedly to be converted into the CM’s ‘advisory council office’ if Nitish returns as CM.
Tavleen SinghOct 18, 2015
Writers who would have been adults during the Emergency said that the atmosphere of ‘intolerance’ today was worse than it was then. Really? How many of them have been jailed for saying this?
P ChidambaramOct 18, 2015
Across the Aisle: A call to the collective conscience Subscriber Only
The writers are protesting against events that have not only political overtones but have profound social consequences. Are all Indians obliged to conform to one notion of religion or food or language or dress?
Oct 17, 2015
The wrong impulse Subscriber Only
Imports on government account has not helped rein in runaway dal inflation
Express News ServiceOct 17, 2015
Absolute judicial autonomy developed for a reason, and it should remain in place
Express News ServiceOct 17, 2015
The Indian cricket team would do well to have a fine cricketing mind like Zaheer Khan’s in the dug-out
Oct 17, 2015
Letters to the Editor: More self-goals Subscriber Only
The statement of Haryana CM may provide yet another god-gifted opportunity to the united opposition to once again put the government in the dock.
Express News ServiceOct 17, 2015
Emergency food relief worth $12 million was approved for flood victims in India, the World Food Programme announced.
Nicolas BlarelOct 17, 2015
President’s Opening Act Subscriber Only
Pranab Mukherjee’s Israel visit reconfirmed Delhi’s deliberate policy ambivalence
Angus DeatonOct 17, 2015
Research and democracy Subscriber Only
High quality and transparent data needed for informed debates.
Malvika MaheshwariOct 17, 2015
Heroes of our unhappy times Subscriber Only
While the acceptance of the award brings glory to writers, it’s in the returning of it that our collective battles are fought.
Surjit S BhallaOct 17, 2015
No proof required: Confessions of a self-styled liberal Subscriber Only
Modi knows that the liberati media is gunning for him. Then why give them a beefy opportunity?
Pratap Bhanu MehtaOct 17, 2015
A lesser evil: Collegium has grave deficiencies, but it compromises structural independence of judiciary less Subscriber Only
The judiciary came to the conclusion that the NJAC, as currently constituted, would be a threat to judicial independence. It is hard to disagree.
Oct 16, 2015
The Urdu Press: After Dadri Subscriber Only
The barbarity of Dadri, in which Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched on suspicion that his family had “consumed beef”, continues to dominate the press.
Maitreesh GhatakOct 16, 2015
The real world economist Subscriber Only
The value of Angus Deaton’s work lies in honing the techniques that go behind the construction of data series used for policy analysis.
M J AkbarOct 16, 2015
Diary item: Shanghai ki angdai Subscriber Only
The new ism in the city is nationalism.
Express News ServiceOct 16, 2015
Guidelines on radio-taxi aggregators are welcome. But government cannot evade its own responsibilities.
Express News ServiceOct 16, 2015
The Netaji saga, India’s most gripping unsolved whodunit, is drawing to a close.
Express News ServiceOct 16, 2015
The Bank of Baroda scandal brings another reminder of long-pending governance reforms in public sector banks
Soli J. SorabjeeOct 16, 2015
A Merry Court Subscriber Only
The temples of justice are also home to moments of laughter.
Khaled AhmedOct 16, 2015
They’re just like us Subscriber Only
Closing of the Muslim mind is a global development. Are we seeing a closing of the Indian mind, too?
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