Express Opinion

C Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala Even the most sceptical of Indian analysts will have to concede that Pakistan has taken an important step forward Thursday in acknowledging that at least part of the planning for

Reacting to the attack on a pub in Mangalore by volunteers of Shri Ram Sene,Urdu papers have expressed their views on the broader context of India’s culture.

The last session of the fourteenth Lok Sabha commenced on Thursday.

“I love you,Fiza”,Chand Mohammad gushed to his new wife,and an assembly of journalists.

Should the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill,2008 be passed in its current form without discussion?

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill,2008 could potentially mark a watershed in the history of India.

n This refers to ‘Al-Qaeda warns India…’. Al-Qaeda’s designs on India are not surprising but what is startling is its willingness to fight alongside the Pakistani army. Silence from the Pakistani side means it endorses

Pratap Bhanu Mehta Our freedoms are under threat again. The editor of the Statesman was arrested for reproducing an article by Jonathan Hari,"Why Should I Respect These Oppressive Religions?"

Shreya Chakravertty The multitudes of screaming fans jostling to make room for their camera phones so they could take a precious picture of the Englishman at the Los Angeles International Airport showed the star power

Is this in any way surprising? Along with the Taliban,Al-Qaeda has always been aided by the ISI....

The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser,titled ‘Chawla is a blot on EC; let him resign on his own,’ says...

Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln share the same birthday; but little else

A Pakistan-centric military strategy has stunted our global aspirations

Yoginder K Alagh | Charawak Among characters in prehistory,which is part myth,the Charawaks are my favourite. They were outliers who always questioned and made fun of the rituals of dominant Brahmanical dictums.

President Hu Jintao’s four-nation African tour beginning this week will conclude in Mauritius,a geopolitically sensitive Indian Ocean island state that has strong political....

In the light of the Chief Election Commissioner’s recommendation for the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla...

Ahead of the election,the US must encourage gradual reform,and work around Iran’s prickly pride

Could we seize this moment to phase out the Indian army’s presence in the Valley?

The Karnataka government’s move to initiate “media censorship” through a government appointed ombudsman is clearly an attempt to gag the media....

Aabha Rathee The reactions have been completely contradictory. One group,led by his now erstwhile sponsor Kellogg,and seconded by the USA Swimming,took the moral high ground.

At a time when the conflict between humans and tigers is at an all-time high,National Tiger Conservation Authority Member Secretary,Dr Rajesh Gopal has a novel idea — a sub-cadre dedicated to wildlife. Dr Gopal,who has

Khalid Hasan,who died last week in Washington,where he was the special correspondent of Lahore’s Daily Times and Friday Times....

Women have a hard enough time as is; TV magnifies those woes

Bangladesh,lazily considered Pakistan Lite,is now taking decisive steps to choke radical Islam....

Benefits will be restricted to the interested parties alone: politicians,bureaucrats,card printers and contractors....