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Sachin Shridhar
May 10, 2021
Why the BJP lost BengalSubscriber Only
Every time Modi addressed his rival as “Didi-o-didi”, it alienated voters, especially women.
Ameeta Mulla Wattal
May 10, 2021
Heed the Covid SOS from childrenSubscriber Only
We need to offer spaces to our children, to vent, to throw tantrums, show pain, anger and angst. Our empathy, patience and compassion will help them to cope and contend with the prevailing uncertainty and dislocation.
Prakash Javadekar
May 10, 2021
Nothing is further from the truth than the claim that Centre dropped ball on Covid preparednessSubscriber Only
If states had taken the Centre’s early warnings and feedback more seriously, the current surge would not have been as fierce.
The UP model, or how not to face a pandemicSubscriber Only
Nowhere else in the world has anti-terrorist legislation been invoked to threaten citizens voicing their needs during a pandemic, adding fear to their despair.
May 9, 2021
Unfair to the Election CommissionSubscriber Only
Madras High Court's remarks about EC being responsible for current Covid wave do damage to the institution, do not reflect facts on the ground
Ashok Lal
May 9, 2021
Not funny, Mr Kher!Subscriber Only
Anupam Kher’s defence of the Centre’s Covid-19 management is a regurgitation of official proclamations.
Tavleen Singh
Jan 2, 2022
Is PM Modi privately tormented by the disease and death that has spread across India on his watch?Subscriber Only
PM Modi has always boasted of his image as a strong and decisive leader. This is the time for him to prove that he is.
May 9, 2021
‘I can’t breathe’… my oxygen journeySubscriber Only
“I can’t breathe”, the last words of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, are echoing in many hospitals in India today.
Shruti Dhapola
May 9, 2021
When my baby got sick with Covid-19Subscriber Only
Fortunately, babies are a lot more resilient than what we give them credit for. And that’s what we really need to remember, especially when Covid-19 comes floating in.
P Chidambaram
May 9, 2021
Modi vs Didi and other battlesSubscriber Only
Ms Banerjee’s defining image was her wheelchair-bound campaign. The wheelchair triumphed over the cheap cat-call. No less absorbing was the battle for Kerala where the UDF lost to the LDF.
Coomi Kapoor
May 9, 2021
Recent explosion of Covid-19 cases in Delhi has impacted practically every second homeSubscriber Only
The signs of impending doom were all around, so how could our planners have failed to respond with greater urgency?
Rajni Bakshi
May 8, 2021
His primary legacy was as mentor to scores of activists who played a key role in many struggles for justice – from grassroots efforts to counter communalism to struggles against “destructive development”
Shah Alam Khan
May 8, 2021
Use of the existing government supply lines, for example, the 5,05,879 fair price shops (part of Public Distribution System), can be one solution. These are distributed through the length and breadth of the country. The use of LPG cylinder distributors can also be explored.
Editorial
May 8, 2021
May 8, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Indira ExoneratedSubscriber Only
The Opposition did not participate in the four-and-a-half hour debate, having walked out after an uproarious 100-minute discussion in protest against the Speaker’s decision to admit the motion moved by Baliram Bhagat of the Congress.
Editorial
May 8, 2021
Sound of the new waveSubscriber Only
Vanraj Bhatia took the road less travelled, gave parallel cinema movement a rare and versatile music
Editorial
May 8, 2021
Stalin’s turnSubscriber Only
As Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, he is new face of Dravidian politics, could play a role in federal pushback by states
Editorial
May 8, 2021
Patently fairSubscriber Only
Biden’s proposal for liberal IPR regime on Covid vaccines is welcome. EU must shed its intransigence
Sanjib Baruah
May 8, 2021
BJP’s Assam triumph has one caveat: Akhil GogoiSubscriber Only
Sanjib Baruah writes: Despite the electoral failure of the anti-CAA platform, Gogoi’s victory might prove to be politically consequential in coming months.
Sanjay Jha
May 8, 2021
Anupam Kher is wrong. The buck stops with the governmentSubscriber Only
Sanjay Jha writes: Centre, PM must be held accountable for the current Covid wave.
Harsh Mander
May 8, 2021
Harsh Mander writes: Current moment in pandemic points to systematic undermining of countervailing institutions, and to people's complicity in cheering an uncaring and incompetent state.
May 7, 2021
Vaccines should be accessible but not mandatorySubscriber Only
With so many fears and uncertainties looming, coercive measures to administer vaccines will only create further panic
May 7, 2021
Its narrow interpretation of power of states in enforcing Disaster Management Act limits the latter’s ability to address the economic hardship faced by citizens during the pandemic.
Rajiv Bhatia
May 7, 2021
How diaspora pushed US to help India’s Covid effortsSubscriber Only
What is of immediate impact is the robust engagement of corporate, mostly big-tech, America. Google, Microsoft, Apple and others are coming forward to commit their resources.
Proma Ray Chaudhury
May 7, 2021
How Mamata won woman voteSubscriber Only
Mamata Banerjee’s status as a single woman professing total commitment to political activism, her cultivated image of a “street-fighter” yet caring leader of the people, her emotion-laden anti-elite political rhetoric have consistently garnered her electoral dividends.
M. Venkaiah Naidu
May 7, 2021
It is natural for each one of us to become emotionally upset when our friends and relatives suffer or pass away. But, then, let us not be gripped by fear and anger, be swamped by images that breed pessimism and frustration.
