Opinion

MAMATA BANERJEE: THE WOUNDED LIONESS

02 Apr 2021 08:20 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting the toughest battle of her career where she is taking on the might of the BJP. Despite a 10-year anti-incumbency, despite the BJP unleashing its ablest general Home Minister Amit Shah to take her on, she seems to be holding her own.

INDIA MUST HELP SHEIKH HASINA COUNTER EXTREMISM IN BANGLADESH

01 Apr 2021 06:15 AM IST

Bangladesh witnessed reprehensible violence during and post Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to that country to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of Bangladesh and the birth centenary of its founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Islamists of various hues made the visit a pretext to unleash the worst kind of

China and the world: Goebbels Global Times

01 Apr 2021 06:14 AM IST

Today, 1 April 2021, is a good time to take stock of the earth-shaking achievements of the great Chinese nation in the past year.

CAN OPPOSITION TRUST SHARAD PAWAR TO BUILD AN ANTI-BJP COALITION?

31 Mar 2021 05:45 AM IST

The recent meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar has created ripples within the Opposition. More so since Shah is also the BJPs ace strategist and the party’s man on the ground when it comes to wooing new allies. Of course, given the recent turmoil

Farmers’ protests: Democratic dissent or goondaism?

31 Mar 2021 05:43 AM IST

The farmers’ agitation against the new farm laws does not seem to be making much progress despite desperate tactics like the recent Bharat Bandh and the ensuing violence. Does this signal the end of the road for Rakesh Tikait and others?

BHAGAT SINGH AND THE HANS RAJ VOHRA ANGLE IN THE HANGING

29 Mar 2021 02:43 AM IST

Bhagat Singh has undoubtedly been the most iconic figure of the Indian freedom movement and like many others such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, has never got the kind of recognition which he deserved. It was exactly 90 years on last Tuesday when he and his two associates, Sukhdev Thapar

Embarrassing controversy at BHU

29 Mar 2021 02:41 AM IST

Banaras Hindu University saw an avoidable controversy regarding the appointment of a visiting professor. Our universities should ensure that reforms such as these do not hit the wall due to ignorance of some inexperienced members, as had been the case at BHU. Had the benefits of the proposal been properly

CENTRE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE DELHI ASSEMBLY REDUNDANT

27 Mar 2021 02:59 AM IST

The Centre’s Bill on Delhi, passed by both houses of Parliament, is a clear attempt to provide overriding powers to the Lt Governor, while diminishing the role of the elected government. The move has already invited a lot of criticism from political parties, other than the BJP, and could lead

How LDF and UDF have failed God’s Own Country

27 Mar 2021 02:53 AM IST

Despite being bestowed with nature’s bounty, Kerala has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in past years, thanks to the debilitating politics of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The Pinarayi Vijayan government will go down as the one which took Kerala backwards in all respects, with corruption

LOCKDOWN ANNIVERSARY: COVID IS BACK WITH A SECOND SURGE

26 Mar 2021 03:14 AM IST

It’s been one year since we locked down and the focus seems to be back on the pandemic as there is talk of a second surge and mutations. It is also a time when the government has announced vaccinations for all those above the age of 45 years. This is

Being single women: What we can learn from our past

26 Mar 2021 03:11 AM IST

The unmarried or single woman and her contributions to India’s intellectual traditions have been largely overlooked even in contemporary times. Sulabha’s response to King Janaka’s sexist arguments in an episode of the Mahabharata deserve to be highlighted today to understand and challenge the conventions of gender roles and societal status.

INDIA SHOULDN’T PARTICIPATE IN ANTI-TERROR EXERCISE ON PAK SOIL

25 Mar 2021 07:59 AM IST

There are times when India’s foreign policy can be baffling. Bizarre as it may sound, there are reports that India is likely to participate in an anti-terrorism exercise at Pabbi in Pakistan along with Pakistan and China later this year, under the aegis of the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).