The opposition to the celebration of Tipu Jayanti in Karnataka is rooted in a distorted narrative of history that portrays the Mysore ruler as a relig

The AIADMK supremo won the hearts of millions, especially women, with a slew of welfare measures though she was strongly criticised for her imperious

Jayalalithaa’s demise renders uncertain the verdict in the case of disproportionate wealth against her, on which the Supreme Court reserved its verdic

His fearless experimentation, his willingness to collaborate with artists belonging to other genres, his zest for life and his appeal to the young gav

There has been an escalation in tensions, apart from a deterioration of diplomatic relations, between India and Pakistan after the “surgical strike” a

Many of the characters played by Jayalalithaa in her films were dramatisations of patriarchal anxieties, with the female body rendered pleasurable and

The political situation created by Jayalalithaa’s death presents a new set of challenges before the DMK.

The government is busy stoking anti-Muslim sentiment to justify its genocidal treatment of the Rohingya, who have been denied basic rights despite hav

The opaque manner in which the government has handled demonetisation has fatally damaged the framework of economic governance.

More than two months after Najeeb disappeared from JNU following an attack on him by ABVP supporters, neither the police nor the university authoritie

This is a government of fables. It is appropriate that it is led by Donald Trump, a man made more by the world of entertainment than by the world of g

The massive income declaration of little-known businessman Mahesh Shah throws up a gamut of questions on the presence of politicians on the black mone

The story of the transformation of MGR’s AIADMK into Jayalalithaa’s, and at least for now Sasikala’s, party.

A World Bank report chastises IFC and APPL for failing to improve the conditions in the tea estates of Assam, confirming long-standing complaints by w

A tribute to the indomitable spirit of an injured IAF officer.

The book is a significant contribution to the contemporary understanding of the larger political problem in Kashmir in a broad historical perspective.

A lucid account of the making of India’s foreign policy in the past four decades and the rationale for the choices made.

Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister did not hesitate to make public her intolerance of the media and opposition criticism, and she did this through a slew

The Health Ministry’s moves to dismantle the established price regime for essential medicines, undermining affordable access to drugs and weakening th

There is no Quranic sanction for triple talaq at all. Muslims of India cannot avoid or evade the stark choice that faces them. Do they want their law

The Supreme Court’s interim order making it mandatory to play the national anthem and show respect to it by standing in cinema halls runs the risk of

‘Cho’ S. Ramaswamy (1934-2016) spoke truth to power in the early days, but his conservative political ideology, which expressed the anxieties of the u