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Dogra raj in Kashmir

The RSS’ game in Jammu and Kashmir is to separate Jammu from Kashmir and establish a Hindu-majority State, a move that would call into question India’

An envoy extraordinary

The past stays relevant, as the publication of the diaries of Ivan Maisky, who was the Soviet Ambassador to Britain from 1932 to 1943, shows.

Betrayal of Indian nationalism

Muslims opposed the British rulers. The Sangh Parivar collaborated with them. Who is “anti-national”?

America’s crime

The book by a former senior leadership analyst with the CIA presents a different picture of Saddam Hussein which is in contrast to his public persona

The Indian Supreme Court building is seen in New Delhi on August 24, 2017.
India's Supreme Court ruled on August 24 that citizens have a constitutional right to privacy, a landmark verdict that could have wide-reaching implications for the government's flagship biometric programme. / AFP PHOTO / Sajjad HUSSAIN

The privacy ruling

The Supreme Court’s judgment of August 24 puts to rest the doctrine that the Constitution must be read according to the original intention of the fram

Feuding twins

Two poems that describe the ills that India and Pakistan share—the rise of religious fundamentalism and disappeared persons.

New Delhi: Outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his farewell function at GMC Balayogi Auditorium at Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan (PTI8_10_2017_000187A)

Ansari & Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s farewell address to former Vice President Hamid Ansari not only betrays his own biases but points to the clash of two n

CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 16/11/2016: Anoothi Vishal at the book launch of Mrs. LC’s Table at ITC Grand Chola in Chennai.
Photo: K. Pichumani

Kayasth culture

The book describes the richness of Kayasth culture with verve.

Washington DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the President of United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, after the Joint Press Statement at White House, in Washington DC, USA on Tuesday.PTI Photo (PTI6_27_2017_000046A)

Of Donald Modi & Narendra Trump

The affinities between Trump and Modi are striking, but none of them bodes well for democracy.

New Delhi: President's bodyguards at Parliament House ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the 14th President of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma(PTI7_25_2017_000025B)

Enemies within the system

We have erected a democratic edifice on feudal ground. But this achievement is now at stake because we have failed to instil in our polity the values

Jammu: A view of stranded trucks on Jammu Kashmir National highway after roads are temporarily closed on due to landslides in Jammu on Monday. PTI Photo(PTI7_17_2017_000081B)

Rape of Article 370

To empower New Delhi with collection of taxes on goods and services “with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir” is to s

The Army in Kashmir

A valuable first-hand account of the start of militancy in the Kashmir valley in 1988-89, showing how the Army’s ruthless high-handed role sent the si