If Madame Grandy is looking for a match for her son Pagl-ul Grandy, I think, we have a match. There is a definite union of stars, asteroids, planets, comets, meteors and other planetary...

Our dearest Twitterati are up in arms (again!) over the 4-day meat ban in Maharashtra. Now mind it, this is not some 'regular' issue of national security, or the oft-debated issue of poverty,...

It is articles such as these that make one's blood boil. Brinda Karat's article is so one-sided and biased that it seems like a deliberate attempt to offend one community and appease the other. Such...

भारत एक प्राचीन, सेक्युलर देश है. सेकुलरिज्म हर भारतीय के विचार का अभिन्न हिस्सा है. इसीलिए तो भारत को महान कहा जाता है. लेकिन हमेशा ऐसा नहीं था. 5000 से भी अधिक वर्ष...

Mr. Hamid Ansari's comment on affirmative action for Indian Muslims comes as a rude shock. That a person holding such a high office should support reservation based on religious affiliation is dangerous and inimical...

"Zalimo, O Kafiro, Kashmir hamara chhod do" The streets of Srinagar shook with cries such as these on a cold night in January 1990. The edifice of Kashmiriyat had finally been proven hollow,...

There is a news report today which talks of how Muslim women in India would like to break free of the shackles that society has placed on them. Honestly, it does not come as...

I read an article here that talked of twitter being up in arms over the Union government's attempts to impose Hindi. some Twitterati felt that Modi, by delivering most of his speeches in Hindi was...

Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar is an oft-mocked man these days. Especially since the man he derided as a Chaiwallah, ended up becoming the PM. Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar is an IFS bred diplomat...

The issue of religious conversion is a constant and a prominent issue in the political discourse of the nation. For the sake of discussion in this article, I have clubbed the followers of...

Treaty of Allahabad 1765 On this fateful day in 1765, Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II signed away India to the British by signing the treaty of Allahabad, thereby, unwittingly inaugurating the dawn of...

To the Hindu Fascist Government of India, A couple of days ago, you hanged one of India's most loyal sons. I, and I am sure, many responsible, liberal citizens of this secular, democratic nation were outraged...