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Easier said than done. I find this saying interesting and ubiquitous. This nostalgia is caused due to the recent statement of Mr Arun Jaitley. He said that he is hopeful that ...

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 ...

Ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley later this month, theatrics on expected lines have begun. Scroll brought to light a letter written by a group of American NRI ...

As the clock moves a little past midnight I am shocked to come across several unfortunate news pieces coming from the state of Gujarat where the reservation agitation of Patel community ...

On the morning of 24th august I was going through my daily routine of reading newspaper, the first page had news of sexual assault of a six year old girl in ...

Modi walking the Sheikh Zayed mosque was a unique sight for most of his loyal followers and his steadfast critics. I am not really a big fan of the politics of ...

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 ...

Sonia Gandhi said the suspension of 25 Congress lawmakers from the Lok Sabha is a "murder of democracy." The Congress President was leading her party's lawmakers from both Houses in a ...

The term dictatorship is freely used these days in the national political discourse. Rahul Gandhi and his family feel that Narendra Modi is a tyrant who wants to subvert India's democracy. Arvind ...

Lalu's interview in HT today makes one feel that India is perhaps a lost idea whose time is up. There is probably truth in the fact that India is the only nation ...

Ever since US decided that the Shah of Iran was the right ruler for Iran, US has been wrong about Iran. He was a despot, a torturer and a cruel man ...

Our constitution was written with the highest possible ideals. It provides for equality of citizens before law. It guarantees them liberty, justice and dignity. In theory, these are wondrous words whose magical ...