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Among the most revered of Indians was A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who left us on the 27th of July. Eminent personalities and common men alike expressed their solidarity and paid their condolences. ...

Masaan. (शमशान, the site of cremation). Masaan revolves around the ghats of Banaras. It's a story... well let's call it a story. There are two, in fact. And in those two ...

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 ...

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 ...

History belongs to the victors, they say. To put it even better, History belongs to the rulers. Those who rule, interpret history and then present it in a way that shows ...

Two major things happened on the 25th of June. One, India marked 40 years of the emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government. And two, India launched the Smart City project. ...

Thanks to the Media which is perennially suffering from Diarrhoea as far as making and selling news is concerned, Sadhus  and Shankaracharyas, claiming to represent Hinduism, have started becoming a part ...

Probably the biggest news to come out of the US the past few days, has been the landmark judgement by the US Superme Court which effectively legalises homosexual marriages throughout the ...

“The Frustrated Indian” is little over 3 years old now and over half a million followers make it a very confusing yet an interesting place to be in. People of all ...

V P Singh’s entry in Indian Political scenario was very much like Arvind Kejriwal. He was a self-styled anti-corruption crusader. While Arvind Kejriwal grew political fangs later on, V.P Singh’s intentions ...

Justice,equality,emancipation,belief-somewhere my life gets dull and lambasted when such heavy utopian phrases scribe in the air. For long, India has bragged of its stance of being the world’s largest democracy. The ...