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It was August of 1995. I do not remember the exact date though. My homeland Shillong had by that time become a favourite hub of ultras from across the North eastern ...

Greece Crisis: All markets are going down. Gold prices are rising. Another crisis is imminent. 2 countries have led us here. One an old culprit, second an unlikely offender. The obvious ...

What exactly are Smart Cities? This is not another one of those pipe dreams that politicians talk about and that never amount to anything concrete. Smart here does not mean imposing ...

What are the necessary ingredients of an Indian communist? Is it the disgust for the status quo? Yes Is it the disrespect for the state machinery? Yes Is it the art ...

He had a constant threat of imprisonment hanging over his head. His colleagues gossiped about his involvement in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. In a speech to mark the 125th anniversary ...

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 ...

Imagine having planned to watch a film in the weekend and it is quietly pulled away from the theater, because the state doesn’t want it to be screened. Or imagine listening ...

"Those who dare to show us their eyes will have them gouged and thrown on the streets. If someone shows us their hands we will cut them off,” said Abhishek Banerjee, ...

My friend Satish, the only graduate in my group, told me that the iron lady is actually a crook. She won by deceit in last elections so the courts pinned her. ...

ModiJi should start taking the opposition seriously for a change. The opposition, definitely counts for something. For starters, the government must, seriously consider taking the following steps to reestablish its credibility ...

  Ever since the horrific incident at Charlie Hebdo, the echo of ‘freedom of expression’ has grown louder. In India it peaked around March, also the time when the much debated ...