India has just 28 Olympic medals to its credit since making a debut back in 1900.
'If he has not achieved 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
'It is not his doing, but Rahul Gandhi is forced by circumstances.' 'In taking political decisions, everything has to get his clearance.'
The most important lesson is that you have to build your political proposition, and sell it yourself. You can't leave it to the courts, media, NGOs and civil society and expect them to play the role of the Opposition. That's precisely what Mr Modi's challengers have been doing and we know the results, notes Shekhar Gupta.
Naveen Boora in medal rounds of Strandja Memorial tourney
Today, India has a 55 per cent market share of the world's diamond cutting and polishing business.
In switching over, Nitish has sent out a message that if he could not now become the NDA's PM, then he would need to stay on as CM at the very least, which a third term for Modi would not let him have, N Sathiya Moorthy points out.
What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple consecration on January 22, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
At a time when the BJP's stars are at the top on the eve of the Lok Sabha polls, the Puri-Joshimath Sankaracharyas may have kick-started a row whose efforts might be to divide Hindus, not in the name of castes, but on what passes for greater belief, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
From the boxing ring to the shooting range to the athletics arena, it was India shining on the penultimate day of the 21st Commonwealth Games where the country claimed its biggest single-day haul of the ongoing edition, ensnaring eight gold medals across five disciplines.
The Congress leader said democracy allows dissent and debate and not monologues in an apparent barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
'Modi has sowed the seeds of a transformational change.' 'For the sake of the nation and our children I hope he succeeds.'
The 91-year-old expressed his joy, saying he never thought that he would sit in a new Parliament building in his lifetime.
'India could become the newest Asian tiger under Modi's dynamic leadership. Modi could become the Nehru of the 21st century, and re-establish a new Tryst with Destiny, by stating once and for all that Mera Bharat Mahaan is and will always be a truly secular and inclusive democracy in the best spirit of Bharatiya-tva,' says Ram Kelkar, offering an NRI view of the Modi triumph.
Period. End of Sentence, which won an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category, has been produced by Guneet Monga.
A G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu describing her position as 'President of Bharat' triggered massive debate on Tuesday, with the opposition alleging that the government is planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country's name.
While a lot of risk-factor writing has become a template activity, one is often tempted to reconsider if the depiction of Indian circumstances ought to change. After all, India has never seen such near-pristine times in its world standing. However, a reality check would be in order. And our polity never fails to provide such reality checks.
With this kind of coinage, the Opposition seems to be readily conceding the point that Modi is taller than all of them put together. So they need something bigger than themselves, collectively or not, to capture the voter imagination when it is about taking on Modi and the BJP in 2024, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
The BJP's challenge is whether it can again deflate a Congress, which now looks reinvigorated and has adopted sharper messaging around its 'guarantees', and several regional parties, especially in Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
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The feature in Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy over the last two years is his calm approach even in difficult situations; there is no doubt that under him a young Indian team is continuing to evolve as a major force in world cricket.
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The main difference between China and us is that its government works. Ours is happy to doze.
It is difficult even for us as Indians whether the image of India that is being evoked is accurate, true-but-selective, untrue and deliberately distortive, or plain bizarre.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told British parliamentarians in London on Monday that functioning microphones in the Lok Sabha are often silenced against the Opposition.
Four of five new bulk purchasers named by De Beers, the prime global purveyor, are from India.
The composer becomes the first Indian to win a Golden Globe award.
This string of silences cannot be explained away as incompetence.
India's Ratan Tata aims to transform his once-stodgy conglomerate into a global powerhouse. But can it thrive after he steps down?
'We had tremendous faith in honorable Modiji in his second term as he was well-settled. Sadly that has been belied.'
The West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association on Tuesday, July 19, honoured the best performances by West Indian players, in both regional and international cricket in Antigua.
Mutual suspicion and prejudice hang over India and its neighbours, says Barun Roy.
'BJP loses a democratic election, then buys MLAs from the ruling party's flock and rides to power in these states.' 'Do you think Atalji would have tolerated this?'
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