The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said the renaming of the iconic gardens in Rashtrapati Bhavan as 'Amrit Udyan', shreds yet another symbol of colonialism even as the opposition parties......
A bit of economic reforms stalled and decisions delayed -- what Narayana Murthy spoke of -- don't hurt if a country's compassionate and inclusive social fabric has survived intact; if the country......
'I don't think there will be any problem for Hindus to accept Adityanath as the leader, since they have already chosen Modi.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi with Uttar Pradesh......
'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.''The ruling party knows that without total erasure and distortion of Nehru, their......
Measure each word you utter in public, advises Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launch the party's youth manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly......
Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
"So there we are, all tangled up together, the old barriers breaking, the new ones not yet established, a time of transition, always and inescapably turbulent. In the inevitable integration into a......
In The Adventures of Griswald Gnome: A Fairy Tale for Children of all Ages, the magician gnome starts by saying, "I am a Peristaltic Basaltic Cabalist.""A reformed deformer, searcher for research,......
If we don't want a Hindu version of our neighbour, we must keep open minds -- even when what we hear or see is not what we like. Rajkumar Hirani's PK is a banal satire on godmen. An......
In this pandemic, why can't we have multiple locations for various disciplines, all of it then merged into a virtual convergence called the Olympics instead of one massive event in one city, asks......
South Korea players celebrate after claiming the Football Men's Gold Medal match against North Korea at Munhak Stadium in Incheon on Thursday. Photograph: Stanley Chou/Getty Images South Korea's......