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'Those Resisting Mughals Should Never Be Forgotten'

'Whenever present-day politics do get involved, history sinks to the level of a morality play, with advocates for this or that cause seeking to praise their heroes or condemn their villains.'......

VP Dhankhar condemns 'Bangladesh can happen in India' remarks

Taking strong exception to some remarks by a few Congress leaders comparing the situation in Bangladesh with India, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said efforts by some to infuse a......

Desis Rally For Secular India

The Constitution's Preamble says that we Indians have resolved to secure for Indians 'fraternity, assuring the dignity of the individual'.Fraternity can come only when we stand up for each......

'US trying to temper expectations of India'

'Having India as a credible deterrent vis-a-vis Chinese ambitions in the Indian Ocean and South Asian region is a desirable short-term outcome.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, US President......

How Modi Lost While Winning

For the first time in his political career, he failed to carry his party to even a working majority -- and again, for the first time in his career, he finds himself in a situation where he cannot......

UP Eyes Rs 25,000 Cr Revenue From Maha Kumbh

... resulting in a Rs 2 trillion economic spinoff. IMAGE: A sadhu blows a conch as he prays on the day devotees take a holy dip -- the shahi snan -- at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga,......

Cyrus Mistry: Reclusive scion who let his work do the talking

A naturally reclusive nature with a conviction for work to do the talking meant there was very little known about Mistry even during his time at the helm of Tata Sons. He did not do a single media......

Can Indians live without Chinese imports?

'India imports 70 per cent of its bulk drugs from China. Are we going to live without antibiotics?' asks Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh activists burn Chinese Communist party......

Designing a flag for an upcoming revolution

Ajit Balakrishnan envisions a flag to capture the spirit of the impending conflicts of the Information Age. IMAGES: The flag designed by Pingali Venkayya in 1921 to rally Indians around the......

'Great danger India will waste its demographic dividend'

'... for two reasons: the poor quality of education, and the low rate of female participation in the labour force.' 'Unless something is done quickly to remedy these problems, India will just have......

The Empire review

Kunal Kapoor’s bland portrayal cannot bring out Babur’s fascinating persona or his self-deprecating temperament, feels Sukanya Verma. ‘Zindagi maut se aakhir kitna lad le jeet......

Panipat Review

'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha......

Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'

'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'Mrinal Sen, who passed into the ages on December 30......

Why you should watch The Test

'If there were ever a PR exercise to fix the seemingly irreparable image of Australian cricket in the aftermath of the most notorious on-field scandal in recent memory, then this is it,' observes......