Opinion
Liberty after Statue: Tripura Vandalism Brings Back Uneasy Memories of 1980 Ethnic Violence
According to official figures 255 Hindus were massacred but the foreign press cited independent sources and eyewitnesses to put the figure between 350 and 400. Many victims had their heads crushed and limbs severed. Children were spiked through. The stoma...
Jayendra Saraswati, the Seer Who Tried to Resolve the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Dispute
The followers of the mutt call Jayendra Saraswati a reformist saint and credit him with ensuring that the preachings of Adi Sankara were spread among people beyond the Brahmin community. This he did by encouraging the spiritual mutt to become more of a so...
OPINION | Kamal Blooms in Tamil Nadu's Colourful Political Pond, For Now
Having launched his political party, Kamal Haasan would now have to put together state-wide tour plans and party meetings, for which he is not known to have a proven team.
OPINION | Blockchain Could Have Prevented Punjab National Bank-type Frauds
In a country like India, where large businesses routinely default on loans to public banks, is there a blockchain silver bullet?
OPINION | Congress, NCP Alliance Banks on Sharad Pawar’s Ability to Bring in More Allies
Significantly, the decision has come close on the heels of Shiv Sena announcing its decision to part ways with long-time ally BJP and contest the next elections on its own.
#BeingADalit | As Dalits Reclaim Their Dignity, Caste Hindus Betray Impatience in March to Modernity
Dalits have tasted freedom, but the nostalgic caste Hindus can’t really stomach them as victors.
Timing of Jay Panda's Suspension Fishy as Naveen Patnaik Faces Flak Over Rape Victim's Suicide
Panda too could not have been entirely unaware of what was coming, given his deeds and words (mostly through Twitter) over the last several months had repeatedly embarrassed the party and would have invited disciplinary action in any other political party...
OPINION | CPM-Congress Tie-up Not the Answer For Left's Revival
A pre-poll alliance with the Congress will imply a jettisoning of the alternative policy platform advocated by the Left, since the Congress party remains firmly wedded to the neoliberal policy framework, which serves the interests of big corporates and in...
Melbourne Musings | Pink is New Macho as Tennis Stars Take to ‘Girly’ Colour in Australian Open
Most of the top ranking players at the Australian open have Nike contracts and so the big matches have a glint of giggly innocence about it.
OPINION |100 Days of Darjeeling Bandh: People Shouldn’t Be Pawns in GJM Feud
The civil society—general masses, intellectuals and community leaders—who made the current agitation an impressive people’s movement, must come forward and take a call against continuing the strike.