Opinion
'10 Years Ago, I Did What Vajpayee's Daughter Did': A Woman's Fight to Walk One Last Time With Her Baba
As relatives argued, I knew I was doing the right thing. I had to be with him. So I walked in with his mortal remains and into the cremation ground at Delhi’s Lodhi Road crematorium.
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Election Shows Modi and Shah Won’t Let Go of a Poll Fight
NDA candidate Harivansh’s election as the new Rajya Sabha deputy chairman is not just about another feat of the NDA in the absence of not so united opposition.
Assam NRC Draft: How Women in Char Areas Were Left High and Dry
More than 4.7 million married women submitted panchayat certificate as linkage document. Women applicants s were marked as ‘original inhabitant’ or ‘OI’—a privileged category— and they were exempted from the stringent verification process. But despite bei...
NRC Final Draft: Why Deportation is a Rather Impossible Idea
The bill has already created a polarisation between the predominantly Assamese speaking Brahmaputra valley and the Bengali speaking Barak valley comprising the three districts of Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj.
Navy, Air Force Are Key But Land Power Will Decide Victory in Future Wars, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda
It is true that the Army cannot win this war on its own. Air and naval power will play a hugely significant role and jointness in operations must be encouraged. Equally true is the fact that strengthening of the Army cannot come at the cost of the other t...
OPINION | Rahul Gandhi Channels His Inner Messi to Lead 2019 Coalition, But Oppn May Not Play Ball
The regional satraps have made it clear that their sympathies lie with embattled Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal rather than the Congress.
OPINION | A Free and Fair Pakistan Elections Will be Ultimate Tribute to Benazir Bhutto
The successive polls —third in a row — would be among her everlasting contributions to Pakistan politics. It will be in accordance with the legacy of legacy of the founding fathers who sought Pakistan to be an egalitarian state.
OPINION | To be Successful, Lateral Entry Must Lead to the Abolition of IAS
The lateral entry initiative will come to naught if it does not lead to the abolition of all tenured civil services, including the IAS and replacement with a modern machine of government.
Should Kamal Haasan Have Batted for Rajinikanth's 'Kaala' With Kumaraswamy?
Haasan met Kumaraswamy in the backdrop of the call given by the Confederation of pro-Kannada organisations, opposing the release of Rajinikanth's 'Kaala' in Karnataka.
OPINION | BJP's Karnataka Crash Has Injected Life Into Oppn Ranks, May Echo in 2019 As Well
The BJP strategy to quickly install the party's government in the key southern state has given a boost to the badly divided opposition to close ranks for diverse reasons.
Opinion | Governor Cannot 'Fetishise' Single Largest Party, Says Constitutional Expert on Karnataka Question
The Governor has to satisfy himself that the leader can secure majority. It is not that the Governor has absolute discretion and he can pick up someone from the street, make him a CM and ask him to prove it later.
Surendra Nihal Singh: The Editor Who Taught Me the Value of Space, Time and Ethics
Probably, the last of the editors, who believed in keeping intact a wall between editorial independence and business, Mr Singh was a fighter, who saw The Statesman through the dark, dark days of the Emergency. He was the only editor, as far as I know, who...
OPINION | Mamata Banerjee Must Do Today What Devi Lal Did in 1989
The need of the hour is to chalk out a plan and a common minimum programme without fighting for the face of the platform.
The Ticking Time Bomb: India's Water Crisis About to Blow Up in Our Face
What we call drought is actually a full blown water crisis, accentuated by our poor planning.
OPINION | War on Terror and The Quest for The Acceptable Muslim
Across the world, there is an increasingly large number of politicians and intellectuals who see ‘traditional Islam’ as resolutely anti-West, anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-modern, amongst other things.
Opinion | Don't Need a Man as Saviour, You Can Eat Fruits Off Your Hat And The Things Sridevi Taught Me
Veteran actor Sridevi passed away around 3am after suffering cardiac arrest in Dubai, where she had gone to attend a wedding.