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Memorial Day Quote of the Day by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Edmund B. Whitman: ‘That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be…’Edmund Burke Whitman, a Civil War quartermaster, established America's national cemetery system. His work ensured fallen soldiers were hono...
Quote of the day by Thomas Paine: ‘The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and…’Quote of the day: Today’s reflection focuses on resilience, the ability to withstand hardship and turn suffering into inner strength. The t...
Zohran Mamdani isn't the future of the Democrats. This guy is.Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's success highlights a potential strategy for Democrats. His focus on effective governance and deliverin...
Why the founder of British Indian empire slit his own throatIn 1774, Robert Clive, a controversial figure in British India, died. Clive rose from a clerk to a military leader, securing British contro...
Who was Rosie Roche? 20-year-old cousin of Prince William and Prince Harry found dead; details so farRosie Roche, a 20-year-old relative of Prince William and Harry, tragically passed away at her Wiltshire home. The Durham University studen...
NFL update: Buffalo Bills cornerback Dane Jackson hospitalized after serious injuryDuring the game against the Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bill cornerback Dane Jackson got an injury to his neck. As Dane Jackson's injury comp...
Remembering Elizabeth II, the queen who transformed Windsors into a bourgeois yet mesmerizing dynastyHow has this come about? In preparation for her job, the Queen was provided with a handbook on how to survive the acid of modernity. This w...
View: Woke attack on national symbols has reduced past to a guilt tripThe awkwardness of history, be it colonialism or slavery, cannot be dealt with by challenging the entire basis of nationhood. Nor can the r...
View: Ram Mandir doesn’t negate Constitution, it links antiquity to presentThe difference between the reactions to the 1992 demolition and last Wednesday’s bhoomipuja would indicate that India has changed very sign...
View: In India the compact between voter and legislator is all too easily brokenIn India, the idea of a legislator with a price tag has become as commonplace as the expectation that a fashion model be tall or a doctor w...
Out of campaign, Varun Gandhi pens 'rediscovery of rural India'The Sultanpur MP, who has been out of his party's list of campaigners for some time now, spent two and a half years to complete an 870-page...
UK foreign secretary takes a 'ghost walk' in BBD BagThe UK foreign minister may have got the idea of going around the city's central business district after meeting Khatchaturian, a former Lo...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invokes Edmund Burke, Max Mueller in his speechPrime Minister Narendra Modi invoked Edmund Burke — “It is easy to give power, it is difficult to give wisdom” — and Max Mueller during his...
A democratic asteroid that wiped out many old habits: Sunil KhilnaniModi is the first head of government to have been born after 1947, and his relationship to India’s recent and ancient history is casual and...
- Political thought
Anyone tracing the pedigree of our political ideas must be struck by the importance, and by the sheer eventfulness, of the late 18th centur...
- FDI in retail: Why the kiranawala has a charm of his own
But many small shopkeepers are worried. Retail chains in the locality have dented business. Most of the customers now head to Carrefour.
Political analysts would say Congress did not display political sagacityThe ruling party simply goofed up. Political analysts would probably say the Congress party did not display political sagacity.
Steel pricing: The untold storyFor the first time since decontrol in 1992, there was a huge premium of Rs 10,000 per tonne on steel products till recently.