10 Best Novels for Beginners to Read this YearReading is one of the best activities that help us to understand the world better and form ideas. Books can take you to a different world y...
21 Feb, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
Caste factors cloud Hindutva mascot's appeal in western UP?Som, a two-term MLA from the Sardhana assembly seat in Meerut district, had hit the headlines for his alleged links to the 2013 Muzaffarnag...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.14 PM IST
Barack Obama has a special place for India, says he spent childhood years listening to Ramayana & MahabharataObama also said that his fascination with India largely revolved around Gandhi.
17 Nov, 2020, 10.12 AM IST
View: History retold by politicians and activists invariably turns into propagandaUpper caste Indians get upset when Dalit history is talked about, as it disturbs the view that Brahmin culture is not simply intellectual, ...
31 Oct, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
View: Do only Muslim women get rights, Mr Bhagwat?You would be correct in saying that new laws will not instantly change traditional beliefs and practices. Yet new laws do indeed have some ...
21 Oct, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
RSS is a lot more diverse than it used to be: Author Walter AndersenRSS is more ideologically flexible than it had been in the past. But one has to distinguish RSS from BJP. RSS is not BJP, said Walter Ander...
04 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Akhilesh Yadav's Evolution After 2017 Loss And Political Maturity for CasteThe party did not give up its development pitch in the recent bypolls but buttressed it with a formidable caste coalition, say functionaries
15 Mar, 2018, 08.49 PM IST
With grand Diwali show, BJP puts Ayodhya on front burnerKanpur-based political scientist AK Verma said that no particular political ideology can be attributed to the recreation and celebration of...
19 Oct, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
One Nation, one code: Why Hindu and Muslim attitudes to personal law can't be comparedNo group will be allowed to approach the court to demand adjudication of family disputes on the basis of religious or customary law of any ...
16 Sep, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
Adarsh Gram Yojana: Prakash Javadekar to adopt MP tribal village nextThe gram panchayat has six villages inside it -- Paldev, Jugalpur, Naubasta, Bansipur and Poslah and Rehmanganj, which has about 100 people...
27 Nov, 2016, 01.17 PM IST
A Hindu writer explains why his religious sentiments co-exist with eating beefMy Hinduism is tolerant because I am a beef eater and also because I was allowed to eat beef by a deeply spiritual, upper caste, Sanskrit s...
04 Oct, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
BJP tells Mahesh Sharma to pipe down, keep a low profileParty sources said it has been emphatically conveyed to Sharma that his comments are unnecessary, that he has exceeded his brief.
26 Sep, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Mahesh Sharma: A mantri with knack for controversiesSharma made several controversial statements, one of them being that late former President APJ Abdul Kalam was an ideal nationalist, despit...
19 Sep, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
Lessons Indian liberals can learn from their opponents: Undying dedication & unceasing workThe opponents of secular India work round the clock, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year and do not stop. They are ubiquitous, at home and a...
04 Jun, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
Pulping of Wendy Doniger’s book: How 'hurt sensibilities' of fringe groups muzzle scholarsIgnorance of the law is no defence against it. However, when one seeks to represent a culture or a nation, one expects better homework.
16 Feb, 2014, 03.50 AM IST
Poke Me: Why India is now a hedgehog nationWe are offended by anything; and by its opposite, too.
30 Jan, 2013, 07.18 PM IST
- Jaipur Literature Festival: Pilgrims and the Salman Rushdie fetish
This edition of the Jaipur literature festival had only one guest: Salman Rushdie. And he didn't even turn up. No matter, no one was more p...
27 Jan, 2012, 04.51 AM IST