How long was longest conclave? Facts about secret voting to elect popeFrom the longest conclave lasting nearly three years, prompting citizens to lock cardinals in and restrict their meals, to the shortest, co...
02 May, 2025, 05.02 PM IST
Did Kamala Harris face the double whammy of gender and race?Chris Rock once said electing Barack Obama was progress for White people, not Black people. This article examines whether gender is as sign...
08 Nov, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
India straddling the middle ground with America may grow harderThe political schism post assassination attempt on Trump highlights challenges in US diplomacy. India faces complexity in maintaining bipar...
15 Jul, 2024, 11.34 PM IST
View: Will the real brand owner please stand upWith religion itself having split over time into religion and politics - in some places the cleavage not really ever taking place - it's po...
15 Oct, 2022, 10.24 PM IST
View: Things to do for the economyThere are many things wrong with India’s economy that need to be fixed. Politics is the biggest area of reform.
15 Dec, 2019, 06.32 AM IST
View: Statue debate is giving us a more rounded history lessonIndians are realising that history is much more than what politically correct textbooks revealed.
18 Nov, 2018, 11.43 AM IST
Fiery politics triggered student migration from West Bengal: Prasar Bharati CEOThe migration of students from West Bengal to Delhi since the 60s was the result of an all-round decline triggered by "fiery political agit...
09 Sep, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
India is more French than British in partisanship over historyIn India, perhaps due to past turbulence, there has been a tendency to emulate the French and construct an idyllic past, unlike the British...
16 Nov, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
Communal politics helps cause of jihadNarendra Modi, in his stump speeches for the assembly polls due later this month, has stressed the need for interfaith harmony in this coun...
07 Oct, 2014, 04.53 AM IST
Sangh's overt Hindutva thrust must be counteredIt is unlikely that appeals to the most successful political leaders of Hindutva would help put brakes on it.
15 Sep, 2014, 05.01 AM IST
Is the idli-roti divide ingrained? We are what we eat, says a new theoryIf rice and wheat akin to chalk and cheese, the question arises whether this could be the reason why northern and southern India are anathe...
12 May, 2014, 06.21 PM IST
Gujarat riots: Political project that spawned killings is yet to be defeatedRelief camps still exist, where people have not received relief for a decade, their existence not acknowledged by state govt.
29 Feb, 2012, 09.17 AM IST
- Foiling terror
The point is to deny terrorists the very attack consequences they seek.
15 Jul, 2011, 04.47 AM IST
- Edit: No legal clarity or scope for amicable settlement
The Supreme Court needs to redeem the law from its deformation into a plea for pragmatic give-and-take.
01 Oct, 2010, 11.26 AM IST
- India shining
While the forecast is realistic, we would do well not to take such an India shining prognosis for granted.
17 Aug, 2010, 06.59 AM IST
- Sectarian divide in Punjab
Punjab eruption highlights need to have Centre-state co-ordination.
27 May, 2009, 06.49 AM IST
- Jat-Jatav politics hots up in UP
With the Samajwadi Party, the BJP and the Congress extending their full backing to ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ held on Tuesday at Sisauli, Bharat...
09 Apr, 2008, 03.31 AM IST