Far from having socialist leanings, Babasaheb believed Adam (Smith) could be infused with AmbedkarA new biography by Shashi Tharoor ticks all the usual Ambedkar boxes. It also recounts a Parsi man, Naval Bhathena, who was Ambedkar's room...
11 Jan, 2023, 11.53 PM IST
Chinese President Xi on course for record 3rd term; Premier Li dropped in major shake-upXi, 69, who was elected to the powerful Central Committee by Congress despite crossing the official retirement age of 68 and completing 10-...
22 Oct, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Xi Jinping strikes belligerent tone at CPC centenary, says China won't be bullied by any 'foreign force'Both former US president Donald Trump and his successor Joe Biden have pursued a hardline policy towards China, targeting it on several fro...
01 Jul, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Long Live Socialism & Mamata Banerjee!The marriage — not of convenience — between these two has our best wishes
11 Jun, 2021, 10.58 PM IST
View: Why India needs to scrap its sedition lawSedition law was enacted by the British to suppress any Indian dissent. This colonial relic cries out for abolition.
29 Feb, 2020, 07.47 AM IST
China cracks down on CPC officials in Tibet having religious beliefs, secret links with Dalai LamaSo far three officials have been expelled from the party and 10 others received warning, the report said.
02 Feb, 2019, 03.04 PM IST
Caste system is undemocratic and outdated: Dalai LamaThe Dalai Lama was on a two-day visit to Odisha during which he was honoured with the 10th Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Huma...
22 Nov, 2017, 03.57 PM IST
Don't vote on the basis of caste: RSS joint general secretary Krishna GopalLamenting that differences due to caste are deep in our country, the RSS pointsman for BJP said discrimination on basis of caste is a socia...
08 Jan, 2017, 05.45 PM IST
When Bombay Stock Exchange CEO Ashish Chauhan received IIM Calcutta’s highest honourWhile accepting the award, Chauhan spoke of what took him to the institute in the first place
06 Jan, 2017, 12.57 PM IST
Aspirant prime ministers often forget the first rule of Delhi: the Centre can only be ruled from the centreRule from the centre pre-empts the biggest danger to India, civil wars along the frontlines of caste and religion.
22 Apr, 2013, 08.13 AM IST
Sunday ET: Why Marxists retain some relevance in the subcontinent culturally, if not politicallyMarxists, Maoists, Leninists, Trotskyists all are welcome under the broad Incredible India umbrella.
04 Nov, 2012, 04.17 AM IST
- Triumph of Guangdong model over Chongqing model in China
The 'Guangdong model', at least in theory, put a premium on 'unity', 'stability' and 'social harmony, the catchphrases of the current CPC l...
16 Apr, 2012, 02.13 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee declares war on maoists
Mamata upped the ante in her quasi-political fight with Maoists of Jangalmahal. She threatened them with bullets for bullets.
12 Nov, 2011, 01.45 AM IST
- Through the third eye: Is DMK considering pulling out of UPA govt
Even as the DMK leadership is trying to recover from the shock of denial of bail to Kanimozhi, the party is finding itself fighting another...
08 Nov, 2011, 05.00 AM IST
- Jyoti Basu: A true leader
People looked up to him, cheered him, emulated him but kept a respectful distance from him because he was someone special.
25 Jan, 2010, 05.43 AM IST
- A spectre is haunting us...
...It's the spectre of Marx via Ayatollah; a spectre haunting capitalism.
29 Oct, 2008, 04.03 AM IST
- I am an honest friend of China: Dalai Lama
The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, believes that he is an honest friend of China and describes himself as pro-Chines...
14 Jun, 2008, 04.33 PM IST