Bloomsbury’s decision erodes freedom of speech
What makes Bloomsbury’s decision inexcusably egregious is the fact that it had vetted the manuscript. The cringe worthy U-turn...
Expansionist China a dangerous cocktail of past and present
Hidden behind China’s reassuring façade of modern aspirations in tune with the changing world is a ruthless medieval mindset that...
USCIRF, India is not a Country of Particular Concern
USCIRF’s reports are a compendium of self-serving interpretations, questionable factuality and reckless hyperbole. The harsh and uncalled for...
Constructive criticism please, we are in a crisis
Government was in a crisis mode with a rapidly deteriorating tragedy. Dithering could prove catastrophic. Even during these unprecedented...
There may be no Hindus left in Bangladesh in 30 years
In 2001, following the electoral victory of BNP led by Khaleda Zia, her supporters unleashed a systematic campaign of violence...
Why we need to remember 19 January 1990
19 January 1990 is an infamous day in the history of Kashmir. It was the day that the Kashmiri Hindu...
The Hindus of Pakistan: Nobody’s children
Their lives from birth to death is an ordeal of indignity, humiliation, insecurity bereft of basic human rights. PROLOGUE...
Ugly face of anarchy: Violent protest unacceptable in democracy
It is a frontal attack on democracy, an audacious attempt to undermine the rule of law and an open attempt...
Maharashtra political outcome negates people’s mandate
It was an action clearly fuelled by a naked greed for power and a sense of entitlement amongst the SS...
Kashmiris must snatch own destiny from separatists, terrorists
The swearing in of Girish Chandra Murmu on 31 October 2019 as the Lieutenant Governor of the new Union Territory...
Economists must remain economists
Raghuram Govind Rajan is a doyen of economy with a string of professional successes to his name. He is the...
An expanded NRC is a necessity
Illegal immigration is not an illusion of right-wing fanatics, but an undeniable reality with serious ramifications for our internal stability...
Abrogation of Article 370 was long overdue
It became the seed of a toxic separatism that encouraged violence both on the streets of Kashmir and the tacit...
Too much hypocrisy in letter from 49 ‘intellectuals’
The current letter, like the umpteen others in the past, is a campaign of vicious calumny motivated by ideological fixation...
US report on religious freedom in India questionable
In diplomatic parley, it was a definite rap on the knuckles. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his...
Kashmir is India’s faultline
To accept Kashmiriyat as a basis for special treatment would be to devalue other regional identities. Rajmohan Gandhi, the...
Could we express ourselves freely without reprisal?
This is the last of a three part-article on the performance of the Narendra Modi government. The clichéd and...
How safe are we today compared to five years ago?
This is the second of a three part-article on the performance of the Narendra Modi government. Safety of its...
How does the price of 1 kg of onions in 2019 compare to 2014?
This is the first of a three-part article on the Narendra Modi government’s performance. The first article is on the...
Time to show some solidarity with the nation
Pakistan’s agenda was being faithfully carried out by our own Opposition parties; with countrymen like these who needs enemies? ...
Balakot is the beginning of the end of terror and separatism
The “non-military pre-emptive action” carried out by IAF Mirage-2000 jets armed with laser-guided 1,000-pound bombs in the early hours of...
Citizenship Amendment Bill was long overdue
The Bill is morally valid, historically warranted and Constitutionally robust: an act that emboldens the ‘idea of India’ as an...
Ram temple: Time to rectify a historical wrong
It would put to rest a fractious controversy and restore harmony between Hindus and Muslims. The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid...
Democracy means freedom for one and all, not just for the elite
The Hindu nationalist viewpoint has been demonised by drawing outlandish parallels to Nazism and excluded from the columns of mainstream...
