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Aakar Patel I was being interviewed for my book and was asked a question unrelated to it: Why does Hindutva hate Nehru so much? It is an interesting question and has two parts to the answer. To know it we must first understand what Nehru...

Perhaps service rules stopped them from airing their views but after retirement bureaucrats are not bound anymore and can voice their thoughts freely. This has led to the formation of pro- and anti-government groups among retired babus who jump into the fray at the behest...

After weeks-long protests by farmers in the vicinity of Delhi demanding the outright repeal of three new farm laws, the Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the implementation of the laws until further order. Simultaneously, the top court constituted a four-member committee to go over the three...

That a vegan diet helps in reducing, and even removing diabetes and heart disease, is fairly well known. While generally higher in carbs, vegan diets are up to 2.4 times more effective at improving blood sugar management in people with diabetes. Vegan diets are also...

Every one, mistakenly, thought that it’s a sad commentary on the functioning of the country’s executive that finally made the Supreme Court get exasperated by its dilatory tactic on the three contentious farm laws passed recently. The impression was sought to be created on 11...

President Donald Trump has done it again and with vengeance. After failing to deny victory to President-elect Joe Biden through legal challenges and then instigating vandals, who went berserk at the Capitol on January 6, Trump has now chosen to make life difficult for Biden’s...

The permanent ban of US President Donald Trump on Twitter and the indefinite one on Facebook by the social media giants are measures too little, too late. The two platforms have been allowing top notch politicians and ruling parties across the world to use their...

This month we will celebrate Republic Day, which is different from Independence Day. The difference may not be fully understood or appreciated. On August 15 we mark the anniversary of the day that India stopped being ruled by outsiders. We refer to this as freedom....

IPS officer D Roopa, who was the first woman home secretary of Karnataka, has been transferred as the managing director of Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation amid her public spat with another IPS officer Hemant Nimbalkar, who too also transferred. Nimbalkar was the additional commissioner...

According to a research, people lie at least once a day, but even that number is probably a lie. However, humans are not the only species on earth that are capable of deception. You will find as much danger and intrigue in the animal kingdom...