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It is disconcerting the way the capital of India, New Delhi, is handling some problems faced by women during their daily public interactions. The message that Delhi is sending out is that women need to be segregated or given a defined ‘safe space’ to avoid...

The Congress won Karnataka though the BJP held on to its vote share. The Congress added 5 per cent to get to just under 43 per cent and the BJP lost just 0.2 per cent to get 36 per cent. How did the Congress increase...

The case of Sandeep Silas, an IRTS officer from the 1984 batch, raises concerns about the irreparable damage caused to a babu’s reputation, even after corrective actions have been taken. Recently, the ACC headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Silas’ empanelment in Higher Administrative...

When youth power is blessed by the old generation, tectonic change may be brought about. For, if the youth have zest for life, love of freedom and daring to challenge repressive regimes, the old have maturity and experience to guide them to achieve their goal....

Turkey’s presidential election is all set to go for a runoff as neither the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, could get the mandatory 51 per cent of votes for outright victory in the first round. Erdogan secured 49.4 per cent...

The Karnataka Assembly poll results are a resounding defeat for the BJP. This should come as a surprise because most people thought the brand of politics that thrives on injecting communal passion to the exclusion of all other issues, including economy and the question of...

There are questions that must be asked of the Opposition, and I am sure others will ask them. It is the party that governs the state and the Centre that is accountable and so these questions must be asked of it and the man leading...

What are retired IAS and IPS officers doing with ace poll strategist-turned-neta Prashant Kishor? Given the man’s track record of working with some of India’s biggest political parties, including the BJP, the Congress and the TMC, it is not surprising that there is speculation about...

The world finally heaved a sigh of relief after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The Director General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made public the recommendation by the organization’s...

There was a time when a debate raged over whether art should be created for art’s sake or whether art should be used as a propaganda tool. The proponents of the former believed art should be free from attempts to send out any overt messages...