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My heart goes out to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. I for certain don’t doubt his integrity. But that certainly does not absolve the Delhi and...

Our prejudices about names are often coloured by the spirit of our times. A name like Mahan Maharaj, for instance, is likely to conjure up images of a...

This is not the first time that foreign education-seeking Indians have been either barred from entering the United States, or locked up there because...

As a chemical, alcohol is a very simple molecule, but its effects on the brain are quite complex. And different people respond differently to alcohol...

The Modi Government, with its majoritarian streaks, looks increasingly vulnerable to political pressures after 19 months in office. Another session...

It is common to see groups of women carrying basketful of green leaves walking down the hill trail near Ghangaria, the base station for visitors to...

The year-end image etched on my mind is not of the US-Russian chess games in Syria but of how I saw the crisis being manufactured in that blighted...

Rahul Gandhi was accused of switching between sudden bursts of enthusiasm and long absences from the frontlines. Even his own partymen were confused...

The Lok Sabha speaker may have withdrawn her remarks about the Congress being indifferent to “national interest” on the last day of Parliament’s...

The dwindling number of Tigers to the point of near-extinction is a matter of grave concern. It is imperative that the protection and conservation of...

The recently-concluded COP21 has, once again, reignited the debate over climate change negotiations. For the first time in twenty years of UN...

After a long debate, the Members of Parliament voted in favour of the Juvenile Justice Bill. The Bill has been passed, but its objective has left many...