The conviction on criminal charges on the same day (21 Aug) of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and of his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has damaged the seemingly damage-
Along with millions, I weep over the calamity of floods and torrential rain that has hit Kerala, taking a heavy toll. It requires a tough mind to live into the
One of India’s finest and most popular vocalists, T. M. Krishna, has responded magnificently to attacks on South Indian musicians willing to perform at events organized by Christian groups.
Iran and Turkey have old links with India.
While most of India’s Mughal and Sultanate-era rulers had Turkic connections, Persian was the court language in Mughal times. After
Of Assam’s current population of around 33 million, a little over four million do not figure in a National Register of Citizens that has lately been compiled in the
In an earlier piece I had endorsed a thought that for 2019 a broad coalition could be both strategy and ideology. Here is an elaboration of that thought.
But first
Most historical triumphs, we know, are transient. Only recently globalisation appeared an inexorable climax of history. Now it looks to have collapsed. So, it seems, has globalisation’s apparent twin,
The Union defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, held an extraordinary press conference last Friday. It had nothing to do with her weighty portfolio but was a declaration of war, all right.
Official India’s decision to distance itself from the Dalai Lama, and its apparent keenness to underscore the dissociation, speak of our fallen times. The market and power are our
Cyril Radcliffe is a favourite whipping boy. Though he had never been to India before 1947, he nonchalantly drew lines across Punjab and Bengal and returned home, allowing South Asians
