Special Report

The Spectre Looms Large

It’s been close to two years since the Modi government stormed to power in Delhi. The Congress Party insists ..........

Has Bjp Peaked Already?

It is still almost three years to the next general elections, but in many ways every political party is preparing for the same. Under the circumstances, BJP, which came to power ......

A Pipe Dream in India

Despite the announcement of new defence orders worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crores by the present Modi government, very few projects will take off ....

Special Story

The Leap of Faith

To some, it seems a forgone conclusion that Bharatiya Janata Party is not going to perform well in the way it had believed in the states .....

A Bridge Too Far

It won’t be an exaggeration at all to say that one historical mistake by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)......

Royal Bengal Tigress

If one goes by the opinion polls, it’s certain that Mamata Banerjee is all set to rule the state of West Bengal for the .....

Two Times Lucky ?

This is no news that AAP has felt extremely shackled in its manoeuvre in Delhi. That they neither have police, nor local government .......

The Raging War Of Ideas

The Islamic State (IS) may have intended to repeat an attack similar to that in Paris with the bombings and shootings in Jakarta .....

Tryst

Sabka Saath, sabka vikas is our ideology, and not mere rhetoric

You once were an active member of the previous ruling dispensation. Now, you are serving as a .......

Rear Window

Poland-US Ties Tiff among Allies

First the facts. The US senators – two Democrats and one Republican – wrote a letter to PM Szydlo in which they expressed concern......

Column

Returning a nation to its country

The word was Aufklärung that this writer learnt from his father many years ago. It denoted the Age of Enlightenment that had come upon Europe.....

Reverse-Discrimination, for a change

From the beginning, micro-finance has largely been about women......

Far Pavilion

The Socialist David versus the Establishment Goliath

There is something about the election system of the United States that .....

That Sweet Taste Of Victory

In most of the nations with the Presidential form of government in place, parliamentary elections are .........

Interview

Rahul Gandhi has struck a chord with students

How do you rate the two years of Modi government? .....

Book Review

The men and their moment

History, it is often said, is written by the victors.....

The Good Revisionist

The history of Eastern rulers and conquerors has been a history of short shrift. In the popular imagination, fuelled by the Orientalists .....

John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson

In November of 1959, as a shocked American public was hit with the news that a number of their favourite quiz.....

Movie Review

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Adapting a piece of literature in a visual or performing medium has always elicited......