I know 36 years is a long time in the Philippines, where 70% of the people were not even born in 1986, but I’m still flummoxed and stunned by the fact the son of the ...
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Adesh Gupta, the President of the Delhi Bhartiya Janata Party, has written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking for the names of 40 Mughal-era villages to be change...
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I get sent a lot of books but only browse through a few and read an even smaller number. So I have to thank my lucky stars Nariman Karkaria’s caught my attention. Per...
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This Sunday I want to raise a question which, if you try to answer it, will help you understand one of the saddest and most disturbing transformations happening in our ...
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Is the Indian government interfering in the academic freedom of the Australia India Institute leading to thirteen Fellows resigning? I imagine you might be somewhat per...
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The pandemic was a great opportunity to read but, sadly, many books published during those dark days haven’t got the attention they deserve. Avtar Singh Bhasin’s â€...
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Given the prevailing character of our politics, I’ve come to believe Nitin Gadkari is a unique politician. He has the courage and conviction to differ with his Bharat...
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Perhaps because it was published during the dark days of the pandemic, Ishtiaq Ahmed’s monumental biography of Jinnah hasn’t got the attention it deserves. Over 800...
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Accidents, of course, will happen but there are some we must do everything to ensure never do. If they still occur how we respond becomes the test not just of our stren...
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With politics in the ascendant, both at home and abroad, I’ve spent the week reading a delightful anthology of political put-downs written by my friend and former col...
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