[ad_1] Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma’s “point-blank” video, terming it “communal hate mongering”. However, it was only weeks ago when he himself remained at the center of a controversy for supporting a communal statement in his state.Kerala’s Left has, for decades, projected itself as an ideological outlier in … Read more
[ad_1] Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar, wife of late NCP chief Ajit Pawar, taking oath as Maharashtra’s first woman deputy chief minister at Lok Bhavan in Mumbai. Maharashtra politics has rarely been short of convulsions, but even by the state’s turbulent standards, the untimely demise of deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief … Read more
[ad_1] Thackeray cousins (PTI photo/File) Another page was added to India’s political history on Friday, capturing the event that will echo through the corridors of power and serve as a reminder that even a slight strategic misstep can unravel a hold on power built over decades.Having first lost the father-founded Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray has … Read more
[ad_1] (NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated March 5, 2001) “As we move together with discipline, the future is ours.” -Yashwant Sinha, June 1, 1998 “These achievements will transform India into a genuine superpower.” -Yashwant Sinha, Feb 27, 1999 “The world’s eyes are upon us, and we will deliver.” … Read more
[ad_1] One may easily regard oneself as no more than a speck compared to the universe. Thirteen and eight-tenths billion years after the Big Bang, the universe has expanded to such an extent that light, moving at its absolute speed, requires billions of years to traverse it. There are hundreds of billions of galaxies that … Read more
[ad_1] It’s easy to judge people who fell for scams. Many times, one simply thinks, “they should have known better”, label them foolish, naive, careless, or ignorant. After all, warnings are everywhere. Banks keep issuing alerts, digital platforms run awareness campaigns and news regularly reports on the latest frauds and cybercrimes.Yet, when one looks more … Read more
[ad_1] Women’s safety remains one of India’s most urgent and complex public policy challenges in 2025, cutting across domestic, public, and increasingly digital spaces. Despite decades of legislative reform, expanded policing frameworks, and growing public awareness, violence against women continues to persist in multiple forms, ranging from domestic abuse and sexual assault to trafficking, cyber … Read more
[ad_1] 24 years of 2001 Parliament attack On the afternoon of December 13, 2001, India witnessed a deadly assault on its democracy. A group of Pakistan-trained terrorists drove into the Parliament complex in a stolen white ambassador car and opened fire, leading to a gun battle that lasted nearly half an hour. For millions who … Read more
[ad_1] There can be few scholars working anywhere in the world today with Partha Chatterjee’s sustained record of close intellectual engagement with India’s political economy and its place in the colonial and postcolonial worlds. As is well known, his interests also range widely over issues in social and cultural history, from rural mentalities to bourgeois … Read more
[ad_1] Appa is a railway man. That’s what he still calls himself, some 15 years after retirement. I guess that makes me a railway kid, which is an age-agnostic moniker. Since we moved with his postings and travelled a lot across India, much of my childhood was spent in trains, at train stations, on platforms, … Read more