Voting rites: As Bengal votes, it evokes memories of other elections of other sorts in what was once Calcutta
As polling continues apace in Bengal, the national media are abuzz with headlines about the clash of the two big
Read moreAs polling continues apace in Bengal, the national media are abuzz with headlines about the clash of the two big
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Read moreThe other day in conversation with a journalist from Germany I was introduced to a new phrase, ‘spiritual democracy’. “What
Read moreIndia very rightly, and very righteously, condemned the apartheid regime which obtained in South Africa till the early 1990s and
Read moreTwo unemployed Class 10-failed school dropouts, Altoo and Faltoo, talking about Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat’s history-making pronouncement on India’s
Read moreEven as the world anxiously awaits vaccination against the coronavirus, some unsung genius somewhere has made an inventive breakthrough by
Read moreIn defiance of science which has yet to devise a perpetual motion machine India’s bureaucracy, a legacy inherited from British
Read moreThe saying ‘Dilli door ast’, Delhi is distant, is widely attributed to the Sufi sage, Hazrat Nizamuddin. Today, the Capital
Read moreThanks to India’s anti-Covid vaccination drive – among the largest in the world – the word snapshot has gained an
Read moreIndia scores very high in a number of tests. It’s the world’s most populous, and some say most vibrant, democracy.
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