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  Battleground Assam: A tale of two valleys and the CAA quandary

  February 18, 2021 17:35 IST

  Assam and West Bengal are neighbouring states, but their politics is entirely different. What is more interesting is that the politics of the lower and upper Assam also are poles apart from each other.

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  India needs serious opposition not desperate one

  February 17, 2021 21:19 IST

  When it comes to leading the party, the Congress conundrum is more profound than what it appears. Officially, Sonia Gandhi is heading the organisation, but unofficially Rahul Gandhi is in charge of the party.

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  Hyderabad Civic Polls — BJP's grand entry in uncharted territory

  December 04, 2020 21:20 IST

  The massive efforts put in by the Bhartiya Janata Party in galvanising its vote base with the dazzle of senior leaders, has paid rich dividends. Even though the BJP manages to become the third largest party in the civic polls, the fact that its seat tally is less than 10% (3 - 4 seat) of the AIMIM, it's clear that BJP will emerge as the major opposition party in Telangana Assembly polls in due course.

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  The changing agriculture scenario in India: What worries the farmers

  December 02, 2020 23:20 IST

  Three contentious farm laws traversed successfully in Parliament amid fears of corporate sharks jumping into the agriculture space, further skewing the playing field for small farmers. Thousands of farmers have been camping at Delhi borders, demanding repeal of the laws. But what, exactly, is bothering them?

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  Ahmed Patel: Congress' crisis manager who bridged several gaps in party again and again

  November 25, 2020 22:14 IST

  An era has come to an end with Ahmed Patel's demise. Ahmed Patel was Congress party's 'sankatmochak', fondly called as Ahmed bhai or AP. He was a leader who was always available and accessable, not only for the netas but reporters as well.

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  Polling queues beat corona blues, flat out: It's poll season in Bihar

  October 28, 2020 19:37 IST

  28th October 2020, would go down in pages of history as a date when Bihar exhibited to the world that people of Bihar are least concerned about Corona Virus, infecting them. The staggering voting percentage, since morning, confirmed the resolve of the people at large. They got out, stood in queues and voted.

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  Poll promises abound, will Bihar ever get jobs, minimum standards of living and development?

  October 22, 2020 22:01 IST

  Nineteen lakh jobs, if elected to power, proclaims BJP, as a counter to 10 lakh job offer by RJD. Upping the ante, BJP promises 11 focused dole for the improvised state of Bihar. While most speak of so called development, the first of all the promises, grabs maximum attention.

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  3 months, no rating for news channels - blessing in disguise or another reason to rave & rant?

  October 15, 2020 21:30 IST

  For the next 12 weeks viewers will not see any news channel flashing on its screen, 'we are most watched network', 'we are most trusted network', 'we are India’s favourite News Channel', - so on & so on.

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  Tanishq commercial on baby shower hits "Love Jihad" road block. Is Love Jihad real in India?

  October 13, 2020 18:20 IST

  Egging people to buy gold Jewellary from its recent collection, upmarket Jewellary brand, Tanishq, released a unique emotional commercial... but the visualisation leaves the audiences, misty eyed and lost in the world of love and togetherness.

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  Popular Front of India (PFI) Ban - Who will bell the cat?

  October 06, 2020 22:57 IST

  Until 6 years ago, barely anyone between Vindhyas and mighty Himalayas, i.e, the north Indian states, knew much about an organisation - PFI (Popular Front of India). PFI was basically considered as a minority centric organisation, active in Kerala.

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  'Sushant’s death is suicide not murder, AIIMS'- Death not by design but self inflicted

  October 05, 2020 20:40 IST

  Sushant Singh Rajput was a gentle soul, an actor from small town, who couldn’t break the glass ceiling in Bollywood. He was talented, but without any Godfather. So when he was getting too successful in the eyes of the power that be in B’town, he was lured into intoxication & women and finally eliminated - killed. This hypothesis found ready acceptance among varied audiences as we generally get taken in by such soap operas on entertainment channels.

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  No Nation for Mahatma Gandhi — 72 years on it's Nathu Ram Godse who is trending on Twitter!!

  October 03, 2020 17:25 IST

  Mahatma, the prefix popularly used for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was not offered to him as reward or a government commendation. Gandhi was called Mahatma because of what he stood for, even during the British rule.

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  What scares Yogi's Police & Administration: Hathras rape victim death sparks a political slugfest

  October 01, 2020 19:12 IST

  In the din of night around 3 am on Wednesday, 30th Sept, 2020, 'Hathras Ki Nirbhaya' was cremated, put to rest by Uttar Pradesh Police.

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  How many Nirbhaya should die before we put a full stop to brutalised rapes?

  September 29, 2020 19:36 IST

  The heinous crime was committed on 14th Sept, yet the FIR for gang rape was registered about a week later.

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  Abraham Accord: The Real Deal of the Century!

  September 08, 2020 18:29 IST

  Experts believe that Abraham Accord deal can change the geopolitics of West Asia like no other even in recent history and has its own shares of winners and losers.

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  Tweens What?

  July 26, 2020 22:34 IST

  A very hands-on (and at times almost paranoid) mother of a 7-year old, an avid reader, a keen observer of human nature and a deep lover of psychology - this combination makes me read up a lot on a variety of topics and relate it to what I experience around myself. During one such reading session, I came across the word 'Tweens'.  

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  Nepotism: Just a new name?

  July 11, 2020 13:36 IST

  Nepotism. A word which has been around us for a while but has now swept over our lives like raging fire due to some unfortunate recent events.

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  My two cents: Why dropping 'Fair' from Fair & Lovely is a great beginning

  June 26, 2020 15:56 IST

  In arranged marriages, it's often your beautiful pictures that will ensure you get the best groom. Matrimonial sites are full of advertisements that say families are looking for a fair and beautiful girl as if that's the only criterion for a happy and successful marriage.

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  Romanticising the 'hand written'

  June 15, 2020 14:39 IST

  Completely skipping handwriting as a learned skill and leaving it to the aspiring artists would not only deprive them of a skill that flexes their creative brain cells but also a part of themselves to revisit and cherish later.

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  Reinventing Living... In the time of coronavirus

  May 31, 2020 13:48 IST

  Monday morning. 5 a.m. Doorbell rings. P. opened the door for his maid. She used to come for cleaning and cooking. After a quick nap again, shower and some breakfast, P. left for office. He was a top notch executive in a MNC and had a busy schedule stocked with meetings - professional and social.

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  The world on knees, courtesy the coronavirus crisis

  May 15, 2020 23:34 IST

  With over 4.5 million cases worldwide and more than 3 lakh deaths, the devil is sparing none. What's worse is that the count is still on. It continues. A number of young deaths have further made the situation even worse.

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  Life 2.0: Earth is healing and it has presented us with an opportunity

  May 07, 2020 10:22 IST

  The earth has been healing itself while we stay locked down in our houses. There are reports of Ganges water being sparkling clean, the Himalayas being visible from towns in Punjab, ozone layer sealing, air quality index improving significantly. All this shows the power nature possesses to make things right. It also gives us an opportunity.

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  Don’t just worry about grocery shops’ shelves; worry about farmers as well

  April 14, 2020 12:14 IST

  India's farm activity is at its peak between April and June because this is when the winter crop - wheat, rice and pulses - is harvested and sold. And it is also the time when farmers begin sowing the summer rain-fed crops, such as- paddy, pulses, cotton and sugarcane. Around 60 per cent of India’s food supply and farmers’ incomes are dependent on the Kharif season. 

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  What coronavirus taught me

  March 10, 2020 10:31 IST

  The epidemic of Coronavirus has been at the centerstage of world news for weeks now and by the look the of things, will dominate most newsfeed and conversations for several more weeks. As most governments take precautions to contain the spread at a larger level, smaller institutions and individuals too have been making efforts towards the same cause. One such effort from our side was to cancel my child’s 7th birthday party.

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  Of ‘achchi chai’ and me...

  February 28, 2020 18:11 IST

  ​Tea - one of our most loved beverage; include the black and the green variants, it is consumed across the globe as an integral part of living. For many, nothing stirs up more emotion than a cup of tea. 

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  OPINION | Selling mirrors in a city of the blind

  February 19, 2020 12:10 IST

  To look at martyrdom of our soldiers as a tool to garner votes, is nothing short of a crime. Unfortunately, some people have made this a hobby.

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  Defining Feminism – A long way to go

  February 14, 2020 18:16 IST

  Feminism has been a topic of raging debates over the last few years, the noise around it is rising with passing time as more gender imbalances and extreme forms of misogyny and crimes come to fore.

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  Opinion | CAA, NRC and the current political scenario

  February 08, 2020 23:55 IST

  I was in Mumbai last evening with Salman Khan in Bigg Boss House. After taking a break from shooting, I landed in Delhi to cast my vote. At our local polling station, I saw long queues of voters lining up to cast their votes. I was filled with a sense of pride for my country and our democracy.