Sreesanth joins chorus, chides Akhtar’s comment on Ind-Pak series
Kochi, April 21 (IANS) Out of favour India pacer S. Sreesanth has joined the chorus in criticising Shoaib Akhtar’s proposal of having an India-Pakistan bilateral...
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Tokyo 2020 furious with IOC’s comment on Olympic cost
Tokyo, April 21 (IANS) Organisers of the Tokyo Games are angry at the unilateral comment from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Japan will pay...
The calamitous coronavirus, caste, class and colonialism (Comment)
The caravan of the dignified, despairing and the defeated will remain etched on my mind like a Biblical catastrophe, custom made for a Cecil B...
In solitude of lockdown, resolving Ravi Shankar-Vilayat Khan dilemma (Comment)
Mut sahel hamein jaano Phirta a falak barson Tub khaak ke parde se Insaan nikalte hain. (Don’t take me easy; For years this cosmos turns...
Gender equality in Indian military: Implementation and road ahead (Comment)
The recent decisions of the Honorable Supreme Court on February 17 and March 17 regarding grant of permanent commission to Women Officers (WOs) are welcome...
The US presidential elections and future of India-US relations (Comment)
As the coronavirus pandemic dominates global news in the United States, progress toward the next presidential election scheduled to be held on November 3 moves...
Amusing to read ICA chief’s comment on pay cut: Gavaskar
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has lambasted India Cricketers’ Association (ICA) President Ashok Malhotra for saying that Indian cricketers will have...
Why Tablighis are on a dark and deadly mission (Comment)
In the early 70s, Indian missions in West Asia received a curt directive from South Block: do not issue visas to applicants travelling to attend...
Two catalysts which have changed India and US for good (Comment)
What will the world look like after the coronavirus induced shut down? I am not in possession of a crystal ball for global survey but...
Global hits and misses in dealing with COVID-19: Takeaways for India (Comment)
The coronavirus COVID-19 has affected 195 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan)...
Too early to comment on Olympics postponement: Sathiyan
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, India’s top-ranked paddler, feels it’s too early to decide whether the Olympics should be postponed due to the coronavirus...
Evolution from a good Muslim to a bad one: Really? (Comment)
In Nandita Das’ film, Manto, the great story writer, who loved Bombay beyond distraction, finds himself under pressure from family, in the midst of the...
Is global recession likely in 2020? (Comment)
A recession is a macroeconomic term that refers to a significant decline in general economic activity in a designated region. However, the National Bureau of...
Bangabondhu’s vision for Bangladesh (Comment)
I thank you for what I consider to be a great honour to say a few words on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of...
Fighting it with common sense (Comment)
Perhaps the most meaningful observation about corona virus that a medical professional made in an interview, was that ‘the virus has understood us better than...
Idea of India: Two former ambassadors skirmish on Shaheen Bagh (Comment)
The Idea of India is being fiercely contested within Hindu society. Rampaging communalism is an offshoot. The latest to pick up the glove are two...
Neha Dhupia on being trolled over cheating comment: I’ve been misinterpreted
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) After being heavily trolled for her comment that seemed like she was defending a girl for cheating in a relationship, actress...
Why rapes will not stop in India despite the forthcoming four hangings (Comment)
Four hangings as splints for a fracturing land. In caste-inequity normative India — where mythology is becoming history, politically-inconvenient histories being pathologized, “anti-national” students baton-whipped,...
‘Musk’s comment on COVID-19 panic being ‘dumb’ is what’s dumb’
San Francisco, March 8 (IANS) Mathematician Nassim Nicholas Taleb took to the Twitter to respond to Tesla CEO Elon Musks tweet about what he called...
The greatest movement since independence but what’s Shaheen Bagh’s future? (Comment)
It would be unfair to compare the Shaheen Bagh anti CAA, NPR, NRC movement with mass mobilization efforts leading to independence. The movement has no...