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Age of lollipop politics
7 April 2017 9:35 PM ISTEmergence of populist themes is a disturbing worldwide development.
Have support, will form government in Goa: BJP
12 March 2017 6:58 PM ISTThe BJP will stake claim to form the government in Goa as it has got letters of support from the MGP, which has three MLAs, and two Independent...
What impedes women in politics?
8 March 2017 10:16 PM ISTBhanupriya Rao narrates the story of Krishnaveni and the era of women panchayat presidents.
Akhilesh says will support uncle Shivpal, 'no rift' in party
17 Sept 2016 9:45 PM IST"I have congratulated him (Shivpal Yadav) on being the Uttar Pradesh chief of the Samajwadi Party and have asked all Samajwadi workers to congratulate...
Ambedkar as a prophet
28 Jun 2012 10:41 PM ISTEver since I characterised Ambedkar as a prophet, in the context of the lampooning cartoon on him in the XI class NCERT text book, there has been an...
Whipping a dalit in a text book also
24 May 2012 5:45 PM ISTMany intellectuals of India are making the cartoon in a text book of NCERT an issue of pedagogy and teaching political science through cartoons as a...
Keep off personal laws: Muslim leaders
12 May 2012 10:28 AM ISTMuslim leaders Friday came down heavily on governments and courts for what they termed as 'interference' in the Muslim personal law, a spokesperson...
Twisted notions and strange biases
11 May 2012 5:12 AM ISTWhy is this ongoing bias against students from the Northeast and also those from the Kashmir valley? Why do we treat them as the ‘other’? Why are...
Eat, pray and shove the debate
7 May 2012 8:15 AM ISTThe Hindutva attack on the Beef Festival in Osmania University on 15 April generated a national and international debate on the very cultural...
Dalit leader flays Nitish for Mahabodhi temple
5 May 2012 11:29 AM ISTIndian Justice Party president Udit Raj flayed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his alleged inaction to hand over management of the world-famous...
Jagan's temple visit raises hackles
4 May 2012 9:30 AM ISTKadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's visit to Lord Tirupati Venkateswara temple has grown in to a controversy following the allegations of rival TDP and...