Remembering Sant Longowal on his 30th Death Anniversary   This is an account of Manushi’s attempts to organise a meeting for communal amity on June 25,…

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  The TRP wars between 24×7 TV channels have become a real menace to quiet consideration of important public issues in India. It’s relatively easy to…

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It is not easy to undertake an objective evaluation of one year of Narendra Modi government because the forces that tried desperately to thwart his rise…

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Even before the National Green Tribunal’s knee jerk crack on polluting vehicles, the NGT passed a far more absurd sultani farman, on February 17, 2015 banning street…

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International Women’s Day is a time for celebration, to mark the challenges women have overcome in the fight for equality. But it’s also a time for…

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  It speaks volumes that two of the most important days in the political calendar of modern India – namely Independence Day and Republic Day –…

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With US President Barack Obama as the chief guest at the Republic Day function this year necessitating unprecedented security measures in Delhi, the following article (written…

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Let me state at the outset that PK is an eminently entertaining film, though it claims to raise serious issues. Cinematically, too, the film is a visual treat…

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