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Historic legal battle unfolds over Gyanvapi

India, April 24 -- The legal hearings, whether in the court at Varanasi or the Supreme Court, over the past many months regarding the worship at Gyan Vapi, carry ethical interest. The statures of the ... Read More


Unravelling the Roy family's legacy

India, April 15 -- With the campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections heating, mudslinging isn't left behind, although one wishes this weren't so. The Trinamool Congress has abused Smt. Amrita Roy, th... Read More


Katchatheevu: A case of half sovereignty

India, April 5 -- So it has been revealed that Katchatheevu island off the coast of Tamil Nadu was given away by India to Sri Lanka in 1974. Much earlier in 1961, Jawaharlal Nehru had earlier opined, ... Read More


India's inflation story through time

India, March 30 -- One way of knowing about inflation in India is to place a series of old coins on a table, and compare those coins with today's currency. Today, few would believe that well into the ... Read More


Secessionism is not an option

India, March 18 -- DMK MP A Raja can perhaps be forgiven, for believing that India is only a subcontinent and not a country, only on grounds of stark ignorance. One doesn't know whether Raja has ever ... Read More


A monumental gesture of interfaith harmony

India, Feb. 17 -- On the Vasant Panchami of the year 2024, on the desert plane of Abu Dhabi, history performed what can arguably be called its first dance in the realm of faith, religion and God. Neve... Read More


The UCC as a reform for women's rights

India, Feb. 15 -- The Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in the news again now after the Uttarakhand government passed a bill in the assembly for enacting a law, must be looked at as a reform of women's laws. ... Read More


Innovative Budgets: From Pitt to Modi

India, Feb. 6 -- Budgets will come and go. Most are deficit, though a few are surplus. And the odd one is interim, while most are annual. Others are about continuity and change, as Prime Minister Modi... Read More


The universal appeal of Hinduism

India, Feb. 2 -- While consecrating Shri Ram Lalla in Ayodhya on January 22, several speakers, especially the Prime Minister, emphasised that Lord Ram is not exclusively for Hindus, but for everyone. ... Read More


Charting a path for Hindu-Muslim unity

India, Jan. 29 -- Every battle must end, so must every dispute. Killings are more easily forgotten than the destruction of buildings. But when a residence of the divine is destroyed, it is unforgettab... Read More