Editorial

The Jammu and Kashmir floods have sparked a debate in UK's Parliament on the political and humanitarian situation. The debate organised as part of the regular backbench Business Committee application process in the House of Commons had no…
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The unfortunate unprecedented floods have caused enormous damage to life in Jammu and Kashmir. Water level though receding in Valley will need enormous efforts to put life back in gear.  Immediate follow up to such water logged conditions…
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Vinayshil Gautam The quality of public discourse has been steadily declining and needs to be arrested. The quality of enquiry, the quality of interrogation, interpretation of the data which normally precedes discussion, is poor. One is not…
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Rajesh Singh India has had more contentious issues with the US than it has with China. This ranges from diplomatic (the Devyani Khobragade matter; the almost-humiliating frisking at US airports of former Indian Presidents) to commerce…
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Sandhya Jain Whatever one's assessment of Islam - Abrahamic offspring, way of life, Arab nationalism, post-Byzantine Arab empire, moderate, or outright murderous towards those outside the charmed circle of Jihadi warriors - a bizarre facet…
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The Sikhs, a minority community in Pakistan, are victims of recent communal attacks. Numbering a minuscule in strength the community, consisting mostly of traders are a threatened segment. They are planning to stage a country-wide agitation…
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 Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi's honeymoon with the public continues even as he completes 100 days in office. There are mixed reports about his performance, as the Opposition is looking for loopholes, but his supporters…
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Joginder Singh Mahatma Gandhi believed that the consumption of alcohol was a major social evil. He encouraged complete prohibition in India.  With this in mind, the framers of the Constitution of India included Article 47 in the Directive…
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Piyush Chandra The flood affected people of Kashmir have all the reasons to be angry. Let down by the government they had voted to power, the hapless victims of nature's fury have been left to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, this pent…
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Everything that brews in Pakistan may not be anti India despite the fact that anti-India ethos has been taught in that country ever since it came into being on 14th of Aug 1947. They do not really need it, with plentiful enemies within. The…
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