Balbir Punj
The faithfuls, for whom bloodshed ofkafirs is an article of faith, must know that ‘god is one'. For those who hold the world to ransom claiming divine injunction...…
Syed Ata Hasnain
As the Golden Jubilee of the conflict with Pakistan in 1965 commences from 28 Aug 2015, Swarajya brings its readers various commentaries on the 1965 War....…
The Economic Times
Less than 10 kilometres from the imposing beauty of the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, is the desolation of Bheel Basti, home to about 250 families.....…
KG Suresh
Earlier this month, a bomb exploded close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, killing about 20 people and injuring scores of others.........…
Srinath Raghavan
The latest terrorist attack in Udhampur has turned the spotlight on the proposed talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan......…
Taha Siddiqui
There was no indication from Pakistani authorities that Naved’s links to Faisalabad were being investigated. Faisalabad reporters too were not chasing the story.....…
Biswajyoti Brahma
Three former Indian hockey players - drag flick expert Jugraj Singh, former India captain Baljit Dhillon and his brother Daljit Dhillon.....…
Jency Jacob
That most newsrooms, high on the 'exclusive' interview with a fugitive living overseas, are not able to perceive this distrust is a reflection of the disconnect today's media has with reality......…
Vijeta Uniyal
ISIS wants to trigger this final conflict by unleashing attacks on Indian soil. If the U.S. comes to India's aid, ISIS would declare a global Jihad, calling upon a billion Muslims to heed the call......…
Sachin Padha
Eminent personalities, senior journalists and few Bollywood liberals jumped into the defense of Yakub Memon and gave their views via articles, blogs, tweets and TV debates.....…
Ashok B Sharma
One thing apparent from the recent execution of one of the masterminds of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts is that India intends to adopt a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism....…
Minhaz Merchant
The Congress vice president would be right to worry about the fallout over the Rs 5,000 crore National Herald case which goes right to the heart of 10, Janpath and 12, Tughlaq Lane...….
Aditya Ghosh
Will Germans be the eventual custodians of Sanskrit, its rich heritage and culture? If the demand for Sanskrit and Indology courses in Germany is any indication, that’s what the future looks like...….
Maria Wirth
Next to the Ramakrishna Mission in Dehradun, there is a small ashram where 33 years ago, on 27th August 1982, Anandamayi Ma left her body...…...
Swapan Dasgupta
The virulent outbreak of India’s “culture wars” prompts a return to a text that was once at the centre of a spirited controversy...…...
Ravi Shanker Kapoor
Pune’s Film & Television Institute of India is once again in the limelight—this time for the supposedly draconian crackdown on the striking students in a midnight swoop....…...
Raj Mohindra
When Lance Naik Vedmitra Chaudhary charged headlong without any regard to his personal safety to rescue a young lady from molesters in Meerut and paid for it with his life...…...
The Times of India
The VHP today suggested calling off NSA-level talks with Pakistan, insisting these cannot be held in a "war-like" atmosphere and warned of a repeat of Kargil-like situation....…...
The Times of India
Having won eight out of 10 civic bodies that went to polls on August 12 in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP on Sunday targeted Congress for attacking it on Vyapam scam....…...
Smart Indian Agriculture
Ill-health is the leading cause of suicides in India, says a report by the Brookings Institute. In Andhra and Maharashtra...…...
Cithara Paul
The composition of steel in India’s steel frame is changing, thanks to the Narendra Modi government. Flaunt a foreign degree and get a plum posting....…...
Rajiv Srivastava
All Hindus are invited to 'Raksha Bandhan parv' Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh (RSS), irrespective of whether they belong to Samajwadi Party....…...
Anahita Mukherji
A bunch of lively schoolboys form a circle around an authoritative 12-year-old in khaki shorts and a superman T-shirt at a Navi Mumbai maidan on a weekday night.....…...
Richard Fausset
She was a cheerleader, an honor student, the daughter of a police officer and a member of the high school homecoming court who wanted to be a doctor....…...
Namita Bhandare
An overwhelming majority of Muslim women want oral and unilateral divorce banned and clerics who send such notices punished, says a survey...…...
Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui
UP's minister of state for primary education, Vijay Bahadur Singh, issued an open threat to journalists in the state for giving 'bad press to the government'...…...
The Times of India
While Parliament witnessed fiery exchanges on Wednesday afternoon between the government and opposition benches over Lalitgate..…...
Ashok Sanjay Guha
Few chapters in history are as intriguing as the tale of the Indus Valley civilization. The largest of the world's ancient civilizations..…...
Swapan Dasgupta
The government’s order to block access to 857 websites with pornographic content has attracted strong criticism and even provoked a measure of outrage..…...
Ramnath Narayanswamy
The Indian Education system is still dominated by a colonial mindset. Despite the passing of more than six decades since independence.…...
Sandhya Jain
On July 16, the Srinagar Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court set a dangerous precedent by ruling that the State Legislature and not the Parliament of India, is sovereign.…...
Narayanankomerath.wordpress.com
A Presbyterian Crusado-Twitter at Princeton Seminary has been showing great excitement about the so-called “Atlanta Community”…...
Times News Network
Udhampur attacker Mohammad Naved alias Usman lived and travelled unnoticed in J&K for nearly 60 days before striking the BSF convoy…...
Ravi Shankar
Good job. They caught Kasab 2. Mohammed Naved, the Pakistani terrorist—predictably our friendly neighbourhood terrorist nation denies his citizenship…...
The New Indian Express
In a move that will help thwart attempts by foreign MNCs and individuals to get patents and trademark on ancient yoga techniques.…...
Sudhi Ranjan Sen
"The demand letters come by March, April and we need to pay up within a month," Akali, (name changed) a Dimapur-based entrepreneur said.…...
The Times of India
Tariq Khosa, former DG of Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan, has said that 2008 Mumbai attack was planned and launched from Pakistani soil.…...
Tariq Khosa, Dawn
The Mumbai terror attacks were claimed by India to be its 9/11. For more than 66 hours, 10 highly trained militants played havoc in India's commercial metropolis…...
Utkarsh Anand
These statistics have come to light after the CBI collated information from all states and Union Territories to list NGOs registered under the Societies Registration Act.…...
N.S. Rajaram
Stung by the effectiveness and popularity of the counter by activists like Rajiv Malhotra, Western academics are resorting to personal attacks. …...
Niticentral.com
From K J M Varma Beijing, Aug 18 (PTI) A group of 60 Chinese intellectuals have enrolled at a Buddhist Institute for a free summer camp to study…...
Maria Wirth
“Terror has no religion” is often repeated by politicians and media. At the same time, the most dangerous terrorists of our times like the Islamic State.…...
Maria Wirth
“Terror has no religion” is often repeated by politicians and media. At the same time, the most dangerous terrorists of our times like the Islamic State.…...
Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
The BJP has swept the civic body elections in Madhya Pradesh, snatching eight bodies from the Congress which managed to retain just one..…....
Jaithirth Rao
It is necessary for an intellectual of Sen’s standing to help India, but he can help only if he is willing to illuminate his discussions with his intelligence, not with his prejudices.…....
Tufail Ahmad @tufailelif
In the afternoon of 6 August, a blindfolded Muslim man named Mazim Mullah stood in a Mumbai street with his hands stretched open…....
Sanjeev Nayar
Many of those who opposed the hanging of Yakub Menon for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts also suggest that the blasts were linked to the riots that preceded them..........
Anindita Sanyal
Constable Subhendu Rai and Constable Rocky of the Border Security Force were honoured in Udhampur today, their bodies draped in the Indian Tricolour.........
Yogesh Kumar, TNN
The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday sent demolition squads to hammer down the house of the journalist who had "exposed" chief minister Harish Rawat's personal secretary Mohammad Shahid........
Anirban Ganguly
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was right on the exploitative nature of British rule, only he is not the first Indian to say so or to study it.........
Sanjeev Nayyar
A left-leaning centralised socialist model has created a shortage/entitlement economy. In fact one of the reasons for India's limited progress is that post-independent India is at odds with its true nature........
Mohua Chatterjee, TNN
Just when PM Manmohan Singh has taken on his communist partners over the nuclear deal, his daughter, professor Upinder Singh......
Anish Gupta/ Aaleya Giri
The human rights group doesn’t have its branches in non-democratic or Islamic countries. Is it because they are concerned about their own safety?.......
C Christine Fair, TNN
From the moment it became apparent that Narendra Modi would become India's Prime Minister, Pakistan has wondered how India would respond to its terrorist predations........
Deepshikha Ghosh
Two children were rescued from a building in the middle of heavy gunfire just a few metres away at the police station complex that terrorists attacked in Punjab's Gurdaspur on Monday.........
Swarajyamag.com
Lawyer activists never actually help out at the trial stage. Only when the case comes to their neighborhood in the Supreme Court will they go all out and denounce.........
Antonia Filmer
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office held a reception for Mamata and later, sources say, forwarded the bill to the West Bengal government.........
KG Suresh
Without becoming pampheteers for the seperatists’ azaadi call, the Delhi-based media needs to be more sensitive in its coverage of Kashmir........