Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
As the latest left-wing story goes, we're meant to believe that Alauddin Khilji was somehow "better" than the Mongols he fought.........
Amarnath Govindarajan
History buffs across South India were ecstatic earlier this week – Dr Nagaswamy, the doyen of South Indian archaeology and history.........
Swapan Dasgupta
The ability to speak to the audience is among the main attributes of an effective communicator, especially those in public life. In this made-in-media age.........
Sachin Parashar, TNN
In a special and "unprecedented" gesture, Japan's foreign minister Taro Kono attended Indian embassy's Republic Day celebrations in Tokyo.........
Indrani Bagchi
This time last year, globalisation’s Brahmins were drowning their sorrows in snowbound Davos, mourning the loss of their star performer.........
Dhami Jakshitij
Boarding a metro on a station and sitting on the floor when it is full is a routine that we all are aware of. The same thing happened to us when we- me.…....
Neeraj Chauhan, TNN
A redrawn counter-insurgency strategy, backed by real-time intelligence through use of modern technology like drones and involving coordinated day and night operations by security personnel.…....
The Indian Express
Chandan Kumar Rai (25), who was set to marry next month, had applied for leave and was expected to arrive in his native village early next month…....
OpIndia Staff
Little known TV actor Ajaz Khan, who is best known for making the threatening-ish video against singer Sonu Nigam after his ‘controversial’ tweet about azaan…....
Musti Khan
Sindhi Hindus in India are seeking an apology from the Queen of England for hanging a minor as they observe the 75th martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Hemu Kalani on Sunday…....
Aarti Tikoo Singh
Conspiracy theories become truths when intelligentsia and intellectuals turn lazy and complacent, either deliberately or unconsciously.…....
Rohit Agarwal
It was 15th May 2014, and despondency hung heavy at Akbar Road and Janpath alike. Despite all the bluster and bravado of the past few months…....
Swati Goel Sharma
It depends on how you want to look at a situation: Half-full or half-empty. As with every issue, it’s about which side you are on, or want to be.…....
Ritesh Mishra
For the first time, the Chhattisgarh Police have deployed women commandos to neutralise the Maoist threat in Sukma where a vital road is being built.…....
Vandana Menon
A picture tweeted about an event at the Gorakhpur Mahotsav was meant to embarrass Yogi Adityanath. It turns out the event was held before he became CM.…....
Makarand Paranjape
The Queen of Chittor, history’s heroine and the protagonist of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film, has been the subject of much debate and controversy…....
Opindia.com
Former Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, recently decided to take to twitter to claim that the hard-line approach taken by the Modi government…....
Opindia.com
Indus Valley civilisation, Aryan-Dravidian Theory, half a page on the Mauryan Empire, one case study on the Cholas, followed by a direct leap to the Delhi Sultanate.…....
Manvendra Singh
The order changing military officers’ equations vis-à-vis civilian officials has been rescinded. Further heartburn needs to be prevented..…....
The Times of India
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan reportedly spent Rs 8 lakh from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to take a private helicopter for a return trip between Thrissur..…....
Krishan Tyagi
Observing a Shaurya Diwas (Valour Day) emanates either from a general acceptance of inferiority, or from the desire to humiliate the other community..…....
Deccanherald.com
One of the UK's leading state-funded schools has called on the government to take a firm stand on children wearing hijab and fasting during Ramadan.…....
Utpal Kumar @Utpal_Kumar1
Claude Arpi's latest book, Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation, is an original, one-of-its-kind account of how India lost the "Roof of the World".…....
Sahana Singh
Twenty years ago, when I moved from India to Singapore with my husband, I found myself marvelling at the many reminders of home after the initial strangeness of being in a foreign city settled down..…....
Akhilesh Singh, TNN
Peeved at the dragging of its name in Maharashtra caste violence, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday hit back at its critics.…...
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Imagine the left, liberal furore if Narendra Modi made the singing of our national anthem a key litmus test of a citizen’s’ patriotism..…...
The Times of India
In a setback to journalists of the news portal The Wire, Gujarat high court on Monday said that its article on the sudden rise in revenue of the company owned by Jay Shah..…....
Opindia.com
There have been concerted efforts in mainstream media to deny the existence, or even a possibility of the existence of the Saraswati river..…....
Aman Sharma
The UP government is gearing up to wage a war against the biggest child killers in the state - Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)...…....
Opindia.com
The Quint, the online publishing house has made a reputation for itself when it comes to indulging in dubious and dangerous forms of journalism..…....
Vijaita Singh
While there is an exemption limit set for sitting MPs when it comes to electricity and power bills, no such rule existed for former PMs.…....
James Landale
The International Court of Justice is the principal legal body of the United Nations. It is based in The Hague and its job is to settle disputes between states.…....
Moneycontrol.com
Over eleven lakh senior citizens gave up their fare concession between July 22 and November 30 last year, the government said today...…....
Aman Sharma
India has excluded Pakistan from the list of Saarc member countries with which it will be connecting its state-of-theart National Knowledge Network (NKN).…....
Postcard.news
Since the time violence broke out in Maharashtra, Cong-leftist groups are blaming few right wing activists for causing violence in the state..…....
Aravindan Neelakandan
As India celebrates the birth anniversary of Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974), it is important for us to look into his contributions to science as well as his thoughts on the society and culture.…....
Opindia.com
It was in October of 2016 that I came across a Pakistani Parliament (Senate) committee report on the “Policy guidelines in the view of the latest situation developing between India and Pakistan”..…....
Zenobia Ravji
Over the past few decades, Iran has seen a revival in the native religion that predates Islam—something that the ayatollahs desperately want to suppress.…....
R Jagannathan
The BJP has now developed a more sophisticated technique of prosecuting its agenda and it is the same as that deployed by “secularists” to put Hindus and Hinduism in the dock.…....
The Economic Times
Seventy years after independence, India is racing to connect thousands of villages with electricity as it looks to accelerate growth whose dividend are distributed to all.…....
Opindia.com
During the end of 2016, reports had started to emerge that predominantly Right Wing accounts in India were soon getting suspended after criticising the Aam Aadmi Party.…....
Opindia.com
Year 2017 has been like every other year for Indian media. Imaginary reports, blatant lies, gross malicious misreporting have been the hallmark of the year, yet again.…....
Huffpost.com
The Atlantic Monthly, a respected journalistic institution in the United States, has just published an article on an equally well-regarded…....
Opindia.com
Writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has displayed his hypocrisy and bigotry multiple times, today tried to passive aggressively defend triple talaq by claiming how like triple talaq…..
