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India under Modi: Policies, schemes or propaganda?

From Nehru to Manmohan Singh, each of our prime ministers put the people of the nation ahead of their glories

RS ex-dy chairman Rahman Khan urges MPs to reject Waqf Amendment Bill

K Rahman Khan claimed the bill, introduced by Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha on 8 August, blatantly reflects prejudice
- K Rahman Khan
- | 09 Sep, 2024
No country for daughters: Why rapes never stop

It’s been almost 12 years since the Nirbhaya gangrape case in Delhi. There was national outrage then too, but has anything changed? This time, it was a medico, gangraped in the land that worships Goddess Durga.
- Anushree Chakraborty
- | 15 Aug, 2024
Homecare is a rich sector with growing pains in India

Even though the large part of the population is dependent on the government healthcare system the private market is growing exponentially, and so is the important homecare sector
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 17 Jul, 2024
Islamophobia & narratives in the Lok Sabha election

The new discourse blended many myths, imagined histories, negation, and refusal despite being as old as colonialism. During the campaigning, the minorities were much maligned, slandered, and vilified.
- Muzaffar H Assadi
- | 02 Jun, 2024
Absence of effective Muslim leadership and its causes

The erosion of Muslim influence was exacerbated by the absence of cohesive leadership after the demise of prominent figures such as Maulana Ali Mian, Qari Tayyab Sahib, Dr Mehmood, Dr Faridi and Sheikh Abdullah
- Mohammed Adeeb
- | 10 May, 2024
PM flays MGNREGA despite it helping millions

Declaring to continue a scheme which he did not believe in, only to put the previous government in a bad light, was unbecoming of the Prime Minister of world’s largest democracy
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 05 Mar, 2024
Nariman's contribution to Karnataka immeasurable

Beginning his service of the State in 1986, he fought a long and arduous battle to protect the State's water rights
- Brijesh Kalappa
- | 22 Feb, 2024
'Awaaz ki duniya ka dost' goes quiet forever; RIP Sayani sir!

Ruling listeners' hearts from the early 1950s till the mid-1990s, Ameen Sayani brought in a new wave in the radio and voice-over industry and paved the way for so many young aspirants to try their luck in the voice industry
- Kalpana Swamy
- | 22 Feb, 2024
Ameen Sayani passes away... and with him a golden era

It is upsetting that the master of vocal jugglery, full of charm, warmth and style, is no more. However, it is comforting to think of his life and the legacy he has left behind for his fans in the way of precious recordings and memories
- Brahmanand S Siingh
- | 22 Feb, 2024
India under Modi: Policies, schemes or propaganda?

From Nehru to Manmohan Singh, each of our prime ministers put the people of the nation ahead of their glories
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 13 Feb, 2024

The future of our water resources must be conserved

The effects of climate change have hit regions all across the world. These climatic anomalies that nature has unleashed upon the world can no longer be ignored
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 02 Feb, 2024
Where is Sri Lanka going?

It is crystal clear that the parliament is legal, but not legitimate. But a political class able and willing to recognise its errors and determined to mend its ways could have rendered the parliament legitimate.
- KP Fabian
- | 02 Feb, 2024