Opinions
Opinions from known and prominent personnel from various backgrounds like activism, academia, business and historical experience. Thought-provoking articles, insightful analyses, and diverse viewpoints await, encouraging meaningful conversations on the issues that matter.
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Rectifying fault lines in J-K holds key to idea of India
Within a day after the opposition parties, in their meet at Bengaluru, decided on INDIA as the name of their alliance, Kashmiri leaders saw hope in the revival of the idea of India…
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Is PM, BJP rattled with new Opposition alliance INDIA?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the video inaugural speech for the new airport terminal at Andaman and Nicobar’s Veer Savarkar International Airport, into a fiery and vitriolic attack on the Opposition parties…
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Has Manipur changed since 1999 or it is the same? The current situation is moving from bad to worse
With the objective of further developing sports in Manipur, the National Games (which is like a mini Olympics for Indian players) was held in Imphal in 1999. For coverage, The Hindu newspaper sent…
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Manipur horror: I refuse to be a silent spectator
By Gauhar Raza Yes, they knew everything. Who will believe that all-powerful governments at the Center and in Manipur, with omnipresent surveillance agencies, did not know what was happening. I believe that…
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Not an ‘idea of India’ but a pluralistic perspective is needed: Prof Ashwani Kumar
New Delhi: Prof. Ashwani Kumar, noted social scientist, professor & dean, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, has said that shared heritage was in danger today and…
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UCC – Easier said than done
Uniform Civil Code has been a topic of great discussion for a long time, especially since the BJP came into power in 2014. In its almost 10-year-long reign, BJP has delivered on…
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Fascinating tale of ‘The Great Strangler’—a thug who slayed 719 people
This is the story of Ameer Ali whose exploits during the 19th century formed part of the native folklore of central and south India. A dreaded leader of a gang of thugs, Ameer…
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Are high quality university degrees necessary for securing decent jobs?
Dr. Dhrubash Karan Mathur Universities are the institutions of higher learning for students after they complete their school studies and are desirous of studying in-depth subjects of their interest. The scope of…
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Another step towards de-dollarisation: India-UAE to transact in local currencies
India is slowly slipping out of the sphere of dollar dominated international economy by initiating a kind of parallel economy – country to country direct trade linkages with local currencies. Actually, international…
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Acts of terror against non-locals in Kashmir, a larger gameplan is at work
The Thursday-July 13-evening’s attack on three-non-local labourers in South Kashmir’s Shopian district yet again will be dismissed as an act of frustration of Pakistan-backed terrorists, which, it appears may be a correct…
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Growing numbers of Muslims in Western Europe—should it be a cause for concern?
Hyderabad: The world is at its wit’s end and worried too. Justifiably so. Despite efforts to target and suppress Islam and its followers, both are growing exponentially. Particularly in Europe, more and…
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Centre’s affidavit in SC truthful, but question on JK elections remains
Much of the claim that the Centre made in its fresh affidavit to the Supreme Court, a day ahead of the hearing of the petitions challenging Article 370, that an unprecedented peace…
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Will Sharad Pawar eventually win the war to reclaim his party and reputation?
The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar claims he is neither ‘tired nor retired’ at 82. Undeterred by the recent political crisis in his party, the Grand old man has begun to…
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Have we found alien artifact?
The discovery of well rounded spherical metallic marbles of below one millimeter in size and weighing less than one milligram found in the Pacific Ocean at the site of the crash of…
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The charisma of M.L. Jaisimha is vividly brought out in a book about his life
M.L. Jaisimha was one of the most charismatic cricketers that Hyderabad has produced. Besides being an excellent player he had a style that was magnetic. Every sport needs a character like him to…