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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Marginalised stakeholders with technological barriers across sectors should be in focus
By Manisha Dhulipala Gender Equality is the 5th goal among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations. The Constitution of India also recognises the principle of gender equality in…
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Freebies, jobs to women; lathis, denial of opportunities to men in poll-bound Bihar
The general perception in the media is that a sizeable percentage of women are still inclined towards Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. What is not discussed in our television studios and Op-ed…
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Cricket: The Indo-Pak rivalry has lost its fire, only intangible smoke remains
Nowadays, whenever an India versus Pakistan match is played, the result is a foregone conclusion. Sunday’s game confirmed the fact that India and its one-time arch-rival are no longer at the same…
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Left fading away, with last bastion crumbling
Left seems all all set to fade away from the Indian political landscape by 2026, when its last bastion, Kerala, goes to polls. Perilously close to the BJP in Kerala, the CPM…
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Need for an all-India Muslim educational movement
The educational backwardness of Indian Muslims has been a matter of concern for more than a century and a half. It took the vision, grit and determination of Syed Ahmad Khan to…
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Attack on Qatar: Erdogan befools the Muslim world
Eleven days before Israel targeted Qatar on September 9 to eliminate Hamas leaders engaged in peace talks, Turkey was reminded that Israel had been “committing genocide” in Gaza. Its foreign minister, Hakan…
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Opinion: Cheteshwar Pujara’s qualities are rare; BCCI must use him as a coach
Cheteshwar Pujara, who recently retired from cricket, was often referred to as the second wall of India, after Rahul Dravid. Pujara wasn’t just a batsman. He was India’s tallest warrior, the man…
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Release of Rakhshanda Jalil’s book ‘Whose Urdu Is It Anyway?’
Partition brought in its wake quite a few myths. One that religion can be the basis of Nationhood, crystallized by Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League in the form of Two-Nation Theory. Two…
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Radhakrishnan as Vice President or BJP chief: Which will help the party more in Tamil Nadu?
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s move to field C P Radhakrishnan as the Vice-Presidential candidate to improve its performance in the Assembly election in Tamil Nadu next year amounts to banging one’s head…
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The silent domestic labour force in Telangana is mostly invisible
By Emaan Chimote and Manisha Dhulipala In Hyderabad, the quiet rhythm of economically privileged life is maintained by an equally quiet workforce—women who clean, cook, and care for the homes of others…
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Telangana’s urea crisis: A political conspiracy at farmers’ expense
It’s not the state government, nor is the Congress party to blame. A political conspiracy hatched by the Opposition is intensifying Telangana’s urea crisis, turning a manageable shortfall into a full-blown storm.…
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How Zionists paved way for the massacre of 6 million Jews to create Israel
Perhaps no time is better than the post-Iran-Israel conflict of June 2025 to explain that Zionists and Jews are not synonymous with each other. Rather, it would not be very much out…
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Don’t say “gifts” please; citizens are entitled to better facilities
One word in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the Independence Day from the Red Fort’s ramparts has been problematic to me. It was a “gift” of reduced GST rates come Diwali.…
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Pigeons, stray dogs, and an elephant; is defiance correct?
The courts ruled that a female elephant, Mahadevi, which was kept by Swasthishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sanstha, a Jain math in Kolhapur which had kept her since 1992 should be taken…
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Opinion: The Islamic mandate for education and the tragic neglect by Muslims
Hyderabad: The importance of education can never be overstated. But in no other religion is it stressed as profoundly as in Islam. The very first revelation of the Holy Quran to Prophet Muhammad…
