Intolerance
More than 70 years since Independence, we as a nation haven't grown up enough to grow together Where are we going? What have we become? Is this what we’ve learnt from Hinduism; a religion that teaches tolerance and harmony towards all? What has happened in Gurugram recently yet again proves that...
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Cash cow
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Can’t expect the Taliban to change
27 November 2021 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Water woes
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Clean up!
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Supranationalism will hold us back
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Gaining muscle
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Woes continue
25 November 2021 | Pioneer
The legacy of the division of India
Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration from different sources of history. Very often, the hero of one is a foe of the other There were two sides to the coin of Partition. One was that the Muslim community was well behind the Hindus as well as the other minorities. They were...
Hard times
Parties making inroads into poll-bound States have overwhelmed the BJP ahead of elections As elections to five State Assemblies loom over the horizon, the BJP seems to be staring at some tough times ahead, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Punjab. The saffron party has its own Government in the first...
Help!
Domestic helps earn little and have no social protection, but the real problem is behavioural Do we know how many domestic helps are there in India? Do laws protect them? Do they get decent salaries, off days, sick leave? The answer is no. They are at the bottom of the unskilled,...
Left behind: The fall of the CPM
The revival of the party in West Bengal would largely depend on the youth force, coupled with politically experienced and committed leaders In independent India, for the first time, no communist candidate was elected to the State Assembly”. The crux of the embedded message in one line mentioned in the post...
Show stopper
Event managers make our moments their ownbut we haven’t yet realised their challenges So we thought we've got rid of the COVID-19 pandemic. But then there have been people who have, as always, brought cheer to our dreary lives. No doubt that it's just a make-believe world where all good happy...
Ugly city
The degrading condition of urban poor is a challenge that the Govt must take heed of Health governance for the urban poor in India is chaotic at best, rendering them helpless, a study by the Azim Premji University in collaboration with a group of NGOs reveals. In a country where a...
Uniform Civil Code is a progressive step
Article 15 is violated by Muslims themselves. A man is entitled to marry up to four wives but the wives cannot marry more than one husband The Allahabad High Court has rightly reminded the Government about Article 44 of the Indian Constitution which is a Directive Principle of Policy, which was...
