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Why Ambedkar called Purdah “hideous”; and how it narrows the outlook of Muslim women

It’s been 75 years since B.R. Ambedkar wrote his “Pakistan or Partition of India” — as the name would suggest it was in 1945...

Would Convent schools allow a Hijabi to sit in a classroom?

The Karnataka High Court would resume the hearing on “hijab row” today.  The petition before them is to allow “burqa/hijab” inside premises of a few...

BJP’s UP manifesto: Farmers, women and youth to the fore

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today released its election manifesto for the UP polls—“Lok Kalyan Patra 2022”—with the focus being on farmers, women and...

Unrelenting Modi: “Congress is trapped by urban naxals”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a fierce attack on the Congress and the Gandhis in parliament today, said "talent is the first casualty of...

Akhilesh huddles with Mamata: But can UP forget its insult?

I lingered on a news on Page 6 of Times of India today.  It was on Smriti Irani’s campaign in Jewar on Monday where the...

“It seems Congress doesn’t want to come to power in next 100 years”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a frontal attack on Congress and said it seems the latter doesn’t want to come to power in 100...

Navjot Sidhu leaves a primer on what you shouldn’t do in politics

Navjot Singh Sidhu has a problem: He wants to rise in politics and be independent as well.  It shows he is either impractical or foolish...

Lata cremated with full state honours; PM present

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died early today after weeks of hospitalisation, was cremated with full state honours at Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park this...

Rahul names Channi as CM face for Congress in Punjab

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday announced Charanjit Singh Channi as his party's chief ministerial face for the Punjab Assembly polls. The former Congress chief...

There would never be one like Lata Mangeshkar: She was the song in our lives

The legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away in the wee hours of Sunday (February 6). The Bharat Ratna recipient was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital's...

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