Clearly, the ominous cloud of daily political recrimination must have cast a deep shadow not only over the skies of Gwalior, but across IAF crew rooms and messes, deeply undermining the confidence and morale of the force. This would perhaps explain why the IAF leadership was compelled to take the unprecedented step of making public statements, indi...

Amit Shah's desperate attempt to find a foothold in the state by hook or by crook is simply not taking off because even the various factions of the AIADMK find the BJP an embarrassment; Dinkaran is behind none in denouncing the Modi government; Kamal Haasan has firmly ruled out having any truck with Modi-Shah; and, for the DMK-Congress, of course, ...

Minus mainstream politics, the military remains India's only identity in Kashmir. Both Delhi and Srinagar have to turn the fears and controversy over Article 35A into an opportunity to strengthen the idea of the mainstream. Any mishandling can have far-reaching consequences.

If the Congress does not gain substantially on its paltry 44 Lok Sabha seats, Rahul could be well on his way to political irrelevance except within the Congress. It's time for him to show the will for battle and nerves of steel.

A weaker rupee would also offset competition of cheap imports from countries like China, which could give domestic industries a much-needed boost.

As elections draw near no opposition unity is evident. The regional heavyweights are guarding their citadels and the congress can't seem to function as the fulcrum of opposition unity.

Doing away with Section 377 earlier would certainly have eased the pain and struggle that my parents and I had to go through. Perhaps I would not have suffered with depression during my IIT days.

It has been a historic judgement, which touches millions of lives along with mine. We have been discriminated against for ages. This is the real Independence Day for the Queer citizen of this county.

The government may have its explanations. The Raksha Mantri seemed about a year ago more than ready to spill the information. Then she clamped down - or was made to clamp down. Just as the lies they told about Bofors were eventually exposed, the truth about Rafale will also be exposed.

There's a line between needing to hear women's painful stories and forcing women to relive them, and on Monday evening the line got blurry with Monica Lewinsky.

When you build services that connect billions of people across countries and cultures, you're going to see all of the good that humanity can do, and you're also going to see people try to abuse those services in every way possible.

Here is a list of four key actions that signal whether the State is (or isn't) serious about changing the system to improve the standards of care in rescue and shelter homes and ensure children's safety.

Prime Minister Modi had said in a public meeting that he wanted only 50 days from the people of India (up to December 31) to achieve the objectives of the scheme. If it failed, he said he would appear before the people at any chowraha (public intersection) to take any punishment the people would determine for him.

The men I've seen cross lines seem to revel in testing boundaries.

I could watch Pujara bat all day. He's such a barnacle that every time he steps out of the crease into his cover-drive, it's like watching a rooted thing become nimble. And then before settling into his guard again, he'll grip the bat in both hands, hold it up in front him and shake it a little. I like to think that he's testing the splice in the w...