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Lata Mangeshkar: A voice that will live on
Adjectives don’t always do their job – even the superlative ones. They cannot measure the immeasurable; they fail to quantify ... -
AFSPA: Anger simmers in Northeast as the chorus for repeal of AFSPA grows
Democracy has no place for a draconian act like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act-1958 (AFSPA), first enacted by the ... -
Subhash Chandra Bose: Why BJP and TMC should not appropriate the legacy of Netaji
If only a 3D hologram could resurrect the flesh and blood image of a good-looking, spectacled, revolutionary and legend, that ... -
Republic Day 2022: Army, Air Force and Navy gear up for the largest flypasts over Rajpath
To mark the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (75th Year of Independence Day), it is in the fitness of things that ... -
Right to Information: Ailing RTI and trailing governance
When RTI was enacted, it envisaged a world of transparency and accountability. The Right to Information Act was passed by ... -
Beating Retreat controversy: “Abide with me”, why music should not be used as a divisive catalyst
As if the jolt of dousing and merging of the iconic flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti from India Gate to ... -
Amar Jawan Jyoti: Merging flames and submerging history
The decision to shift the Amar Jawan Jyoti from India Gate to the nearby National War Memorial might not concern ... -
What explains India’s timid response towards an expansionist China?
It’s a very scared China that is hosting the Winter Olympics. It fears that the new wave of the pandemic ... -
James Webb Space Telescope: Unlocking secrets from unforeseen realms
This artist’s conception of the James Webb Space Telescope in space shows all its major elements fully deployed. The telescope ...