By: Rafia Zakaria THE war in Afghanistan, the world was smugly told, was to save Afghan women. Laura Bush announced it during a radio address, and Hillary Clinton repeated it...

By: Qazi Naveed Ajaz  Australian politics has seen a turbulent decade. Three Prime Ministers have led the country since 2007, but no one has served a full term. Before 2007,...

By: Zakia Soman The article ‘Inside Ahmedabad’s Juhapura: What It’s Like for Muslims to Live in a Ghetto’, September 12, by Christopher Jaffrelot and Sharik Laliwala on life in the...

By: Irfan Ali Najar Contemplating on the philosophy of Karbala is conspicuously the preparation for the red death like the philosophy of Socrates that made him drink the hemlock. Approaching...

By: Suhas Palshikar Labelling helps in defining — and possibly maligning — your opponents. It also helps obfuscate the issues or, at any rate, distract public attention. The latest label...

By: Bhaskar Dutta The travails of the rupee have dominated newspaper headlines over the last fortnight. Its value has fallen precipitously against the dollar, and is now hovering around the...

BY; Nicole Fritz Nothing in US National Security Adviser John Bolton's furious attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this week can be of much surprise to anyone. Not...

By: FR. CEDRIC PRAKASH SJ Nine eleven matters because on this date in 1906, Mahatma Gandhi launched his non-violent resistance campaign at a historic mass meeting in Johannesburg South Africa....

By: Mahmood A Shah    In 2013, a helicopter rescue operation was carried by Wing Commander Anshul Saxena of Indian Air Force when 5 trekkers got stranded while clicking pictures on...

BY: Prabhat Patnaik On September 5 an event of great significance occurred in the capital: more than 1.5 lakh workers, peasants and agricultural labourers staged a rally on Parliament Street....