BY: Mahmud Ahmad Akhtar My father was a doctor in the Indian Army Medical Corps. I was born at Bangalore in 1932 where my father was posted at the Military...

BY: C. Raja Mohan It is not often that China’s envoys to Delhi find time to visit Punjab. That is what Luo Zhaohui did last week. Besides wearing a turban,...

By: A.R. Venkatachalapathy The last few decades, especially since the time of B.R. Ambedkar's birth centenary, have seen active interest in recovering Dalit history. Scholars and activists have shown alacrity...

By: Syed Talat Hussain There is much focus on the situational curses (challenges) facing prime-minister-in-waiting Imran Khan, but not enough on his blessings (opportunities). Indeed issues like a coalition government...

By: Maya Goodfellow When Donald Trump visited the UK, Steve Bannon wasn't far behind. The president's former chief strategist breezed effortlessly into TV and radio studios, trying to sanitise his...

By: Ghazi Salahuddin More than 20 days after the July 25 polls were held, Imran Khan will take oath as prime minister. And that is bound to be a moment...

By: Christophe Jaffrelot The media often presents cow-related lynching cases as spontaneous reactions of the mob. Certainly, some ordinary people take part in them. But the perpetrators’ ideological orientation could...

By: Faizan Mustafa Monica Arora has written an emotive response to my article (‘Justice more accessible’, IE, July 16) titled, ‘A parallel injustice system’ (IE, July 27). Javed Anand, a...

By: Mushtaq Hurra The verdict of recent by-elections for three Lok-Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar punctured the bandwagon of BJP and has caused ripples among the party cadres....

By: Hamid Dabashi I don't think Richard Dawkins can help himself. He is afflicted with two incurable diseases: He is a racist Islamophobe and he is an exhibitionist. He cannot...