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- Opinion
- November 14, 2023, 5:24 PM IST
Indian Ink | Eyeless in Gaza: The Never-Ending War
In any conflict, responsibility must be assigned. It is not for us to judge, but we cannot help asking: if the Hamas manifesto demands the liquidation of Israel, how can there be peace?
- Opinion
- November 1, 2023, 2:25 PM IST
Indian Ink | From Khilafat to Hamas, Congress is Making the Same Mistake
The Congress is making the same mistake in equivocating on Hamas as they did in openly supporting the Khilafat Movement. Appeasing Islamist radicals and extremists only emboldens, not softens them
- Opinion
- October 26, 2023, 4:48 PM IST
Indian Ink | Indo-Canadian Relations: Time for Trudeau to Show Some Maturity
If Canada had respected India’s concerns, voiced for decades, and disallowed Khalistani radicals from using Canadian soil to mount anti-Indian activities, matters would not have deteriorated so much
- Opinion
- October 2, 2023, 6:00 PM IST
Indian Ink | Unpalatable Truths: The Importance of Being Gandhi
Gandhi in our times is no Mahatma. He is the struggle of the common man and woman trying to find the truth
- Opinion
- September 25, 2023, 12:53 PM IST
Indian Ink | The Canada Conundrum: What is the Way Forward?
For India to keep looking the other way or, worse, allowing extremist secessionism to flourish either within its borders or on the soil of so-called friendly countries is no longer an option
- Opinion
- September 8, 2023, 4:05 PM IST
Indian Ink | Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Hate Speech: Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind
No amount of damage control will whitewash Stalin’s anti-Hindu stain. Worse for him, most non-Hindus would also not take kindly to his hate speech. Thus, his attack on Hinduism has served the BJP’s interests to a far greater extent than he could have imagined
- Opinion
- September 4, 2023, 3:52 PM IST
Indian Ink | The DMK Son Sure to Set: Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Self-Goal
Stalin’s foolish and self-destructive remark may actually portend the doom of Dravidianism in Tamil Nadu
- Opinion
- August 26, 2023, 10:31 AM IST
Indian Ink | Ashoka University: Faculty Politics Versus Academic Integrity
When a university allows itself to be hijacked by a small group of vocal opponents of the government, no good comes from it — this has been JNU’s experience
- Opinion
- August 20, 2023, 4:02 PM IST
Indian Ink | Ashoka University’s Challenge: More Than Just Damage Control
What is noteworthy in the strange and still unfolding case of Dr Sabyasachi Das and Ashoka University is that the focus has shifted from the former’s controversial, but now somewhat discredited unpublished paper, to his erstwhile university
- Opinion
- July 31, 2023, 1:46 PM IST
Opinion | Article 370 Dead Or Alive: Supreme Court To Decide
A Constitution Bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant will decide its fate
- Opinion
- June 1, 2023, 10:27 AM IST
Indian Ink | The 3% Fallacy: India’s Education Spends Are Far More Than Critics Claim
The total amount spent by all the other ministries put together far exceeds that of the Ministry of Education by about 150 percent
- Opinion
- May 27, 2023, 11:17 AM IST
Indian Ink | Beyond Divisions: India’s Path to Greatness
While major political figures play a significant role in a country’s development, India as a nation has far more pressing challenges to address if it is to achieve its potential as a great power than be divided into those who adore Modi and those who cannot abide him
- Opinion
- May 8, 2023, 2:55 PM IST
Indian Ink | Why BJP Will Retain Power in Karnataka
If the Karnataka electorate is as perceptive as it is development-oriented, they will try to give a clear majority to either the BJP or the Congress. This is how the Congress finds itself on the back foot. If it can’t win on its own, it will lose
- Opinion
- May 5, 2023, 1:22 PM IST
Indian Ink | Karnataka Elections: No Single Party Likely to Get Clear Majority
It will be a close contest between the incumbent BJP and the restive if not resurgent Congress. But the dark horse and the kingmaker remains the JD(S)
- Opinion
- March 19, 2023, 12:22 PM IST
Off-centre | How Education Spending in India is Much More Than We Think
Thousands of crores of public money are being spent on education by different ministries, in addition to the massive budget of close to Rs 1.13 crore allocated to the education ministry

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Indian Ink | Eyeless in Gaza: The Never-Ending War

Indian Ink | From Khilafat to Hamas, Congress is Making the Same Mistake

Indian Ink | Indo-Canadian Relations: Time for Trudeau to Show Some Maturity

Indian Ink | Unpalatable Truths: The Importance of Being Gandhi

Indian Ink | The Canada Conundrum: What is the Way Forward?

Indian Ink | Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Hate Speech: Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind

Indian Ink | The DMK Son Sure to Set: Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Self-Goal

Indian Ink | Ashoka University: Faculty Politics Versus Academic Integrity

Indian Ink | Ashoka University’s Challenge: More Than Just Damage Control

Opinion | Article 370 Dead Or Alive: Supreme Court To Decide

Indian Ink | The 3% Fallacy: India’s Education Spends Are Far More Than Critics Claim

Indian Ink | Beyond Divisions: India’s Path to Greatness

Indian Ink | Why BJP Will Retain Power in Karnataka

Indian Ink | Karnataka Elections: No Single Party Likely to Get Clear Majority

Off-centre | How Education Spending in India is Much More Than We Think

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