The Supreme Court judgement on triple talaq is noteworthy for what it did not say

It is silent on the question whether customary or religious personal laws can be held by a court to be unconstitutional.

Alok Prasanna Kumar

· 6 hours ago

Oppressive personal laws aren’t the only thing standing between Muslim women and happy lives

The nation cannot swoop in to save the Muslim woman while Muslim communities are simultaneously being brought to their knees.

Farah Naqvi

· Yesterday · 06:45 pm

Why Vietnam is at the centre of India’s policy to counter China

The Doklam border deadlock should not dissuade New Delhi from selling the Brahmos missile to Hanoi – if it hasn’t done so already, that is.

Harsh V Pant

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Why Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy isn’t much different from Barack Obama’s

What does it mean for India and Pakistan?

MK Bhadrakumar

· Yesterday · 12:30 pm

The Supreme Court has spoken on triple talaq but Muslim Personal Law remains a ticking bomb

Muslim activists have overcome the menace of patriarchy. Will the next battle be for the essential elements of their religion?

Ajaz Ashraf

· Yesterday · 06:30 am

By sneering at Hamid Ansari’s diplomatic stint in West Asia, Modi undermined India’s foreign policy

The country has employed Muslim diplomats to further its interests in the Islamic world since long before Independence.

Danish Khan

· Aug 21, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Is Nitish Kumar now the tallest non-BJP leader in the NDA? Does that position even exist?

In a landscape dominated by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, being the best of the rest counts for very little.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Aug 21, 2017 · 10:30 am

The TM Krishna column: Response to Gorakhpur deaths shows we’re losing the last bits of our humanity

Does our allegiance to a party or ideology make us so synthetic that all we care about is laying or shifting blame?

TM Krishna

· Aug 21, 2017 · 08:00 am

Question for the BJP’s Ram Madhav: How Indian are his party’s ideas of nationalism and development?

In a recent op-ed, the BJP spokesperson argued that for the first time after independence, the dominant idea of India was rooted in India’s genius.

Shiv Visvanathan

· Aug 20, 2017 · 05:30 pm

What is common between Amit Shah’s BJP and the Australian cricket team in its heyday?

Hint: It has something to do with winning.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Aug 20, 2017 · 08:00 am

Article 35A row: BJP has shifted focus from azadi to special status in Kashmir. But for how long?

The BJP stands to force a political realignment in Kashmir if it pushes the issue too far, which could prove counterproductive.

Shujaat Bukhari

· Aug 20, 2017 · 06:30 am

Counterpoint: BJP’s Ram Madhav wants a pure India – mirroring an idea the British wanted to impose

In a recent op-ed, the BJP spokesperson celebrated the fact that India is being turned away from plurality to singularity.

Madhavi Menon

· Aug 17, 2017 · 08:00 am