BJP’s use of ‘begum’ and ‘shahzada’ to attack its opponents conceals a larger attack on Muslims

BJP is making Urdu words sound like insults. This is part of its larger agenda to demonise and marginalise Muslims.

Rizwan Ahmad

· 20 hours ago

Harsh Vardhan blames ordinary Indians for Covid-19 surge – ignoring BJP rally tweets on his own feed

Faced with vaccine shortages and a massive surge, the health minister gets political and blames the public for a ‘lack of commitment and sincerity’.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Apr 08, 2021 · 10:02 am

Homosexuality is not an offence. So why is Supreme Court penalising Saurabh Kirpal for being gay?

The lawyer has been recommended for elevation to the Delhi High Court. But his sexual orientation seems to have come in the way.

R Raj Rao

· Apr 05, 2021 · 07:30 am

Why isn’t the government looking for the source of ‘Modi assassination’ malware on Rona Wilson’s PC?

It wants to trace the originator of unlawful messages on apps like WhatsApp, but isn’t doing the same in the Bhima Koregaon case.

N Venugopal

· Apr 03, 2021 · 06:30 am

Ramachandra Guha: How the Hindu mind has shrunk in its capacity for free thought and self-critique

Remembering the long line of social reformers who worked assiduously to liberate their compatriots from the burdens of the past.

Ramachandra Guha

· Mar 28, 2021 · 06:30 am

Don’t sneer at people taking selfies in museums. Their photographs can be art too

Museum art needs visitors’ participation. By taking a photograph with it, a visitor is collaborating with it, not disrespecting it.

Kunal Ray

· Mar 27, 2021 · 11:30 am

The political Left is lost. It is the Right keeping the fight alive against the Right in South Asia

The street power to combat Modi comes from the Shiv Sena.

Jawed Naqvi, Dawn.com

· Mar 25, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Cash transfers are not the best way to fight poverty, despite what some politicians say

Giving the poor cash does not solve the structural issues that cause poverty in the first place.

Heath Henderson, The Conversation

· Mar 19, 2021 · 09:30 pm

The real reason why Mithun invoked Bengali icon Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das when joining BJP

By appropriating pre-independence Bengal icons, the BJP hopes to shun its outsider party image.

Ayan Chanda Ray

· Mar 18, 2021 · 07:30 pm

India has failed to recognise that its e-waste disposers may be poor but their knowledge is rich

Instead of replacing it with ‘formal’ facilities, the government should invest in the ‘informal’ network of electronic waste processors.

TS Krishnan

· Mar 18, 2021 · 09:00 am

Ramachandra Guha: The startling parallels between Modi’s BJP and Mao’s Communists

Like the Chinese Communists under Mao, the Bharatiya Janata Party under Narendra Modi wishes to build a ‘party-State’.

Ramachandra Guha

· Mar 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

In Pakistan and India, invented cultural nostalgia is having disastrous consequences

Creating a make-believe world can be beneficial – and devastating.

Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn.com

· Mar 09, 2021 · 01:30 pm