Why India needs an all-party government of unity to weather its worst crisis since Independence

No party or political formation can possibly have all the talent needed to steer the nation through this extreme emergency. The net has to be cast wider.

Arunava Sinha

· Apr 01, 2020 · 07:30 am

In Pakistan, women are upending centuries of patriarchy – and men must catch up

Pakistan’s Aurat March from earlier this month is a sign of the times.

Pervez Hoodbhoy

· Mar 22, 2020 · 08:30 pm

To accuse activist Harsh Mander of hate speech is to fall prey to the barbarity of false equivalence

Is this the price we pay for dissent?

Kalpana Kannabiran

· Mar 17, 2020 · 06:30 am

To all Kashmiri Hindus, where is the empathy you taught me?

The reactions from my community in the aftermath of Delhi violence have dismayed me.

Tusharika Mattoo

· Mar 15, 2020 · 01:30 pm

BJP government must acknowledge critics’ fears and stop resorting to majoritarian victimhood

It must reverse poor decisions, not reject the advice of friends.

Meenakshi Ganguly

· Mar 13, 2020 · 06:30 am

Pakistan’s new digital law could prompt social media companies to stop offering services in country

The Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020 require firms to have systems to deliver any data that investigators ask for in a decrypted form.

Michael Karanicolas, The Conversation

· Mar 12, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Indian liberalism is a historical myth that must be countered if we want to understand our society

We continue to believe that what is happening today is simply an aberration and long to return to a past that did not exist.

Sanjay Srivastava

· Mar 09, 2020 · 06:30 am

AAP’s woeful response to the Delhi communal violence reflects the limit of its welfare politics

Does AAP in fact oppose the BJP on sectarian issues, or is their silence reflective of their acquiescence?

Ankita Barthwal

· Mar 04, 2020 · 06:30 am

Arundhati Roy on Delhi violence: ‘This is our version of the coronavirus. We are sick’

The author addressed a gathering at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Sunday.

Arundhati Roy

· Mar 01, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Trump has a clear message for India: As long as it opens its markets, democracy can be ignored

The relationship between the two countries has morphed into a purely transactional one.

Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation

· Feb 26, 2020 · 11:30 pm

A Bernie Sanders win in the US could spell trouble for Modi and others in the right-wing club

Sanders’ lead in the Nevada caucus comes against the backdrop of Modi’s unabashed endorsement of Trump.

Jawed Naqvi, Dawn.com

· Feb 26, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Even in these dark times, Indians and Pakistanis can undo colonialism’s legacy of distrust

We need to move past narratives of ‘our’ country being better than ‘their’ country.

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Dawn.com

· Feb 25, 2020 · 08:30 pm