There is a lot wrong with our society—politically, economically and socially. Will we ever be able to melt our social and communal identities into a national whole to achieve greatness?

Gandhian nationalism, enshrined in the Constitution, is based on ideals of equality and diversity. As a new pretender, with its hate-filled credo, tries to supplant it, our duty is to put up a dogged fight.

The millennia-old idea of Bharat has been gripped in confusion since Indian independence. Now is as good a time as any to clear the haze.

India these days is ­being ­identified with ­Hinduism. Our history tells us why patriots must stand against this.

Being anti-Hindu is secularism, support to terrorists is human rights, insulting national culture is freedom of expression. Only, love for the Mother is debatable!

It’s the 70th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s ­assassination. And it’s time we fulfilled our part of a long-neglected compact.

Patriotism is the vitality of a nation and Indians abundantly love their country. Arguments that it can lead to friction are absurd. We can’t live in just the present.

Many foreign heads of state have graced the august occasion of Republic Day. Here is a gallery.

Is Gandhi a memory? Or a myth? Things have perceptibly changed at the Gandhi museum on Tees January Marg "Now foreigners res­pect Gandhi more," say the guards.

How Muzaffarnagar is trying to heal the wounds of the 2013 riots and move on

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Is Gandhi a memory? Or a myth? Things have perceptibly changed at the Gandhi museum on Tees January Marg "Now foreigners res­pect Gandhi more," say the guards.

Why is this small Tamil Nadu village investing in cryptocurrency? How did an eating competition turn tragic? Read all the juicy news from the neighbourhood...

Angry fires raged across Tamil Nadu when the SC banned Jallikattu. This account tries to find out the reasons for this spontaneous outpouring of raw emotion.

An excellent history of the Supreme Court celebrates its prestige, analyses its judgements and deplores the ease with which its decisions can be bypassed

Hermetically sealed disciplinary rigour is passe, says this book. Liberal arts-­science college education has to embrace other fields, while tending to its roots.

This self-exculpatory account justifies acts by looking at past practices but fails to show how they pass standards of transparency and fairness