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Should BCCI cancel IPL 2021, it's time to rethink!
The first game of the 14th edition of IPL is less than a week away – on April 9 (Friday) – with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore but the global pandemic is hitting back with a vengeance.

When PM Modi’s announcement of lockdown sent shivers down the spine - A look back
The frequent announcement of night curfews and lockdowns in some states, the closure of schools and colleges, shopping malls, cinema halls and public spots one by one further indicates that a third wave of the coronavirus has begun into the country. Though several vaccines, including the two developed at home, have given a new hope that this major health emergency will end soon, a holistic approach towards tackling the COVID-19 crisis is needed.

Getting off the hamster wheel: Lockdown an opportunity to break out of mundane life
I remember talking to a friend on an abnormal Monday, nowhere to go, nothing to do, just two friends treating the first day of the week as it was the last. “All the things we took for granted,” he said. These words kept ringing in my ears as a reminder of life.

Question marks over the Tis Hazari violence between lawyers and Delhi Police
Some things in the narrative do not add up. Are there other forces at play in the drama between lawyers and Delhi Police?

Article 370 nullification was India finding its Arjuna spirit over Jammu and Kashmir
India has been in a state of dejection and self-denial over Kashmir since Independence.

Ghoda and ghas: Why Akhilesh-Mayawati may not be able to save the SP-BSP alliance
The old logic of caste equations may not hold, and Mayawati may be trying to test that theory.

The mystery of Mallika Sherawat at Cannes, and is it a 'gown festival'?
No Indian films at Cannes this year, but our stars were there for sure.

We must not ignore the Hindu connection in the 2019 Lok Sabha election
India is not just rising in power, but also in terms of self-confidence in its Dharmic civilisation.

2019 election mandate has decided the nation's course for next 50 years
This Opposition does not appear talented enough to evolve. India needs a sparkling, bright, brand new Opposition.

Not just a Modi wave, it was a leadership wave that dominated Lok Sabha elections 2019 results
All the leaders who won shared one characteristic in common with Modi.

Should Bollywood actors just keep quiet when it comes to politics?
Most of our film personalities are atrociously ignorant on political matters.

It was false controversy over INS Virat. Here are real questions we should be asking
There should be controversy over the capabilities of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard instead.

Narendra Modi faces new threat: Not opponents, but the alt-Hindu extremists
All this praise for Godse represents a force within his own ranks that threatens everything he wants to do.

More actors are now in politics, but can they succeed?
In the North, actors have largely failed to deliver as politicians. In the South, the era of iconic actor-politicians is over.

Links between MeToo and Rafale may be why Chief Justice of India was targeted
Similar methods have been used against our Ministers of State for External Affairs before.

Paisa, paisa, paisa: Whoever wins the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the economy will be their biggest challenge
The Indian economy is in a strange shape. Irrespective of the policy priorities of the next government, the economy will be the source of the biggest challenges.

Irrfan Khan's right to privacy must be respected
Sometimes mediapersons do not respect the basic boundaries of the privacy of actors.

Story of human rights in India: Officers protecting their buddies
Changes are the need of the hour when it comes to the protection of human rights in India.