Amar Singh was undergoing treatment for kidney-related illness at a hospital in Singapore.
Has Akhilesh lost an opportunity to break away from the party’s old guard and power brokers? The jury is still out as the drama heads to a denouement
Whether it is the governors or the CBI, or the ED or the IT department or the CVC, all their heads are carefully chosen to suit the Congress party's interests. Now take the CFSL (CBI) Delhi...
'It seems clear that Mr. Amar Singh must be involved in this fabrication... It is a serious attempt to bring not only the informant but also the judiciary under cloud and needs to be taken serious cognizance of'
Mrs Jaya Bachchan was the real target ... Don't bring morality into this ... It is immoral ... I am deeply ashamed and filled with remorse that I too am party to this immorality ... Use the same standards for Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.