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Shimla scrapped
The Modi government rejects the very idea of talks.
A.G. Noorani
Destroying Kashmir
Repressive measures cannot stifle the voices of protest.
Speaker’s role
Why does it matter that the office be impartial?
NSA-FO clash
Disgust with diplomats contributed to the NSA’s rise.
Dismantling Saarc
India stalled the framing of the Saarc convention.
Kashmir’s press
Newspapers that report the Indian army’s excesses are intimidated.
China on maps
President Xi’s decision will make compromise difficult, if not impossible.
Modi & states
‘One nation, one election’ is an assault on India’s federalism.
Future of Congress
Adversity tests individuals as well as institutions.
Ayodhya dispute
Mediation is bound to fail when one side has refused it since 1989.
Unrealistic hopes
Given Modi’s policy, what would talks even achieve?
India’s wild elephant
The Congress says the EC’s silence is akin to “tacit endorsement”.
Jallianwala & Jinnah
The 1919 massacre marked a turning point in the campaign for independence.
Modi & lynchings
Perpetrators of the crime were lionised; their victims ignored.
Custodial deaths
The police’s bald statement on Rizwan’s death raises serious questions.
The state’s libels
Elections bring out the worst in India’s swadeshi McCarthy and his cohorts.
Kashmir matters
No conflict rooted in the people’s sentiments can be crushed by force.
Dissent in crisis
It is precisely during a crisis that the truth should be told.
Government ads
Punishing dissenting newspapers by withholding ads is an abuse of power.
State papers
No government has a right to air old official records for partisan ends.