Opinion
Legend of Padmavati is a Patriarchal Construct and Not a Story About Honour
Padmavati's courage, self-possession and spiritedness are in the service of male insecurity, which equates honour with the 'purity' of 'our' women. In that sense, the film typifies the worst kind of revivalism.
OPINION | Watch Padmaavat, But Don’t Expect To See the ‘Real’ Alauddin Khilji in It
It should also be noted that Khilji -- instead of routinely going off on the world’s most awkward pre-Tinder dates, as suggested by the film – spent a lot of his reign in Delhi, formulating administrative, taxation and revenue reforms, which were so effec...
OPINION | In Absence of Social Enabling, Nitish Kumar's Techno-Managerial Strategy Has Its Limits
Nitish Kumar had tried to resurrect Gandhiji in recent period, first through a clarion call for ‘prohibition’ of liquor, and later for dowry and child marriage through two successive human chains.
Opinion | Pakistan a Nation That Draws Blood From an Ally, China Must Learn From US
While the United States used Pakistan as a strategic base for training and launching unrest in Afghanistan to hurt Soviet interests, Pakistan used the aid from the ‘big brother’ to fructify its policy of “bleed India with a thousand cuts”.
OPINION | In Noida, Vikas is 'Jugaad' and Comes With a Shelf Life of 24 Hours
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath both are descending into Noida to inaugurate the Noida-Greater Noida metro link.