Columns

Imperial Destiny

Swapan Dasgupta

As the country approaches the presidential election in November, it is becoming sufficiently clear that the American personality is deeply fractured, almost to the point of being schizoid.

Blood and Guts in Purvanchal

Kaveree Bamzai

Mirzapur Season 3 | My Lady Jane

Misplaced Elation

Virendra Kapoor

Instead of confusing quality with quantity, the Gandhi scion might profit from the excellent role

In the Name of the Republic

Makarand R Paranjape

The re-centring of the Constitution in public discourse is a mixed blessing

Modi’s Message

Open

He said the upcoming elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand will see BJP increase its vote tally

Congress’ Colonial Gene

Minhaz Merchant

It still seeks to divide India as the British did using caste and religion

The Ambedkar Dividend

Badri Narayan

Congress and its allies benefited from making the Constitution a political symbol

An English Makeover

Rahul Shivshankar

But the British haven’t lost their penchant for pomp

The leanness of the streets in Poznan reminded me of the ‘chiselled’ and lean lines of Wisława Szymborska, the Nobel-winning poet who was born in a remote village 20 kilometres from the city a century ago today