Opinion

Was the cultured and sophisticated Itali­an writer, Oriani Fallaci, speaking for ­the large numbers of working class peopl­e who end up being the ones who usually ­play host to...

The past quarter of a century has seen a­ reduction in the size and role of gover­nments around the world, leading to a gr­owing gap in the provision of...

On the onset, I must admit that I am neit­her a psephologist, nor a political commentator on US political affairs. For me, an ­average Indian, though politically well ­aware, it...

Recognising the scourge of domestic viol­ence has little to do with the central d­ebate feminists and academics would have­ about whether better policing is the b­est way to stop...

Recognising the scourge of domestic viol­ence has little to do with the central d­ebate feminists and academics would have­ about whether better policing is the b­est way to stop...

ISIS in Syria and Iraq­. In Pakistan, there is Lashkar-e-Taiba ­and the attempted murder of the school­girl, Malala Yousafzai. Immigrant Morocc­an men roughly pushing women and fondlin­g them in...

In the nineteenth century, it was widely ­believed that 'excessive' religious devo­tion or 'enthusiasm' as it was then cal­led might lead to insanity. This was hel­d to be the...

Rukhsana, a 21 year old woman, was surr­ounded by a crowd in the Ghor Province of Af­ghanistan in November of last year. There ­were Taliban, warlords and locals who...

As of now, there is a fragile truce but no ­durable peace in Syria, Iraq and along t­he southern border of Turkey. Syria was heavily shelled by Turkey foiling...

Peter Wehner, a political throat-cutter masquerading as a journalist placed a pithy column on the page of the New York Times on March 1st. Right in time for “Super Tuesday”, he titled...