Data disclosure reinforces suspicion that State coercion fuelled donations from businesses in what is arguably the biggest scam in the history of independent India
18 March,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafThe roots of the farmer movement lie in the Sikh cultural tradition, where acting politically and justly, even in the face of certain death, is an aspect of religious practice
11 March,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafThe answer: No. But the deep suspicion about electronic voting can be quelled by only allowing voters to personally drop VVPAT slips into a box and counting 100 per cent of them in each constituency
04 March,2024 04:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafPublic sector is shrinking rapidly, and the upper-caste leadership of companies that aren’t State-controlled is disinclined to voluntarily undertake affirmative action. I.N.D.I.A must take up this issue
26 February,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafSubtle and profound, author Vivek Shanbhag’s book explores, through fiction, the meaning that the idea of revolution holds for those whose faith in India’s democracy has been eroded
19 February,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafBy seeking to heap humiliation on a community for political ends and ruthlessly clamping down on regional powers, the BJP seems to be modelling itself on the absolute monarchs it professes to loathe
12 February,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafLike the root vegetable, Bihar’s CM—who hasn’t been able to expand his base to come to power on his own—mixes well with any dish but is far from the main course. His palatability is only diminishing
05 February,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafThe BJP is seeking to usher in yet another moment of Hindutva triumphalism by arguing in the Supreme Court against the varsity’s minority status, in the hope of altering its religious composition
29 January,2024 04:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafFeisty octogenarian fighter of unpopular causes explains how the rising tide of violence is a consequence of callousness on the part of a populace that is increasingly conflating the State with the nation
15 January,2024 03:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafAmid celebrations of a grave injustice, many will be reminded of nights spent in terror and haunted by the knowledge that Ayodhya won’t be the last instance of righting the imagined wrongs of history
08 January,2024 01:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz AshrafADVERTISEMENT