In what way does the alliance with the ISF in West Bengal threaten the secular future of India, so long as that party remains aligned with the Congress and the Left, and so long as its allegiance to the constitution remains its political bedrock?

What better abode to rest in finally Than the memories of friends?

We can see how, in many parts of the world, conversation itself has come to be regarded as conspiracy

The prime minister’s tearful avowal of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nobility inspires further debate on his outlook towards Muslims, protesters and ‘foreign destructive ideology’

Let death come when it will While I am still busy serving life

We are the shining city Atop the Himalayas; The farmer who now is misled Will surely vote for us

The heart seeks a resting place In the hollow of a tree, Atop a boulder in a singing stream Where only the sun can see

The farmers are back, Like the soil that takes all beatings

The farmers’ movement, of the people, by the people, and for the people, may also have a few lessons in political wisdom for floundering opposition parties

When women fly planes and go up in space shuttles our hearts swell with pride, but when they lead protests and question, we deny them agency and express solicitude