The time has come when the theatrics of artful dissembling comes to be seen for what it is – theatrics unconnected to reality

Up against a regime that seeks votes but disregards the voter, farmers have come prepared for the long haul to protect their interests.

Is there a country or a clime Not servile to some Pharoah? Some corner of the earth Where love is still in the marrow?

Although launched from a dominantly Muslim base, the Owaisi-led AIMIM sees itself as a new political force that seeks to speak not just for Muslims but a conglomerate of India’s marginalised sections.

If a level playing field is not allowed and candidates of the Gupkar Alliance are suppressed, the exercise will have scant value

Nothing would raise the stock of the BJP as much as to vanquish the Alliance in a freely conducted, constitutionally sanctioned democratic exercise

Equality before the law Is a fine idea, But propagated unequally By an unequal media

Would Prophet Mohammed have approved of the beheading of a journalist for the preservation of his honor?

There will be better times we know, But what a human price we pay For the sway of the hate-mongers, And the cruelties of the day

The District Development Council elections results will carry a telling political message to all those who have either vociferously supported the Centre’s life-changing moves in Jammu and Kashmir or argued against their people-disregarding high-handedness