Fifth Column: Servile sycophancy & enforced obeisance rarely help political leaders enhance their stature, writes Tavleen Singh
Modi’s devotees like to blame Covid’s calamitous second wave for all that has gone wrong, but the decline in India’s image began well before then.
Fifth Column: Indian Islam is special, writes Tavleen Singh
It is not easy to be a Muslim in the 'new' India. In Modi's first term, cattle farmers and meat traders were targeted and killed on suspicion of eating beef and illegally trafficking cows.
Fifth Column: We cannot and should not do business with the Taliban, writes Tavleen Singh
At the surreal press conference that Taliban spokesmen addressed in Kabul last week, we were told that women would not be treated with brutality this time.
Rape, caste and politics: Foolish attempts to change the narrative can never work, writes Tavleen Singh
Last week it was only when Dalit activists took to the streets in protest that arrests were made in the case of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and murdered by a priest and his three cohorts.
Fifth Column: Raiding newspapers never works, writes Tavleen Singh
The Prime Minister has personally taken leadership of his government's campaign to prove that everything said about its mismanagement of Covid and its strong-arm tactics to silence the media is a lie.
Mansukh Mandaviya — Narendra Modi’s most important minister, writes Tavleen Singh
This is the reason why Modi’s new Health Minister is the most important man in his Cabinet. I had never heard of Mansukh Mandaviya and so did some research and discovered that he comes from Gujarat and used to be a BJP stud
Fifth Column: We need an opposition party, writes Tavleen Singh
Last week came the first signs that the Dynasty has understood this. Rahul Gandhi popped up to declare that a third Covid wave was ‘definitely coming’, and said the Congress party had produced a ‘white paper’ that con
No political shenanigan will help BJP win UP elections if a third Covid wave rages in state, writes Tavleen Singh
Why nobody in this task force has been sacked yet is a question that this column has asked before and will continue to ask till heads roll.
Denial becomes pointless when dead bodies start to wash up on the banks of the Ganga, writes Tavleen Singh
Denial is the main reason why the Prime Minister has not yet set up a new crisis management group.
We need the truth. What we are getting are lies, writes Tavleen Singh
If Narendra Modi wants to redeem more than his image, he must sack the men who have brought us here.
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh: India cannot breathe
Putting our best scientists on the job should be a priority. For the moment India feels like a ship that is totally adrift.
Coronavirus Pandemic: Is there a vaccination strategy?
If the men who make up the Government of India’s vaccination task force have the smallest sense of honour, they should accept blame and resign.
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh: Is peace with Pakistan possible?
For a brief moment last week, it seemed as if hostilities between us and the Islamist Republic next door were beginning to wane. Pakistan showed interest in importing Indian sugar and cotton and this would have meant the revi
Politicians are not gods; Modi must rid himself of those who compare him to gods
They did this at a time when nearly half of India was ruled by princes who liked their subjects to believe that they should be treated as rulers with divine rights.
Fifth Column: Why countries succeed
The world has changed. But it seems that it is not just Modi but all our politicians and political parties that have remained stuck in that old time warp.
If PM Modi proceeds with economic changes he once promised, this column will lend full support: Tavleen Singh
It is now time for him to realise that only when he delivers on the ground what he has put in words will we see a revival of that optimism that we saw in 1991.
Fifth Column: An insane conspiracy theory
The charges and the conspiracy are both absurd and hilarious, but they are being taken seriously in the most exalted corridors of the Government of India.
Fifth Column: Listen to the people, writes Tavleen Singh
The unofficial parade may be stopped from entering Delhi, but the farmers have made their point.
The new Indian – It is useless getting into any sort of discussion with them
In the 'new India' that the Prime Minister boasts of having created, this tweet was seen as anti-national and it caused the BJP troll army to order me to 'leave India'.
Confronting reality: With tractors at Delhi borders, Narendra Modi is beginning to look weak
The farmers have shown him that this kind of contempt for the people is not something that even the most powerful political leaders can get away with. Modi has been forced finally to step out of his echo chamber into the real
Surrealism as reality
The reality also is that millions of very poor people in rural India are being driven back under the poverty line because of the economic damage the pandemic has caused.
Fifth Column: We must never forget this grim anniversary
After 26/11 the lesson we have learned is that it is no longer about Kashmir. It is about harming India in every way possible.
Fifth column: May Diwali bring hope this vile year
When the Prime Minister described their son Tejashwi Yadav as the Yuvraj of Jungle Raj, it brought back for me memories of those years.
Fifth column: A reality check in Kashmir
Instead of demanding the restoration of Article 370 they should demand that statehood be restored immediately.
Fifth column: Bollywood stands for real secular values that need to be cherished, writes Tavleen Singh
If I write today in defence of Bollywood, it is not just because I think it stands for those real secular values that need to be cherished more today than ever before.
Fifth column by Tavleen Singh: Hathras is a mirror
The British set up a system that was founded on the colonial idea that the duty of administrators and law enforcement officials was to protect the government.
Fifth column: No country for Muslims
The plot was hatched in Jamia Millia, says the chargesheet, and Shaheen Bagh was not a protest by Muslim women fearful of losing their citizenship, just part of this jihadist plot.
Advertisement
US Stock Market
View All- Freshworks becomes first Indian SaaS startup to list on Nasdaq
- Catherine Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF: What makes it a unique investment opportunity in the US stock market?
- Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, others lose over $26 billion wealth due to Evergrande crisis
- Dow futures tank 500 pts ahead of Fed meet as US stock indices, FAANGM turn negative month-to-date
- Investment opportunities at all-time high stock market levels and how to navigate volatility
Most Read
- Quality stamp for electronics must; Dept of Telecommunications lists items for test
- Outlook for gas: Plant load factor to double by FY25; fertiliser and power sectors to benefit from move
- Across the Aisle: Mischievous and fake crusades, writes P Chidambaram
- Common foe: Arun Jaitley had once warned Amarinder Singh that Sidhu would undermine him, writes Coomi Kapoor
- Primary agriculture cooperative societies to get larger role in running farm schemes: Amit Shah
- Reliance Infra board approves raising Rs 737 crore as foreign currency convertible bond
- Shareholders of MP Birla group firms vote against induction of nominees
- Rupee Coop Bank depositors oppose DICGIC decision to pay Rs 5 lakh to account holders of stressed coop banks
- Pipe dream: Why safe tap water remains a privilege in India
- Fantasy Akhada: Kabaddi in demand as fantasy sport
Advertisement
Top News
- Quality stamp for electronics must; Dept of Telecommunications lists items for test
- Outlook for gas: Plant load factor to double by FY25; fertiliser and power sectors to benefit from move
- Across the Aisle: Mischievous and fake crusades, writes P Chidambaram
- Common foe: Arun Jaitley had once warned Amarinder Singh that Sidhu would undermine him, writes Coomi Kapoor
- Primary agriculture cooperative societies to get larger role in running farm schemes: Amit Shah
- Reliance Infra board approves raising Rs 737 crore as foreign currency convertible bond
- Shareholders of MP Birla group firms vote against induction of nominees
- Rupee Coop Bank depositors oppose DICGIC decision to pay Rs 5 lakh to account holders of stressed coop banks
- Pipe dream: Why safe tap water remains a privilege in India
- Fantasy Akhada: Kabaddi in demand as fantasy sport
Advertisement
