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On November 28, a group of Bajrang Dal activists stormed into a church in Belur in Hassan district of Karnataka where the Sunday service was on and raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, accusing the Christians of proselytising the people in the area. When the women in the congregation confronted the activists saying they were falsely accusing them of converting people, the mob left.

A recent visit to a restaurant after a long break was greatly satisfying. Friends catching up, much merriment, and a full course, sumptuous meal. The bill that came at the end raised eyebrows but never mind. Along with the bill, the waiter inserted two vouchers for Rs 500 each. What’s this, we asked. These can be used on your next visit here, he said. No expiry date. And also,

In 1935, journalists wrote on typewriters and their stories were set in lead type. Breaking news meant printing an afternoon paper, but many journalists were learning the format of that exciting new platform called radio. 1935 was also the last time a journalist won the Nobel Peace Prize.

On December 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin will fly to Delhi for a long-overdue in-person bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Putin, who was reluctant to travel abroad due to the rising tide of the fourth (or is it the fifth) wave of the coronavirus in Russia and the rest of Europe, is making an exception by visiting New Delhi to not just hand over the

There are few people in our country who have not lost a family member or friend in a road crash at some point of time; and not a day passes without news of a road crash resulting in horrific deaths or permanent injuries. I use the word road crash, not road accident, advisedly. The term ‘accident’ suggests an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent cause. This

There are many ways to see the sudden change of the Prime Minister’s position on the farm laws that have led to farmer protests for more than a year now. By any account, the change from a hardline position that we’ll do anything but repeal these laws to an apology for these laws marks a dramatic turn of events.

Apart from taking stock of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir during his recent visit there, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked the delimitation commission, a body assigned to redraw poll constituencies in J&K, to complete its task by March 2022, thus signalling that election could be held in the spring and summer of 2022. Only seven seats will be added to the

Reports of vigilante groups taking the law into their own hands for various reasons connected with inter-faith matters are on the increase. At the same time, terrorism is a subject of daily reportage. Both these matters affect everybody directly or indirectly, and bear discussion. Vigilantism, and its span

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai must be considered a towering intellect compared to many ministers and chief ministers belonging to his party who are not just lacking in education but make a brazen show of it each time they open their mouths. Bommai, after all, grew up in the intellectual milieu of his father S R Bommai, Ramakrishna Hegde, J H Patel and others of the

Zindagi khwab hain, aur khwab mein jhoot kya aur bhala sach hain kya — Shailendra, Jagte Raho