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No Hindi-must in New Education Policy: But try telling it to DMK

Ashish Shukla - June 3, 2019

Nobody is imposing Hindi anywhere. Two Union Ministers, both of Tamil origin—Nirmala Sitharaman and Subrhmanyam Jaishankar—have clarified so in their mother tongue. No less...

Oath-ceremony: It seems Modi’s NARA has fallen on deaf ears

Ashish Shukla - May 30, 2019

It’s very disturbing that a number of chief ministers are skipping the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi’s second tenure at Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening...

But then Sanyal, how do we keep 21st Century issues firmly in our gaze?

Ashish Shukla - May 19, 2019

Sanjeev Sanyal posted a twitter thread on Saturday where he implored discussions on the 21st Century issues rather than being mired in historical characters...

Deepawali defiance has a grave message

Ashish Shukla - November 12, 2018

We all know Supreme Court was mocked disdainfully by the citizens on Deepawali as firecrackers dinned in our ears till wee hours next day....

Bhagwat signals a tectonic shift for RSS

Ashish Shukla - September 20, 2018

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wants a samwad and it would leave its opponents nowhere to run. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s clear position on Muslims, reservations, lynching, Indian...

Be bored but don’t ignore such leeches in your newspapers

Ashish Shukla - July 17, 2018

I might bore you, I am bored myself, but persist we must for the creeps are not giving up. There is no credible criticism...

Irony died a million deaths in Tharoor’s column

Ashish Shukla - June 2, 2018

Shashi Tharoor’s edit piece in Indian Express on Saturday reminded me of my probation days in journalism with the Times of India in the 80s. My...

Guha & Mander work overtime to keep Muslims away from Hindus

Ashish Shukla - April 10, 2018

Ramachandra Guha and Harsh Mander began—and hopefully ended—“the minority space” series in Indian Express on Tuesday. On the Day of Judgment—for they would prefer such an option...