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Rahul Shivshankar is Consulting Editor at Network18. He tweets at @RShivshankar

- Opinion
- December 15, 2023, 11:02 AM IST
Opinion | Mathura Survey: Proof is Hiding in Plain Sight Yet Hindus Must Prove Their Hinduness
Hindus, even in the land of their birth, are subjected to inquisitions. In the present times, these inquests have become formalised hearings. Now, courts sit in judgement of Hindu customs and religious beliefs in the name of progressivism
- Opinion
- December 12, 2023, 5:15 PM IST
OPINION | SC Verdict on Article 370 Is the First Big Blow To The Politics of Minority Appeasement
But even after the highest court in the land has spoken, very few will call out Article 370 for what it really was: naked appeasement. Of the kind that turned the Muslim majority Kashmir valley into a constitutional dystopia that mocked secularism
- Opinion
- December 8, 2023, 6:43 PM IST
Mahua Has Been Burned at The Stake. But A Latter Day Joan Of Arc She Is Not
In the end, it is safe to say that Mahua Moitra has been burned at the stake. But desire as she might, she won’t be hailed by history as the Joan of Arc of politics
- Opinion
- December 5, 2023, 2:21 PM IST
OPINION | Voter as Villain: The Unbearable Odium of The Ecosystem’s ‘Cowbelt’ Slander
Voter sledging is a recent trend in Indian politics. It breaks the consensus among Indian political parties who have till recently taken pride in edifying India’s voters
- Opinion
- December 3, 2023, 6:17 PM IST
OPINION | Form is Temporary, Political Pedigree Is Permanent: Here Are 5 Myths Modi Has Dispelled
The saffron party has bagged 3 out of the 4 large states and poured cold water all over what was to be Congress’s coming out party before 2024
- Elections
- December 2, 2023, 1:23 PM IST
Election Results 2023: Semis on December 3 Will Be a Test for the ‘4Ms’ Before 2024 Finals
Assembly elections 2023: This purported semi-final is much more than just about building tactical momentum ahead of the big one in 2024. Instead, it is a proving ground for the 4Ms – a clutch of strategies that parties plan to deploy for the grand finale next year
- Opinion
- November 29, 2023, 9:15 PM IST
OPINION | The Triumph Of Diversity In Unity
Uttarkashi: While Uttarakhand has every right to congratulate itself, one hopes the state internalizes the key learnings from Silkyara so that it becomes conditioned to deliver every day not just in moments of disaster
- Opinion
- November 24, 2023, 6:48 PM IST
Rajouri Terror Rampage: Will The Rights Lobby Hold Up “Not In My Name” Posters To Shame Pakistan-Sponsored Islamists?
The truth is that the Lashkar-E-Toiba and other terrorist groups sponsored by Pakistan are sworn to the establishment of a caliphate across Hindustan
- Opinion
- November 24, 2023, 9:21 AM IST
Blaming Islamophobia for Wilders’s Win in The Netherlands is Lazy. The Answer Lies Elsewhere
Wilders’s victory caps a recent, but what appears to be an inexorable, lurch towards the Far-Right in Europe
- Opinion
- November 20, 2023, 7:56 PM IST
Opinion | Yogi Sarkar Is Right. The Sale of 'Shariah-Compliant' Product Stamps Have No Place in A Secular Democracy
How can any secular state allow an organisation governed by religious laws to override a certification process that derives its sanctity from a secular constitution?
- Opinion
- November 15, 2023, 8:21 PM IST
Opinion | Beyond Sexism, Abdul's Vile Jibe at Aishwarya Captures Pak’s Descent into Islamism. How Long Will Indian Doves Ignore?
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s castigation for merely being a Hindu ought to be a sign that the gap between India and Pakistan is now one too wide to bridge
- Opinion
- November 7, 2023, 2:29 PM IST
Opinion | Madras HC Unmasks I.N.D.I Bloc’s Bias Against Sanatana Dharma
The Madras High Court’s rebuke is unlikely to chasten Stalin Junior, but it is perceptually problematic for the I.N.D.I alliance. Especially in an election season where the BJP is looking to seize any opportunity to fan Hindu insecurities
- Opinion
- November 3, 2023, 7:36 PM IST
OPINION | There Is A Constituency in India for A Pro-Hamas Stance. This Should Worry Us
By lapping up without protest the praise of Hamas by their leaders or by cheering the hate-mongering of the likes of Khaled Meshaal, Indian Muslims have signalled that they are susceptible to the call of a pan-Islamic state
- Opinion
- October 30, 2023, 10:36 AM IST
Opinion | Explained: The Problem With Platforming Ex-Hamas Chief Meshaal at a Rally in Kerala
In a state where the shadow of Islamist radicalisation has loomed large for the past few years, the Jamaat's courting of Hamas makes it guilty of promoting hardline Islamism among impressionable minds
- Opinion
- October 28, 2023, 7:34 PM IST
OPINION | India Could Not Have Voted to Weaponise Palestinian Suffering to Guilt ‘Victim’ Israel
India abstained from voting for the Jordan-backed resolution moved in the UNGA, upholding its belief in the core civilisational value of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’

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Opinion | Mathura Survey: Proof is Hiding in Plain Sight Yet Hindus Must Prove Their Hinduness

OPINION | SC Verdict on Article 370 Is the First Big Blow To The Politics of Minority Appeasement

Mahua Has Been Burned at The Stake. But A Latter Day Joan Of Arc She Is Not

OPINION | Voter as Villain: The Unbearable Odium of The Ecosystem’s ‘Cowbelt’ Slander

OPINION | Form is Temporary, Political Pedigree Is Permanent: Here Are 5 Myths Modi Has Dispelled

Election Results 2023: Semis on December 3 Will Be a Test for the ‘4Ms’ Before 2024 Finals

OPINION | The Triumph Of Diversity In Unity

Rajouri Terror Rampage: Will The Rights Lobby Hold Up “Not In My Name” Posters To Shame Pakistan-Sponsored Islamists?

Blaming Islamophobia for Wilders’s Win in The Netherlands is Lazy. The Answer Lies Elsewhere

Opinion | Yogi Sarkar Is Right. The Sale of 'Shariah-Compliant' Product Stamps Have No Place in A Secular Democracy

Opinion | Beyond Sexism, Abdul's Vile Jibe at Aishwarya Captures Pak’s Descent into Islamism. How Long Will Indian Doves Ignore?

Opinion | Madras HC Unmasks I.N.D.I Bloc’s Bias Against Sanatana Dharma

OPINION | There Is A Constituency in India for A Pro-Hamas Stance. This Should Worry Us

Opinion | Explained: The Problem With Platforming Ex-Hamas Chief Meshaal at a Rally in Kerala

OPINION | India Could Not Have Voted to Weaponise Palestinian Suffering to Guilt ‘Victim’ Israel

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