The Shiv Sena has had a history of practising the politics of thokshahi, of physical violence against its critics. This normalisation of a lumpen and violent political culture has now seen a corporator brazenly assaulting doctors and nurses.
Donald Trump has a deserved reputation of being a big bully, a man-child who believes he can get away with bad behaviour or set his own rules, which is why it came as no surprise that he pushed FIFA to rescind the red card given to a US player during the ongoing World Cup football.
An eleven-year-old schoolboy died after a tree fell onto his schoolbus while he was on his way to a cricket match.
As the Modi government completes 12 years in office, India Today's Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai shares his take on the five biggest achievements and failures of the NDA government.
Let's be honest, the hikes are inevitable given the surge in global crude prices. But two nagging questions remain. Are fuel prices being dictated by market conditions or by election calendars? And secondly, why was the benefit of low global crude prices never passed on to us, the middle class consumers of this country?
No nation can become fully viksit when its students are trapped in a cycle of paper leaks, exam scams and cancellations year after year. NEET cancelled again is not just a system failure. It is the theft of millions of young dreams of Indians.
India's women hankering for more representation deserve better, much better. We need to end the patriarchal system that still dominates large sections of our political class. No one has really won or lost in that sense today.
The women's reservation bill in its latest form has reignited the debate over intent versus implementation and once again reopened political fault lines.
The war in West Asia is becoming more reckless and dangerous by the day. The Trump-Netanyahu duo have abandoned diplomacy, destabilised an already volatile region, risked a broader conflagration, causing global economic disruption.
There is a saffron surge across Maharashtra. The BJP has emerged as the party number one in India's second most populous state.
Indore has been consistently ranked India's cleanest city for eight consecutive years, which makes the criminal negligence that led to water contamination deaths in the city even more telling and worrying.
The Prime Minister did well to send out a positive message by attending a church service, but I'm afraid that such meetings end up being lip service if not followed by concrete action on the ground.
Let's be honest, cut the crap, India's criminal justice system is broken. It takes years and years to get justice in our courts.
What happened in the Supreme Court today is deeply, deeply regrettable that a lawyer should throw a shoe at the chief justice of the country inside an open court only because he was angered with the judge's observations on a case involving a lord Vishnu idol.
Let's not reduce cricketers to pawns in a larger battle, only to cater to domestic constituencies looking to settle scores. Sports is expected, my friends, to bring out the best in us, not the worst. Else we are hurtling down a very dark and slippery slope, where players will be expected to play the role of soldiers in uniform.
The Bengaluru stampede has once again exposed how crowd frenzy can rapidly descend into a human tragedy in this country. What makes this particular tragedy even worse is how and why did the celebrations continue even as reports of death were streaming in.
The arrest of Ali Khan Mahmudabad shows up all that is wrong with the state and civil society. For the Haryana State Commission of Women to rush in to file a complaint on completely specious grounds was an affront to the concept of free speech.
One thing is very clear, Prime Minister Modi has chosen continuity over change. A majority of the ministers are familiar faces in familiar portfolios.
As millions of cricket fans eagerly wait for the much-awaited World Cup contest between India and Pakistan tomorrow, here are Rajdeep Sardesai's top 5 India-Pakistan cricket moments.
Watch Rajdeep Sardesai's take on raids on journalists linked with NewsClick portal in connection with a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
