Jaitley’s DDCA affairs
The controversy over the CBI searching the office of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal perfectly illustrates why politicians must not get…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Arts Matter
The power of dance, music, theater, and visual arts can impact our kids tremendously. As a teacher I saw this firsthand…
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Nirbhaya Case – Should the Juvenile Convict be freed?
An incident that shook the conscience of India. It was a blot on humanity, it was a test of the…
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Donald Trump Vs. Adolf Hitler
After Trump's call to ban Muslims from America drew comparisons with the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, some have started refereeing to…
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Reviving Indo-Pak talks
The lessons learnt from the Indo-Pak joint statement at Ufa finally produced a breakthrough in Islamabad. The clincher was the…
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German Leader Angela Merkel is Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
NEW YORK (TIP): Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2015. She…
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Stirring the communal pot | Crushing a minority’s way of life will only lead to more alienation
Since November 13, when seven coordinated attacks in Paris causing 130 deaths, reminiscent of the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai in…
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Long Island: Political Winners & Losers
Winners Madeline Singas: Nassau's acting-District Attorney earned a four-year term promoting her credentials as a non-political career prosecutor committed to…
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World’s richest 10 percent responsible for half of CO2, report says
WASHINGTON (TIP): The world's richest 10 percent of people are responsible for producing about half of all carbon emissions, and…
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Intolerance Fuels Radicalisation
India is awash with Islamophobia and there could not be a more dangerous time for this pernicious slant in our…
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America’s exploding gun violence issue
The recent attack on the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, CO, that claimed three lives and wounded nine, highlights yet…
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Obamian advice for Modi: No escape from the Cabinet system
Towards the end of September 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the Indian media narrative, was out there conquering the…
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The Horror in San Bernardino
America's gun violence shifted Wednesday to San Bernardino, Calif., where at least 14 people were killed and at least 17…
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Intolerance in India Echoes Home and Abroad
As a young boy I attended Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Shakhas. I loved to go there to play and wield lathi. It…
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Why it’s silly to link FDI and Intolerance
“Those making a connection between an intolerant India and FDI are widely off the mark. Democracies by definition are tolerant…
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Outlandish Trump & His Politics of Fear
Trump has garnered huge support among the Republican voters by playing the fear trump card. Since the Paris attacks, while…
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The Essence of Thanksgiving
Expression of gratitude is the ultimate balancing act in everyone's life. We know whom we receive the good from and offer…
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2016 WORLD HOROSCOPE
Ganesha says my devotee Bejan Daruwalla is cut to the bone. He is truly devastated. He is shattered. The blowing to…
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Paris 13/11: What Next?
The diligently coordinated and utterly condemnable November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris killing 129 and wounding 352 innocent human beings…
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Fighting the Islamic State: Role of the P-5 Nations and India
In the course of one week in November 2015, militants from Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate – also called…
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Guru Nanak – The First Master of the Sikhs
"There is but One God. His name is Truth. He is the Creator. He fears none. He is without hate.…
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Blindfolded Muslim man with sign “Do you trust me?” hugs hundreds in Paris
A Muslim man stood holding two signs near a mourning site at Place de la Republique in Paris, days after…
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NEW YORKERS PAY FLORAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE KILLED IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PARIS ON NOVEMBER 13
The terror attack on Paris on November 13 which killed 136 and injured hundreds, has left Parisians mourning for the…
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Sheena Bora Murder Case: CBI arrests Peter Mukerjea
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Sheena Bora murder case took a sensational turn with the arrest of media tycoon Peter Mukerjea.…
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How serious a threat is ISIS to India?
ISIS/ISIL/IS is a fundamentalist group, made of delusional individuals, who claim to be religious, and who want to create a nation state of…
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The 'notion' of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) has taken a beating after the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.…
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My Shikva (Complaint)
Something is wrong with our religions--Or its interpretation--Or our understanding--something is really screwed up somewhere. Islam is a big part of…
Read MoreSpreading fear of ISIS
Post Paris, when the Union Home Ministry said that an "IS-backed attack is possible in India" and went on to…
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Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for fifth time
PATNA (TIP): JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar took oath on November 20 as Bihar's 35th chief minister. Kumar took oath for…
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The enduring legacy of Nehru: a tribute to the architect of modern India
A moment comes, but comes rarely in history, when we step out from the old to new, when an age ends,…
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