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Journalism of Courage

Tarun Vijay

The writer is a Rajya Sabha MP and member, National Executive, BJP.

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Best of Both Sides: 90-hour work week isn’t always bad: Holidays and vacations are colonial hangoverSubscriber Only

January 17,2025 06:57:04 AM

Employers must not blindly give in to suggestions to reduce work hours. As a poor country, India’s needs are different from the West

Fri, Jan 17, 2025

Economist and Sanskrit scholar Bibek Debroy passed away on November 1.

How Bibek Debroy helped revive a forgotten aspect of the Qutub Minar complexSubscriber Only

November 05,2024 18:09:23 PM

The Qutub complex had Hindu Vedik and Jain iconography — sculptures and beautiful murals of Ganga, Yamuna, Navagrahas, Krishna’s birth, Mahavira, Tirthankars, a calf with its mother — that remained unseen. His intervention helped place that history in context

Wed, Nov 06, 2024

Tarun Vijay on India's national monuments

Tarun Vijay writes: Our designation of national monuments must be freed from the ‘slave’ mindsetSubscriber Only

March 18,2023 07:15:41 AM

We need an Archaeological Foundation to preserve the civilisational and revolutionary monuments of India, and not become chowkidars to the graveyards of invaders

Sat, Mar 18, 2023

Dalits are everyday victims of lynchings, rapes and violence.

A Nation’s SinSubscriber Only

September 04,2018 00:05:05 AM

Dalits must be addressed with genuine sensitivity, not hypocritical benevolence

Tue, Sep 04, 2018

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Nehru’s adversarySubscriber Only

July 03,2018 00:06:05 AM

A JNU meet on Syama Prasad Mookerjee has powerful symbolic significance

Tue, Jul 03, 2018

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Standing with the chiefSubscriber Only

January 16,2018 00:00:34 AM

General Rawat’s concerned statement on education in Kashmir must be heard

Tue, Jan 16, 2018

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The honour of PadmavatiSubscriber Only

November 22,2017 00:59:41 AM

Box office considerations cannot be allowed to besmirch memories of a hero

Wed, Nov 22, 2017

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A New Social AnthemSubscriber Only

July 26,2017 00:15:06 AM

The irony in Kovind’s elevation to Rashtrapati Bhawan is that at a time when a Dalit from a very marginalised family of Uttar Pradesh has become the Republic’s 14th President, being a Dalit is still a matter of struggle and invites daily abuse in many parts of our nation.

Wed, Jul 26, 2017

Chowkidars Of The RajSubscriber Only

June 29,2017 01:08:52 AM

The incident at Delhi Golf Club illustrates unreformed colonial attitudes. One can see the stone-etched names of such contractors while moving towards the Viceregal Palace, now renamed, as the Rashtrapati Bhawan. They and their children inherited the membership of elite clubs like Delhi Golf Club.

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

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Kanhaiya And SujithSubscriber Only

February 20,2016 00:19:19 AM

Media challenges investigation in one case while completely ignoring the other

Sat, Feb 20, 2016

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Why the death in Dadri affects the national project under PM Narendra ModiSubscriber Only

October 02,2015 00:05:22 AM

Lynching a person merely on suspicion is absolutely wrong, the antithesis of all that India stands for and all that Hinduism preaches.

Fri, Oct 02, 2015

Pranabdas Bengal divisionSubscriber Only

August 29,2009 09:38:23 AM

Syama Prasad Mookerjee fought Muslim separatism to the end,but was helpless after the Congress surrendered,writes Tarun Vijay.

Sat, Aug 29, 2009

Two houses, alike in dignitySubscriber Only

April 20,2005 00:00:00 AM

Shekhar Gupta touched the right chord when he advocated a ‘bus’ between UPA and NDA, (‘We need a UPA-NDA bus?’ IE April ...

Wed, Apr 20, 2005

The right of the LeftSubscriber Only

October 22,2004 00:00:00 AM

There's no point arguing with Comrade Harkishen Singh Surjeet. What he wrote in People’s Democracy was perfectly in order, really, cons...

Fri, Oct 22, 2004

Imprisoned by Left intellectual terrorismSubscriber Only

September 17,2004 00:00:00 AM

It hurts. When you write a positive article on a decent person and get into a diary item or a sarcastic news item, just because of the so-ca...

Fri, Sep 17, 2004

The doctor is ‘In’Subscriber Only

September 02,2004 00:00:00 AM

It's hard to believe what NDA says about Manmohan Singh’s impolite behaviour. So strong is his public image of humility, he looks like ...

Thu, Sep 02, 2004

I fear for the CongressSubscriber Only

March 10,2004 00:00:00 AM

It's pathetic to see the dwindling fortunes of the Congress. I have reasons to sympathise with this organisation and wish it well because it...

Wed, Mar 10, 2004