If Azamgarh – a town with 88% of Hindus and 12% of Muslims – is considered a place of terror just because 3 or 4 youngsters have been arrested on charges of terrorism, despite the fact that it has produced many eminent personalities like Kaifi Azami, Rahul Sankrityayana, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, then how should one brand Gujarat where hundreds of people were killed and many hundreds injured in 2002?

The fact is that terrorists belong to no place and no religion. They...

Elite urbanites in India blindly follow status-culture of British legacy by paying ‘tips (Bakhshish)’ everywhere which is nothing but a bribed gift for a purpose for being treated well. Interestingly heavy amount of ‘tips’ is received by highly paid employees in five-starred hotels and restaurants. Even credit-card slips have special space to write ‘tip’ amount. The Union Government should seriously consider retiring-eve advice from former President APJ A...

The article “Sending A Wrong Message” (The Times of India, September 30) by Mr. Arif  Mohammed Khan, a former union minister, is a bundle of distortions and it can only be described as an appeasement to the Sangh parivar for political and other reasons. This is the election time! He has levelled wrong and unbelievable charges against the pious Deobandi Ulema perhaps because they opposed his stand during the Shah Bano case controversy strongly with the result that h...