Columnists
Bhopinder Singh | As institutions get trivialised, ‘selfie points’ touch new low
The image of the military as an apolitical entity has been getting compromised and drawn into vicious and divisive polarisation.
Abhijit Bhattacharyya | As 2 wars rage in world, is India facing a food crisis?
The fatal hostilities by the belligerents since 2022 has already had adverse effects on the food sector even outside the conflict zones.
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of governors: How Centre tackles states
Kerala Guv Arif Khan should have known better than to use the office of governor as an obstacle in functioning of the CPI(M)-led-LDF govt
Aakar Patel | When will India conduct its next census? And then the delimitation?
For the first time since 1880, no census was conducted as should have been the case in 2021.
Sanjaya Baru | Correct the ‘imbalance’ of the two Telanganas
Telangana requires more urban centres rather than the continued growth and over-expansion of Hyderabad.
Shreya Sen-Handley | Confessions of an armchair cricketer
Cricket also played a part in my decision to settle in Britain.
Pavan Varma | Inner-party democracy is vital, along with elections
Unquestionable authoritarianism at the helm may give the illusion of strong leadership, but it is definitively undesirable.
Anita Katyal | Is BJP grooming Shami for polls? Maurya sent to clip Yogi wings?
The buzz is that Shami could be promoted by the BJP to take on Danish Ali of the Bahujan Samaj Party
K.C. Singh | India in a bind at Brics & G-20 over Gaza waffling
Surprisingly, no peaceful demonstration has taken place near the Israeli or US missions in India.
Farrukh Dhondy | Focus on Boris, Rishi as Britain examines how it handled Covid
The inquiry is entrusted with finding out precisely how the virus spread and what the government of the time did or did not do.