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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Bengal introspect, or let politics go on as usual?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Bengal introspect, or let politics go on...

If it shows nothing else, the uproar over a shockingly brutal rape and murder in Calcutta, sorry, Kolkata,...

29 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Railway Board puts freeze on promotions as engineers rage

Dilip Cherian | Railway Board puts freeze on promotions as engineers...

As if the railways didn’t have enough problems following a spate of deadly accidents and mishaps, the railway...

29 Aug 2024 12:02 AM IST

Kamal Davar | After Bangladesh’s eruption, stabilising of neighbourhood has become crucial

Kamal Davar | After Bangladesh’s eruption, stabilising of...

The last few years have seen serious geopolitical disruptions, both globally and regionally. India’s entire...

28 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | R.G. Kar: Docs’ distrust sign of a wider malaise?

Shikha Mukerjee | R.G. Kar: Docs’ distrust sign of a wider malaise?

There is a strong determination to get answers that dig deep into the bottom of the case of the brutal rape...

28 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peace

Aakar Patel | Stop violence within India before bid for global peace

While we are going to Ukraine and Poland to end violence all around the world, it is instructive to see what...

27 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Without fair defence, right to fair trial is meaningless

Mohan Guruswamy | Without fair defence, right to fair trial is...

Earlier this month, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud decided to hear the matter related to the...

27 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Some historical lessons on old & new imperialist wars

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Some historical lessons on old & new...

Has the “globalisation” of warfare now come full circle? From the Europe-centric world wars of the twentieth...

26 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Anita Anand | Can a ‘bottom-up’ approach help in tackling crimes targeting women?

Anita Anand | Can a ‘bottom-up’ approach help in tackling crimes...

The gruesome rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in...

25 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | The King’s plumbing and other toilet tales

Shreya Sen-Handley | The King’s plumbing and other toilet tales

The bus trip from Nottingham to London had taken many long hours more than I’d expected and I desperately...

25 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Is the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict civilisational?

Manish Tewari | Is the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict civilisational?

The Caucasus region is a weathered vastness in eastern Europe bestriding the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It...

25 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Watch out for grasshoppers, in Bollywood and in politics

Shobhaa De | Watch out for grasshoppers, in Bollywood and in politics

Kangana Ranaut has effortlessly embraced her two main passions -- Bollywood and politics -- unlike her showbiz...

24 Aug 2024 12:11 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | A ‘pie-in-the-sky’ ‘1-state’ solution for Israel, Gaza… Over to Kamala!

Farrukh Dhondy | A ‘pie-in-the-sky’ ‘1-state’ solution for Israel,...

“O Saki raise the chalice to my lips… Is Bachchoo’s constant begging for two sips From the cup he held,...

24 Aug 2024 12:11 AM IST