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Bhopinder Singh | Our Republic of Perpetual Manufactured Outrage

Bhopinder Singh | Our Republic of Perpetual Manufactured Outrage

Social media has turbocharged this process.

22 Aug 2026 7:47 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Hear This! Vinyl Is Back, and Music Is Cool Again!

Ranjona Banerji | Hear This! Vinyl Is Back, and Music Is Cool Again!

But it was mind-blowing, even if it was simple.

22 Aug 2026 7:43 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Politics Changed; ‘Gen G’ Must Step Up, Or Go Home

Shobhaa De | Politics Changed; ‘Gen G’ Must Step Up, Or Go Home

Now that the sound barrier has been boldly breached, not just by Gen Z but Gen Alpha as well… we can safely assume...

22 Aug 2026 12:46 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Nathan Cofnas, Race-realist Who Led Witch-hunt Against Jason Arday

Farrukh Dhondy | Nathan Cofnas, Race-realist Who Led Witch-hunt...

Cofnas is an unabashed racist. He has made no secret of his view that black individuals “can only excel at sport and...

21 Aug 2026 11:05 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Tech Not Enough; For Effective Exam Reform, Strengthen Capacity of NTA

John J. Kennedy | Tech Not Enough; For Effective Exam Reform,...

The public administration has always distinguished between good policy design and the organisational capacity needed to...

21 Aug 2026 1:56 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Time To Dispel The Myths Over Liberalisation Of 1991

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Time To Dispel The Myths Over...

In 1996, five years after Annus Mirabilis, economists Amit Bhaduri and Deepak Nayyar in their book titled The...

21 Aug 2026 1:42 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Tata at Crossroads: Noel or Still Chandrasekaran?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Tata at Crossroads: Noel or Still...

Tata succession race puts family ties, governance and leadership under scrutiny

20 Aug 2026 12:27 AM IST

M.P. Nathanael | Can Police Use of Pellet Guns Be Fully Banned?

M.P. Nathanael | Can Police Use of Pellet Guns Be Fully Banned?

Five injured protesters revive concerns over the risks of pellet guns and non-lethal alternatives

20 Aug 2026 12:26 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Iran War Stymieing New India-Taliban Relations

K.C. Singh | Iran War Stymieing New India-Taliban Relations

India then saw the Taliban as a Pakistani ally, if not proxy. Besides Pakistan, only two countries then recognised the...

19 Aug 2026 12:40 AM IST

Anil Tyagi | How the Capital Panic-planned For The Great Cockroach Bite

Anil Tyagi | How the Capital Panic-planned For The Great Cockroach...

At the American Embassy, five to six kilometres from South Block, cables flickered. An alert went out for American...

19 Aug 2026 12:24 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Without Freedom, Does The Word ‘Independence’ Really Mean Much?

Aakar Patel | Without Freedom, Does The Word ‘Independence’ Really...

Reporters Without Borders is based in Paris and produces an annual World Press Freedom Index. India is ranked 157th in...

18 Aug 2026 12:28 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trouble At Bombay House? Tata Titans Locked In Tussle

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trouble At Bombay House? Tata Titans Locked In...

The twist is the ownership structure of the holding company: Tata Sons. Two Tata Trusts control two-thirds of its...

18 Aug 2026 12:07 AM IST