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Shikha Mukerjee | The Politics Of Protest: Why Wangchuk Arrest Is A Blunder

Shikha Mukerjee | The Politics Of Protest: Why Wangchuk Arrest Is A...

Fighting politics with the State’s coercive machinery, as determined by the government, is a classic reaction of...

1 Oct 2025 1:00 AM IST

John J. Kennedy | UGC’s Curricular Framework Is Not Reform, It’s Really A Regressive Step

John J. Kennedy | UGC’s Curricular Framework Is Not Reform, It’s...

The draft framework, and the state-level debates it has already triggered, lay bare a troubling pattern. Courses across...

1 Oct 2025 12:47 AM IST

Aakar Patel | The New New India: Kicked Around by America and China, Adrift in The World

Aakar Patel | The New New India: Kicked Around by America and China,...

Starting with our neighbourhood, I can report that relations with Pakistan are bad. In fact, we might still be at “war”...

29 Sept 2025 10:53 PM IST

Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? |...

In the global race for talent, timing is everything. Just as the Trump administration slaps a $100,000 fee on new H-1B...

29 Sept 2025 10:39 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Trust is Gone in India’s Relations With America

Sanjaya Baru | Trust is Gone in India’s Relations With America

The Indian pharmaceutical companies that were not prepared for US President Donald Trump’s latest action of imposing...

28 Sept 2025 11:02 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | West Will Lose Its Power, But Will Leave Huge Mess Before Giving Up

Saeed Naqvi | West Will Lose Its Power, But Will Leave Huge Mess...

President James Monroe must have turned in his grave as the Monroe Doctrine, named after him, is desecrated by outside...

28 Sept 2025 10:53 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Rahul-Tejashwi Friendship Intact; Naveen Goes For Some Retail Therapy

Anita Katyal | Rahul-Tejashwi Friendship Intact; Naveen Goes For Some...

Jammu and Kashmir has faced near-total disruption for weeks on end but little is known about it to the rest of the...

28 Sept 2025 12:11 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | India’s Democracy No Match To Nepalese Fragile Governance

Pavan K. Varma | India’s Democracy No Match To Nepalese Fragile...

In recent years, Indian public discourse has been increasingly hijacked by a troubling binary: Either one is an...

28 Sept 2025 12:03 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Can A Storm Herald The Good Winds Of Change?

Shreya Sen-Handley | Can A Storm Herald The Good Winds Of Change?

Britain, after all, is painfully conservative with monikers. Royal names are particular favourites, with ‘George’...

27 Sept 2025 11:20 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Looking Back At Arundhati Roy’s Role In The Saga of Bandit Queen | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Looking Back At Arundhati Roy’s Role In The...

Soon after, Michael Grade, Channel 4’s boss, called me to his office and showed me a petition signed by Ms Roy and about...

27 Sept 2025 12:28 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trump Taking US Towards A New Race-cum-civil war?

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trump Taking US Towards A New Race-cum-civil...

The foot soldiers of the Trump-inspired “Make America Great Again” movement, almost all of whom hold extreme rightist...

27 Sept 2025 12:13 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Trump Assaults UN, Targets All, Fuels Global Uncertainty

K.C. Singh | Trump Assaults UN, Targets All, Fuels Global Uncertainty

President Trump’s 56-minute address was meandering, critical of the dysfunctional UN escalator and teleprompter, besides...

26 Sept 2025 12:40 AM IST