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A winter night sky from the writers window. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Don't lose sight of starry, starry nights

After all, can anything be more arresting than the night sky?

5 Feb 2023 12:56 AM IST

Mughal Gardens is being renamed to Amrit Udyan. (PTI File Photo)

Pavan Varma | Amrit Udyan: A tokenism unmindful of our legacy

How much we have done beyond name changes to actually reclaim our cultural heritage?

5 Feb 2023 12:13 AM IST

In barely three years, Adani has gained control of seven airports and almost a quarter of Indias air traffic. (Bloomberg)

Anita Katyal | Why Opp. is soft pedalling Adani; Diggy comfy in Cong...

Many senior Congress leaders refrained from issuing any statement on the controversy.

5 Feb 2023 12:08 AM IST

India has built a reputation for being in some way spiritual . Its not just a local conviction and pride, its internationally touted and recognised. (Representational Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | The Indian mind & spirituality': Don't forget science

The connection is not black-and-white and perhaps just part of the prejudice of my own absolute materialistic...

4 Feb 2023 12:58 AM IST

Indias opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, speaks during a meeting as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu on Monday, Jan.23, 2023. (Photo:AP)

Sunil Gatade | After the Yatra: Will it lead to Rahul's...

The more a leader goes to the people, the more he connects better, and understands better

4 Feb 2023 12:45 AM IST

Given the pace of climate change and the havoc it is wreaking, no course correction will be possible unless green technologies already developed by the industrial nations are made available to all countries. (Photo: ANI)

Suman Sahai | India has task cut out to arrange waiver of IPR on...

No course correction will be possible unless green technologies already developed by industrial nations are made...

3 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid...

The 2023-24 Union Budget of Ms Sitharaman can at best be described as a Budget of idle curiosities, lacking any sense of...

3 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Bihar IAS body's silence on release of murderer' MP...

Mr Anand was initially handed out a death sentence by a local court, but it was later commuted to life imprisonment by...

2 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shows a folder-case containing papers of her Union Budget 2023-24 speech on her arrival at Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Sitharaman will be presenting her fifth Union Budget. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrajit Banerjee | Budget: Growth-oriented game-changer' roadmap

The Union Budget 2023 has adopted a well calibrated and judicious fiscal management policy encompassing all sectors

2 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

The CAA has to be selective since it targets a unique and complex South Asian dilemma. (Representational Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | CAA not the real problem, but NRC is open to...

The NRC is another matter. Not because its wording is offensive but because its provisions can be abused

1 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Changing the name of the Mughal Gardens located in the Rashtrapati Bhavan to Amrit Udyan is yet another episode. (Photo: AP)

Sriram Karri | Some names change easy, others do not

The BJP has chosen two distinct sets of names to make a very different kind of statement.

31 Jan 2023 12:20 AM IST

RRR is a fictional take on the younger days of celebrated freedom fighters, Komaram Bheem and Alluri Seetharama Raju. (Photo: Twitter/@RRRMovie)

Mohan Guruswamy | RRR: It's just a vulgar distortion of history

The movie was made with utter disregard to the life and times of our two heroes.

31 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST