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Dilip Cherian | Lateral Entry: A Reform Lost in Translation

Dilip Cherian | Lateral Entry: A Reform Lost in Translation

Even for those who did make it in, the experiment was underwhelming. Experts hired for their domain knowledge found...

4 Sept 2025 10:56 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Trump Effect: Will Modi’s Xi-Putin Outreach Work?

K.C. Singh | Trump Effect: Will Modi’s Xi-Putin Outreach Work?

Following Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught, India has modified that stand and accepted the Chinese argument to not let...

2 Sept 2025 9:43 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Will HECI Reform Higher Education In India, Or Simply Rejig Status Quo?

John J. Kennedy | Will HECI Reform Higher Education In India, Or...

The historical reality of duplicated regulators -- UGC for non-technical institutions, AICTE for technical colleges, and...

2 Sept 2025 9:34 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Swadeshi 2.0: India’s Sentiments & Strategy

Patralekha Chatterjee | Swadeshi 2.0: India’s Sentiments & Strategy

Experts say MSMEs need support, skills, and global links

2 Sept 2025 1:19 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi’s ‘Personal’ Diplomacy Hasn’t Worked… Can We Fix the Problem?

Aakar Patel | Modi’s ‘Personal’ Diplomacy Hasn’t Worked… Can We Fix...

Close ties and grand gestures didn’t protect India’s interests

2 Sept 2025 12:47 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | Can Modi Find ‘New Ideas’ To Give BJP Momentum?

Sunil Gatade | Can Modi Find ‘New Ideas’ To Give BJP Momentum?

Ideas make a man, and here Narendra Modi is not moving an inch beyond his oft-repeated card of communal polarisation....

31 Aug 2025 9:26 PM IST

Chandrajit Banerjee | What We Should Do To Make India More Competitive: A Reform Roadmap

Chandrajit Banerjee | What We Should Do To Make India More...

The recently released CII report on “Policies for a Competitive India” lays down more than 250 actionable...

31 Aug 2025 9:13 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | PM’s Ghuspetiya Outrage: Isn’t It Too Little, Too Late?

Pavan K. Varma | PM’s Ghuspetiya Outrage: Isn’t It Too Little, Too...

The Election Commission of India (EC) made a general statement that there are “large numbers of people from Nepal,...

30 Aug 2025 9:38 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Is BJP Rattled By Opp.’s Voter Rally? Big Fuss Over Film on Gopal Pantha

Anita Katyal | Is BJP Rattled By Opp.’s Voter Rally? Big Fuss Over...

Right wingers in India were particularly ecstatic when Donald Trump took over the US Presidency for a second time early...

30 Aug 2025 9:25 PM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Why Celebrate B’days Well Into Our Dotage

Shreya Sen-Handley | Why Celebrate B’days Well Into Our Dotage

In the case of my eldest child who pooped panic-green Meconium on his way out, when my body started fighting the alien...

30 Aug 2025 8:22 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Robert Clive, The Spice Trade And Famine During The British Raj In India | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Robert Clive, The Spice Trade And Famine...

Of course, the bronze statue in Whitehall is a monument to the view of British colonial history as a great civilising...

29 Aug 2025 10:21 PM IST

REFLECTIONS | Will Trump’s Man In Delhi Help India Mend Fences? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Will Trump’s Man In Delhi Help India Mend Fences? |...

India must also beware of the sleight of hand practised by some American diplomats when Jawaharlal Nehru was clamouring...

29 Aug 2025 10:06 PM IST