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Far from being the competitors of the United States, China and India are still its under-economies, serving it with cheap labour working on repetitive jobs and repetitive number crunching. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | What is the prescription for America's many ills?

The problem with the US is, it lives far beyond its means and its profligacy has left it as a debtor, unable to pay its...

27 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

In India too, an intense fight is on between the Hindu right, partially represented by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Hindu liberals. (Representational image: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's culture wars: A clash of ignorant...

There is also the basic question whether the Hindu liberals are really liberal, and whether the Hindu reactionaries are...

26 Dec 2022 2:30 PM IST

Taituhas ancestors were among the 40 Mori leaders who signed the Treaty of Waitangi with representatives of Prince Charless great-great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, at the site in 1840. (Photo: Instagram)

Kishwar Desai | After a Christmas of misery, looking to New Year with...

A King has not been on the throne in 70 years and a Charles in four centuries. So we look forward to the coronation!

26 Dec 2022 12:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the G20 Extraordinary Summit on Afghanistan, via video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The Big Powers and the Global South in 2023

If 2022 was all about Big Power conflict, 2023 should be used to turn global attention to issues that concern developing...

26 Dec 2022 12:58 AM IST

What say we take a leaf out of the blissfully ignorant book of the most average Joe of all, Joey Tribbiani? (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | At the end of this year, hit refresh

In the year's dying days, let's celebrate the life we've shaped. Commemorate the things we got right, and discount our...

25 Dec 2022 9:32 AM IST

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (PTI file photo)

Anita Katyal | What's eating Ghulam Azad; daughter tends to Sushma...

Azad fears that unhappy leaders could be tempted to return to the Cong if they are convinced that the state unit is...

25 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh state home minister Narottam Mishra. (ANI)

Pavan K Varma | Hindus tolerant, inclusive: Why rush to take offence?

Hinduism, which has survived for millennia because of its conquering eclecticism, will survive people like Mishraji too

25 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

View of Parliament House ahead of its Monsoon session in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp....

Prime Minister Modi and the ruling BJP have sent out the message that the Opposition is in direct and indirect ways...

24 Dec 2022 9:03 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Chandrakant Lahariya | Lesson from China's surge: Don't drop guard on...

The surge in China has not changed anything in India and there is no need to change people-related approaches in the...

24 Dec 2022 8:57 AM IST

Argentinas Lionel Messi holds the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Shobhaa De | Forget Messi mania Who will win WC cricket 2023?

The time to dig into a juicy Argentinian steak has ended on December 18

24 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie's watch as...

The inflation crisis is called the cost-of-living (CoL) crisis as the price of everything is going up by leaps and...

24 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

For those who are not drunk on the magic of numbers, this massive over-population can only warn of a Malthusian disaster looming ahead. (Representational Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Most populous in world: An asset or a burden...

Such numerical achievements do not add up to material well-being or mental happiness. They have no impact on the quality...

22 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST