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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New Year, Thrice Every Year! | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New...

I’ll tell you gentle reader, when I’ve recounted two memories of India’s Independence Day: It was 1962. I lived with my...

22 Aug 2025 10:35 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | From Dreams To Drudgery: The PhD Scholar’s Plight In India

John J. Kennedy | From Dreams To Drudgery: The PhD Scholar’s Plight...

Three years on, she had two publications in obscure journals, not for breaking new ground, but because they were...

21 Aug 2025 11:30 PM IST

Claude Arpi | Today’s China Caught In Fix As Sacred & Profane Clash

Claude Arpi | Today’s China Caught In Fix As Sacred & Profane Clash

According to Beijing’s Marxist logic, the search, discovery and anointment of a Dalai Lama should be classified into...

21 Aug 2025 11:18 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | As Chief’s Exit Looming, RTI’s Watchdog Is on Life Support

Dilip Cherian | As Chief’s Exit Looming, RTI’s Watchdog Is on Life...

citizens waiting endlessly for decisions, and the RTI process is quietly choking on delay.

20 Aug 2025 9:08 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s Options Few Amid Trump’s Tariff Tantrums

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s Options Few Amid Trump’s Tariff...

US hikes duties on Indian goods, citing Russia oil and trade gap

20 Aug 2025 8:32 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Will INDIA’s ‘Shock’ Tactics Work Amid Bihar SIR Row?

Shikha Mukerjee | Will INDIA’s ‘Shock’ Tactics Work Amid Bihar SIR...

By championing the people’s right to vote, “One Man-One Vote”, the Opposition challenged the contention of the BJP and...

19 Aug 2025 9:15 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Donald Trump Has Proved That ‘Hugs’ With World Leaders Far From Diplomacy

Bhopinder Singh | Donald Trump Has Proved That ‘Hugs’ With World...

Rediscovering India’s “true friend” in Russia on the rebound is natural and even warranted -- but it took a Donald Trump...

19 Aug 2025 9:05 PM IST

Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis addresses a press conference at Pune Police Commissioners office, in Pune. (PTI)

Aakar Patel| New Maharashtra Security Law Open To Abuse, Threatens...

The term “Urban Naxalism” has no legal definition in Indian law. With its vague language, discriminatory focus, absence...

18 Aug 2025 11:05 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | 3 Hard Choices Ahead For India In Uncertain World

Syed Ata Hasnain | 3 Hard Choices Ahead For India In Uncertain World

India-US ties are again going through a difficult patch. In marked contrast to his earlier tenure, when Donald Trump...

18 Aug 2025 10:55 PM IST

K.C. Singh | In Trump Era, India Has To Recalibrate Strategy

K.C. Singh | In Trump Era, India Has To Recalibrate Strategy

India’s Independence Day this year had two important events overshadowing it

17 Aug 2025 9:03 PM IST

Sharmistha Mukherjee | The World Belongs To All Species… Let’s Treat Dogs Humanely, Don’t Remove Strays

Sharmistha Mukherjee | The World Belongs To All Species… Let’s Treat...

Delhi is a city of dog lovers, or at least one would like to believe so

17 Aug 2025 8:52 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Sonia Has a ‘Sporty’ Confidante; Ladakh Heads for Stormy Days

Anita Katyal | Sonia Has a ‘Sporty’ Confidante; Ladakh Heads for...

Parliament Session Marked by Rudy’s Victory, Sonia’s Strategic Alliance, and Rising Tensions in Ladakh

16 Aug 2025 10:38 PM IST