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Pavan K. Varma | If Cong Doesn’t Transform, New Alternative Inevitable

Pavan K. Varma | If Cong Doesn’t Transform, New Alternative Inevitable

Has the Congress withered away? The question arises with every successive electoral setback. The idea of the Congress is...

22 Nov 2025 11:29 PM IST

Anita Katyal | BJP Has Nitish On Tight Leash; In UP, It’s SIR Over Surname

Anita Katyal | BJP Has Nitish On Tight Leash; In UP, It’s SIR Over...

The BJP may have been forced to concede the chief minister’s post to Nitish Kumar but, JD(U) insiders maintain, their...

22 Nov 2025 11:04 PM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | No Time Like Now To Relish Your Diversity

Shreya Sen-Handley | No Time Like Now To Relish Your Diversity

Celebrating Diwali late this year because of school exams, we joyfully carried home sheesh kebabs, samosas, jalebis,...

22 Nov 2025 10:56 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Is Trying New Ways to Halt Rise in Immigration, Asylum-Seekers

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Is Trying New Ways to Halt Rise in Immigration,...

“No, nothing can bring back the hourNo apologies, retractions or tearsThe seasons rot the brightest flaming...

21 Nov 2025 10:13 PM IST

Shobhaa De | ‘Parasocials’ Rock… Let’s Ask Rahul, Rajni, Shashi

Shobhaa De | ‘Parasocials’ Rock… Let’s Ask Rahul, Rajni, Shashi

As this dramatic year slides into the last month of 2025, it kinda makes most people feel a bit stupid. We scratch our...

21 Nov 2025 10:04 PM IST

Monideepa Banerjie | After Hasina Verdict, Will The Spirit Of ’71 Survive?

Monideepa Banerjie | After Hasina Verdict, Will The Spirit Of ’71...

Bangladesh wants its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to be extradited to her country, now she has been sentenced to...

20 Nov 2025 11:06 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | From IRS To MLA In Record Time: The Sujit Kumar Story

Dilip Cherian | From IRS To MLA In Record Time: The Sujit Kumar Story

Fresh off a decisive Bihar victory, the Modi government has signalled a sharp bureaucratic reset, one that goes far...

20 Nov 2025 10:50 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

The composition of the Eighth Pay Commission has been announced. It will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana...

19 Nov 2025 9:01 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Why, for Many in Bharat, Zohran Mamdani Fails the ‘Indianness’ Test

Bhopinder Singh | Why, for Many in Bharat, Zohran Mamdani Fails the...

Unlike in the case of the success of most foreign politicians who are of Indian origin, or who have some links with...

19 Nov 2025 7:46 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Urban Radicalisation: The Warning In Delhi

Syed Ata Hasnain | Urban Radicalisation: The Warning In Delhi

The Delhi blast reminds us that while India’s fundamental social resilience remains strong, urban radicalisation has...

18 Nov 2025 10:00 PM IST

Maneka Gandhi | SC Stray Dogs Order Creating Chaos; Can’t Be Implemented

Maneka Gandhi | SC Stray Dogs Order Creating Chaos; Can’t Be...

The most striking resistance came from India’s classrooms. In the first 24 hours, over 800 schools and colleges formally...

18 Nov 2025 9:43 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But Do We Bother?

Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But...

On the Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, India fell from 140 in 2014 to 151 today. RSF says that...

17 Nov 2025 11:54 PM IST