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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Targeting Muslims, Jews: How Minorities Face Flak

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Targeting Muslims, Jews: How Minorities Face...

Israel’s arrogance recalls how roles are reversed in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, where yesterday’s victim becomes...

1 Aug 2025 1:41 AM IST

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Bangladesh Sees Big Islamist Shift A Year After Revolt

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Bangladesh Sees Big Islamist Shift A Year...

Nearly one year after a student revolt forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India, Bangladesh finds itself at...

30 July 2025 10:37 PM IST

Malvika Kaul | The Emerging Realities Of Ageing, And How It Affects India

Malvika Kaul | The Emerging Realities Of Ageing, And How It Affects...

India is at the cusp of an unprecedented and irreversible demographic transition

30 July 2025 10:27 PM IST

Suman Sahai | Keeping American GM Soya And Corn Out Is In India’s Economic Interest

Suman Sahai | Keeping American GM Soya And Corn Out Is In India’s...

The two main agriculture subjects are opening up the dairy sector, on which India is so far firm, saying it’s a “red...

29 July 2025 10:08 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India-UK FTA: Bilateral, Voluntary Colonisation?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India-UK FTA: Bilateral, Voluntary Colonisation?

Multilateralism grew global trade (goods and services) from 20 per cent of global GDP in 1968 to 57 per cent in 2024

29 July 2025 9:59 PM IST

Aakar Patel | What’s Behind BJP Shift Over Divorce & Inheritance Laws, And Other Policies?

Aakar Patel | What’s Behind BJP Shift Over Divorce & Inheritance Laws,...

One part of its opposition to divorce was the idea of eternal marriage. However, the material element was not letting...

28 July 2025 9:52 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Is ‘Double Engine’ Politics Of Discrimination Normal?

Shikha Mukerjee | Is ‘Double Engine’ Politics Of Discrimination...

Mr Modi’s campaigns are blatant in propositioning voters on the basis of promising discrimination. His guarantee is...

28 July 2025 9:41 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Nehru’s China Ghost Is Back To Torment Delhi

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Nehru’s China Ghost Is Back To Torment Delhi

China is making every possible effort in its charm offensive to woo the otherwise self-sustained Indian market, which...

27 July 2025 10:44 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | India’s Institutes Need Reforms To Tackle Suicides, Not Band-aid Fix

John J. Kennedy | India’s Institutes Need Reforms To Tackle Suicides,...

According to the education ministry, 122 students at IITs, NITs, and other Central institutions died by suicide between...

27 July 2025 10:27 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Why Bid For Olympics If There’s No Sports Culture?

Manish Tewari | Why Bid For Olympics If There’s No Sports Culture?

The institutional focus on creating a culture for sports activities is lacking. Most of the villages do not have the...

26 July 2025 10:58 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | To Make Roads Safer, Behaviour Changes & Legal Reforms Needed

Pradeep S. Mehta | To Make Roads Safer, Behaviour Changes & Legal...

The main causes of these accidents are drivers, which has often been stated to be around 80 per cent of the total...

26 July 2025 10:48 PM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | The Other Side Of Breaks: Fun, Frenetic, Frustrating

Shreya Sen-Handley | The Other Side Of Breaks: Fun, Frenetic,...

Amidst all this, there’s never a good time to unwind and reset, but don’t we ALL need a break? WH Davies said it best,...

26 July 2025 10:37 PM IST