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Wasbir Hussain | Walking The Tightrope On Peace In Manipur

Wasbir Hussain | Walking The Tightrope On Peace In Manipur

After the MHA-initiated talks, leading Meitei civil society groups like the Coordination Committee on Manipur Integrity...

14 July 2025 10:21 PM IST

Indranil Banerjie | The Dalai Lama’s Final Call: China Faces Tibet Challenge

Indranil Banerjie | The Dalai Lama’s Final Call: China Faces Tibet...

Ruled by an ancient theological order of Buddhist monks, Tibet had no army worth its name and was quickly overrun....

13 July 2025 9:14 PM IST

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Turmoil in B’desh: Secular Voices Are Facing Crackdown, Economy Declining

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Turmoil in B’desh: Secular Voices Are Facing...

From outside, Dhaka seems calm after months of protests by students demanding the resignation of Mr Yunus’ advisers for...

13 July 2025 9:04 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How I Failed To Erase My Chronic Elitism

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How I Failed To Erase My Chronic Elitism

As these hug-filled love messages followed at five-second intervals, I completely lost track of what the movie was...

12 July 2025 9:07 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Why India Urgently Needs Some Governance Reforms

Manish Tewari | Why India Urgently Needs Some Governance Reforms

The government has set up two administrative commissions, the first on January 5, 1966, under the chairpersonship of...

12 July 2025 8:48 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | India’s Struggle Continues With Gender Equality: A Long Way To Go

John J. Kennedy | India’s Struggle Continues With Gender Equality: A...

While some countries inch forward, others remain stagnant or regress. India, unfortunately, falls into the latter group....

12 July 2025 8:37 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | If Zohran, a ‘Real Socialist’, Becomes New York’s Mayor, What’ll India Say?

Farrukh Dhondy | If Zohran, a ‘Real Socialist’, Becomes New York’s...

Have due regard For Sheherazade Who knew life and love were her rights So, she invented The Arabian Nights…” From The...

12 July 2025 12:18 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Bhelpuri politics: Who’s Asli ‘Marathi Manoos’?

Shobhaa De | Bhelpuri politics: Who’s Asli ‘Marathi Manoos’?

When in doubt, turn to Dostoevsky: “Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up.” Try...

11 July 2025 11:15 PM IST

Ruchira Gupta | Mamdani’s NY Race Offers Some Democracy Lessons

Ruchira Gupta | Mamdani’s NY Race Offers Some Democracy Lessons

Six years later, the 33-year-old son of Ugandan-Indian immigrants is the Democratic nominee for mayor. His rise proves...

10 July 2025 10:43 PM IST

Kamal Davar | To Check Chinese Mischief, Let India Take The Lead In Revival Of Saarc

Kamal Davar | To Check Chinese Mischief, Let India Take The Lead In...

Though right from the time of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, the nation not only endeavoured for global...

10 July 2025 10:30 PM IST

K.C. Singh | BRICS, Mini-Nam Balance Amid the New Bipolarity

K.C. Singh | BRICS, Mini-Nam Balance Amid the New Bipolarity

Rio Declaration signals unity amid US pressure and global fragmentation

9 July 2025 11:18 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Can Anything Be Done to Stop IAS Exodus From Tripura?

Dilip Cherian | Can Anything Be Done to Stop IAS Exodus From Tripura?

First-ever extension shocks state, sparks guessing on who will take over

9 July 2025 10:19 PM IST