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Shashi Warrier | Adieu, Arkady Renko, Soviet Police Detective

Shashi Warrier | Adieu, Arkady Renko, Soviet Police Detective

Smith died in July, aged 82. Parkinson’s disease hadn’t stopped him writing: instead, he shared it with Arkady Renko,...

5 Oct 2025 12:34 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Will Saudi-Pak Pact Add Fuel To West Asia Fire?

Manish Tewari | Will Saudi-Pak Pact Add Fuel To West Asia Fire?

At its core, this pact seems to be a reaction to Israel’s audacious strike on Doha targeting Hamas leadership. It is...

5 Oct 2025 12:22 AM IST

M.P. Nathanael | As the March 2026 Deadline Looms, Is Maoist Menace On The Wane In India?

M.P. Nathanael | As the March 2026 Deadline Looms, Is Maoist Menace On...

After their displacement from their Karregutta forest base in Abhujmarh in April 2025, in which they suffered heavy...

5 Oct 2025 12:03 AM IST

Shobhaa De | What A Disgrace! Going From Gully Cricket to Gaalis Kirkit

Shobhaa De | What A Disgrace! Going From Gully Cricket to Gaalis...

The team had legitimate grounds -- Mr Naqvi is also the interior minister of Pakistan, besides being the head of the...

4 Oct 2025 12:24 AM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | UK Labour Battles Reform Challenge, Drive To Spew Hate Over Immigration | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | UK Labour Battles Reform Challenge, Drive To...

So, at the recent rally called by the openly-racist, criminal demagogue Tommy Robinson, his followers carried Christian...

4 Oct 2025 12:03 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Axe Falls On Secy For Dark Screen at PM Rally; What About Taxpayer?

Dilip Cherian | Axe Falls On Secy For Dark Screen at PM Rally; What...

The irony writes itself. A glitch that inconveniences a Prime Minister for ten minutes is career-ending; glitches that...

2 Oct 2025 1:12 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Age of Backlash: Why Gen Z Angry, World Uneasy

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Age of Backlash: Why Gen Z Angry, World Uneasy

What we are witnessing today is not the wholesale rejection of globalisation, but a deep backlash against its...

2 Oct 2025 1:02 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | The Politics Of Protest: Why Wangchuk Arrest Is A Blunder

Shikha Mukerjee | The Politics Of Protest: Why Wangchuk Arrest Is A...

Fighting politics with the State’s coercive machinery, as determined by the government, is a classic reaction of...

1 Oct 2025 1:00 AM IST

John J. Kennedy | UGC’s Curricular Framework Is Not Reform, It’s Really A Regressive Step

John J. Kennedy | UGC’s Curricular Framework Is Not Reform, It’s...

The draft framework, and the state-level debates it has already triggered, lay bare a troubling pattern. Courses across...

1 Oct 2025 12:47 AM IST

Aakar Patel | The New New India: Kicked Around by America and China, Adrift in The World

Aakar Patel | The New New India: Kicked Around by America and China,...

Starting with our neighbourhood, I can report that relations with Pakistan are bad. In fact, we might still be at “war”...

29 Sept 2025 10:53 PM IST

Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Does India Need A Rethink Of Its Talent Strategy Now? |...

In the global race for talent, timing is everything. Just as the Trump administration slaps a $100,000 fee on new H-1B...

29 Sept 2025 10:39 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Trust is Gone in India’s Relations With America

Sanjaya Baru | Trust is Gone in India’s Relations With America

The Indian pharmaceutical companies that were not prepared for US President Donald Trump’s latest action of imposing...

28 Sept 2025 11:02 PM IST