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K.J. Jacob | Balancing Rights & Freedom for All: Why They Cannot Be Undermined…

K.J. Jacob | Balancing Rights & Freedom for All: Why They Cannot Be...

India’s top court defends free speech, warns states to uphold law over threats and sentiments

29 Jun 2025 10:24 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | Khamenei has no links with India; but Khomeini did, with Barabanki…

Saeed Naqvi | Khamenei has no links with India; but Khomeini did, with...

An implausible story is doing the social media rounds, which has its origins in an extraordinary initiative then...

28 Jun 2025 9:21 PM IST

What Does Your Home Taste Like?

What Does Your Home Taste Like?

My earliest and most enduring memory of a meal is from my late maternal grandmother's kitchen in small-town Assam, young...

28 Jun 2025 9:08 PM IST

Shobhaa De | The 12-day hoax that we fell for, across the world

Shobhaa De | The 12-day hoax that we fell for, across the world

Phew! That was close! Whether or not the “12-Day War” was an elaborate hoax pulled on the watching world by a bunch...

28 Jun 2025 2:41 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | ‘Assisted Dying’; Abortion May Be Easier in UK: Why I’m Against This…

Farrukh Dhondy | ‘Assisted Dying’; Abortion May Be Easier in UK: Why...

Some, epic and modern, write about death. Dylan Thomas says “rage, rage against the dying of the light”. Was that futile...

28 Jun 2025 2:23 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Migrants And Voting: EC’s ‘stealth ops’ Start In Bihar

Shikha Mukerjee | Migrants And Voting: EC’s ‘stealth ops’ Start In...

The Election Commission, for starters. If this sounds like a party game, perish the thought

27 Jun 2025 12:35 AM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Growing Calls For Manipur peace; as Meiteis, Kukis Hold Delhi Talks

Pradeep C. Nair | Growing Calls For Manipur peace; as Meiteis, Kukis...

It has been a little over two years since the Manipur violence began in May 2023

27 Jun 2025 12:25 AM IST

Cdr Kalesh Mohanan | Naval Hydrographic Dept Charts Future Of India’s Security, Maritime Safety

Cdr Kalesh Mohanan | Naval Hydrographic Dept Charts Future Of India’s...

Indian Navy’s hydrographic capability has evolved from modest beginnings into a robust technologically-advanced arm of...

26 Jun 2025 12:05 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Refugees & Asylum: How UK, India Positions Vary

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Refugees & Asylum: How UK, India Positions Vary

From sanctioning Israeli ministers to scrapping the Rwanda asylum scheme, Britain under Keir Starmer reasserts moral...

25 Jun 2025 11:48 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | Can India Take the Lead, Mobilise the Global South Over Funding of Terror?

Pradeep S. Mehta | Can India Take the Lead, Mobilise the Global South...

From South Africa to Srinagar, nations hit by terror must unite to shape a new global response.

24 Jun 2025 9:25 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | How Indira Misread Signs, Failed Morality Test in 1975

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | How Indira Misread Signs, Failed Morality...

Sholay, Deewar, and Aandhi captured the unrest and spirit of 1975 better than news or speeches.

24 Jun 2025 8:47 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Why Is the ‘Voice of Global South’ Being Silent on the Israel-Iran War?

Aakar Patel | Why Is the ‘Voice of Global South’ Being Silent on the...

Big speeches at summits, but India often stays silent or abstains on tough issues

23 Jun 2025 9:11 PM IST