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Anita Katyal | Will Modi Join Sun Worship? Rahul Absence Proves Costly

Anita Katyal | Will Modi Join Sun Worship? Rahul Absence Proves Costly

Where is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi? This question surfaces often in view of his propensity to disappear when a crisis...

25 Oct 2025 11:45 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Amid Fragile Unity In Bihar, ‘Friendly Fights’ Won’t Work

Shikha Mukerjee | Amid Fragile Unity In Bihar, ‘Friendly Fights’...

“Friendly fight” is a euphemism. The real status of the relationship within a coalition that engages in a friendly fight...

24 Oct 2025 11:15 PM IST

A file photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin playing with Yume, an Akita dog, before an interview. (Photo: AFP)

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The CLR Mantra: ‘No Kings’ Rallies In US A...

What would CLR say today if he was asked this question in the age of the legally-elected Donald Trump, MAGA and this...

24 Oct 2025 11:06 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Asean And The Indo-Pacific: Geopolitical ‘Middle Earth’

Syed Ata Hasnain | Asean And The Indo-Pacific: Geopolitical ‘Middle...

For nearly a decade, Southeast Asia has occupied a quiet yet significant position in global politics -- important but...

23 Oct 2025 8:32 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Can Babudom Be Rewired? Modi Leads Hours-long Brainstorm Meet

Dilip Cherian | Can Babudom Be Rewired? Modi Leads Hours-long...

It’s not every day that a Prime Minister spends hours in brainstorming sessions with senior bureaucrats. But that’s...

23 Oct 2025 8:00 PM IST

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As Toxic Air Chokes Delhi, Will We Learn Any Lessons?

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As Toxic Air Chokes Delhi, Will We Learn Any...

For over three decades, since when awareness about this gained currency, people and the government, courts, doctors,...

23 Oct 2025 12:01 AM IST

Devi Kar | Why Children Must Learn To Accept Any Criticism… Leaders, Writers, Artists Too

Devi Kar | Why Children Must Learn To Accept Any Criticism… Leaders,...

This rot can be traced to early childhood. For decades, criticism or negative remarks about children were frowned upon....

22 Oct 2025 11:50 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India Needs Reality Check: Double-digit Growth Vital

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India Needs Reality Check: Double-digit...

There is a divide between the economic experts in the political establishment in the government and the Reserve Bank of...

21 Oct 2025 9:57 PM IST

Aakar Patel | What Will We Do With Our Veto If Got a Permanent Seat at UNSC?

Aakar Patel | What Will We Do With Our Veto If Got a Permanent Seat at...

A few days ago, again, India went to the United Nations and asked that the institution reform itself. Formed in 1945...

21 Oct 2025 8:30 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Nepal Freefall: Dysfunction Behind, Uncertainty Ahead

Bharat Bhushan | Nepal Freefall: Dysfunction Behind, Uncertainty Ahead

The interim government of Sushila Karki, a former chief justice of Nepal’s Supreme Court, which was installed on...

20 Oct 2025 12:55 AM IST

Indranil Banerjie | Knowledge Vital To Development: Does India Fit The Mokyr bill?

Indranil Banerjie | Knowledge Vital To Development: Does India Fit The...

Mokyr argues that not only is knowledge a vital condition for economic take-off but it is also essential there is a...

20 Oct 2025 12:48 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Taliban Ties Beneficial, But Need Skilled Diplomacy

Manish Tewari | Taliban Ties Beneficial, But Need Skilled Diplomacy

Mr Muttaqi’s visit upends India’s oft-repeated assertion that any substantive engagement with Taliban was contingent...

19 Oct 2025 12:41 AM IST