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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

John J. Kennedy | How To Turn ‘Wall’ Over America’s Student Visas Into India’s Advantage

John J. Kennedy | How To Turn ‘Wall’ Over America’s Student Visas Into...

The implications are far-reaching. International students have long been vital for American higher education. They make...

19 Oct 2025 12:13 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Deliberation On Parts Both Private And Public

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Deliberation On Parts Both Private And...

You had the feeling that, despite their acceding to having a part of their life recorded, their amygdala protested, that...

18 Oct 2025 11:55 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Sex, Religion, Politics & Army: Taboo At Lit Fests?

Shobhaa De | Sex, Religion, Politics & Army: Taboo At Lit Fests?

Kasauli is a world in itself, controlled and overrun by the notorious Kasauli monkeys, aggressive enough to grab food...

17 Oct 2025 11:14 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Was Donald’s Claim Overlooked? Many Have Missed Out On The Nobels! | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Was Donald’s Claim Overlooked? Many Have...

Even Maria Machado, who won the prize, has, according to the White House, called Donny to acknowledge that the Trumpet...

17 Oct 2025 10:36 PM IST