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Aakar Patel | Trump’s real goal: To end conflicts in Ukraine, Mideast to focus on China?

Aakar Patel | Trump’s real goal: To end conflicts in Ukraine, Mideast...

To begin, what does Donald Trump want? On the surface, it is hard to tell because he talks so much and so casually about...

3 March 2025 10:57 PM IST

Krishnan Srinivasan | Will Trump disorder lead to reset in global system?

Krishnan Srinivasan | Will Trump disorder lead to reset in global...

Mr Trump is a showman, a disruptor, a politician running on instinct and impulse

3 March 2025 9:00 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Making things isn’t just about making money

Sanjaya Baru | Making things isn’t just about making money

Young Bud has little time for such fatherly admonition. “What I see is a jealous old machinist who can’t stand the fact...

2 March 2025 11:00 PM IST

Kishwar Desai | Can Britain gain at America’s expense? Don’t fly; ride the Eurostar to Paris

Kishwar Desai | Can Britain gain at America’s expense? Don’t fly; ride...

Shakespeare still remains, after five centuries, the favourite playwright for the British artistes in the West End and...

2 March 2025 10:53 PM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Bihar’s turn to vote next: Jan Suraajj has a fair...

Just this week, PM Narendra Modi launched the BJP’s campaign. The Bihar Cabinet has also been reshuffled

1 March 2025 11:23 PM IST

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Anita Katyal | Kejriwal missing, Atishi holds fort; ‘ghost’ voters on...

After a brief falling out, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have...

1 March 2025 11:16 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The best literature festival I didn’t go to

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The best literature festival I didn’t go...

I was pleasantly surprised when our moderator, Ms Hiya, mailed the three panellists a series of well-thought-out...

1 March 2025 11:08 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Bollywood movies, yoga, curry… Can India’s soft power rise like America’s? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Bollywood movies, yoga, curry… Can India’s...

Then there was the prank we played in college on poor Professor Ketkar, who lectured on chemistry. Most of the hundred...

28 Feb 2025 11:05 PM IST

Dev 360 | Shun prejudice, racism, or India will pay heavy price | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Shun prejudice, racism, or India will pay heavy price |...

According to the most recent All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE, 2021-22) report, a total of 46,878 foreign...

28 Feb 2025 11:03 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trump’s DOGE and hidden costs of ‘reciprocal...

The Chinese economy has levelled off at a share of about 17 per cent of global GDP versus 26 per cent for the US in...

27 Feb 2025 11:38 PM IST

Centerist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Indranil Banerjie | AI revolution looms: Can India make a difference?

Other nations that have thrown their hats into the ring include India, France and a host of other European countries....

25 Feb 2025 10:57 PM IST

Claude Arpi | How Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother, fought for Tibet from his Kalimpong home

Claude Arpi | How Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother, fought for...

The Dalai Lama said of his brother: “He was a good man who did his best for the Tibetan cause. I pray he will take a...

25 Feb 2025 10:51 PM IST