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Bhopinder Singh | Top Officials of Secular India Must Stay Away From Religiosity

Bhopinder Singh | Top Officials of Secular India Must Stay Away From...

In a time of rising social polarisation, constitutional functionaries must balance personal faith with public...

13 May 2025 8:08 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Cohesive Security Strategy Needed: ‘Doval Doctrine’ Can Be First Step

Aakar Patel | Cohesive Security Strategy Needed: ‘Doval Doctrine’ Can...

As national security challenges evolve, India’s defence strategy remains in limbo, with a key defence committee failing...

13 May 2025 1:21 AM IST

Sunanda K.Datta-Ray | Will Caste Remain a Crutch for India’s Political Class? Reflections

Sunanda K.Datta-Ray | Will Caste Remain a Crutch for India’s Political...

As calls for a caste census grow louder, India risks entrenching social divisions while political expediency overshadows...

13 May 2025 12:48 AM IST

M.P. Nathanael | Manipur Unrest Enters Year Two; Normalcy Still Elusive

M.P. Nathanael | Manipur Unrest Enters Year Two; Normalcy Still...

Normalcy in Manipur will be a far cry until Meiteis and Kuki-Zo freely move in the hills and valley without any fear of...

12 May 2025 6:51 AM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | Wars Help Promote Sales for Military Industrial Complex

SANJAYOVACHA | Wars Help Promote Sales for Military Industrial Complex

Any war is viewed by arms suppliers as an opportunity to test technology in real time. Hence, when new technologies get...

12 May 2025 2:40 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Why Journos Were Anticipating Strike; Sindoor Proves Cong Face Saver

Anita Katyal | Why Journos Were Anticipating Strike; Sindoor Proves...

Though it was known that India would avenge the terrorist attack at Pahalgam that killed 26 persons, everyone was kept...

11 May 2025 2:01 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | No Peace Till Pakistan’s Deep State Dismantled

Pavan K. Varma | No Peace Till Pakistan’s Deep State Dismantled

As I write this, Pakistan’s actions continue to spiral up the escalatory ladder. Civilian areas, hospitals and schools...

11 May 2025 1:30 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Art of Keeping a Legacy Alive…

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Art of Keeping a Legacy Alive…

“How do you plan to keep your father’s legacy alive?” It’s a question I get asked a lot these days.Earlier it used to be...

10 May 2025 11:28 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Leo XIV, 1st American Pope, Picks Francis’ ‘peace’ Baton

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Leo XIV, 1st American Pope, Picks Francis’...

The challenge before the Conclave of Cardinals was to choose the man who could hold the Roman Catholic Church together...

10 May 2025 2:15 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | UK to Celebrate Raj Kapoor’s Heroic Myths of India After 1947

Farrukh Dhondy | UK to Celebrate Raj Kapoor’s Heroic Myths of India...

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS“No height to which a tree can growNo ambition for the steady and slowNo limit to the number of...

10 May 2025 2:07 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Haryana’s ‘Dept of Future’: Babus Encounter Sci-fi

Dilip Cherian | Haryana’s ‘Dept of Future’: Babus Encounter Sci-fi

Countries like the UAE have full-blown “Ministries of the Future” — with budgets, AI roadmaps, and moonshot visions. But...

9 May 2025 3:03 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | 80 Years After WWII, India Too Must Salute Martyrs

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | 80 Years After WWII, India Too Must Salute...

The Second World War broke out after a week, and Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, ignoring his pact with Stalin

9 May 2025 2:50 AM IST