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Aakar Patel | End Hypocrisy: Declare Ban On Cow Slaughter All Across India

Aakar Patel | End Hypocrisy: Declare Ban On Cow Slaughter All Across...

Laws criminalising the possession of beef were first legislated in 2015, in Maharashtra, then Haryana, which began a...

1 Jun 2026 11:03 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Use Global Downturn To Cut Chains Binding India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Use Global Downturn To Cut Chains Binding India

Global growth is poised to drop from 3.1 per cent to 2.5 per cent and inflation to increase from 4.4 to 5.4 per cent as...

1 Jun 2026 9:08 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Exam Mess Rattles Futures: Can IAF, PM Rebuild Trust?

Bharat Bhushan | Exam Mess Rattles Futures: Can IAF, PM Rebuild Trust?

The military is being used as a trust substitute to somehow restore the faith of the public. And the Prime Minister...

31 May 2026 11:22 PM IST

Anita Anand | The Romance And The Tragedy Of The Monsoon In India

Anita Anand | The Romance And The Tragedy Of The Monsoon In India

The rains have inspired countless works of literature and art. Indian poetry often celebrates the beauty and romance of...

31 May 2026 9:11 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Yashwant Varma And The Riddle Of Judicial Liability

Manish Tewari | Yashwant Varma And The Riddle Of Judicial Liability

The first recorded judicial impeachment occurred as far back as 1350 in England, during the reign of King Edward III....

31 May 2026 12:29 AM IST

Sucheta Dasgupta | Be True to Friends, & Frenemies Too

Sucheta Dasgupta | Be True to Friends, & 'Frenemies' Too

Hubris is the common malady of ancient cultures. Albeit not the primary one. That would be competition in the world’s...

30 May 2026 10:22 PM IST

Skand Tayal | Helsinki Lessons: How East Asia Set To Redefine Its Own Strategic Future

Skand Tayal | Helsinki Lessons: How East Asia Set To Redefine Its Own...

Taken together, they argue for a region-led process in which the East Asian nations accept primary responsibility for...

30 May 2026 9:53 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Problems Of Love In Age Of Internet… Amid Connectivity And Wi-fi Glitches | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Problems Of Love In Age Of Internet… Amid...

I’ve written a screenplay about a stormy triangular relationship. My producer showed it to a young writer he admires for...

29 May 2026 10:32 PM IST

Shobhaa De | India’s Unwanted Daughters: Is Twisha Forgotten Already?

Shobhaa De | India’s Unwanted Daughters: Is Twisha Forgotten Already?

Apart from “Aji”, my grandmother, who always reminded my mother that she’d been reckless by going in for her fourth...

29 May 2026 10:17 PM IST

Manash Ghosh | After Didi’s Defeat: B’desh Big Challenge For Suvendu

Manash Ghosh | After Didi’s Defeat: B’desh Big Challenge For Suvendu

New Delhi’s perception of Mamata and her government saw a sea change after the Khagragarh bomb blast on October 2, 2014...

29 May 2026 12:50 AM IST

Aarnab Mitra | When Generations Clash On How They Speak; And Some Go Into Linguistic Exile

Aarnab Mitra | When Generations Clash On How They Speak; And Some Go...

English, as I once understood it, has suffered a military coup. Sometimes my daughter speaks entire sentences that sound...

29 May 2026 12:07 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Quad, In The Trump Era, Still Alive, But Distracted

K.C. Singh | Quad, In The Trump Era, Still Alive, But Distracted

China immediately made demarches in all capitals, except India, seeking its cancellation

27 May 2026 11:20 PM IST