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Shashi Warrier | Faith, Identity and the Pain of Immigration

Shashi Warrier | Faith, Identity and the Pain of Immigration

There’s no evidence that Rohingyas or Bangladeshi immigrants have any more criminal tendencies than the rest of us,” Mrs...

31 May 2025 10:21 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Paki-bashing’ in UK and the 2024 ‘Uprising’ which Swept Bangladesh

Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Paki-bashing’ in UK and the 2024 ‘Uprising’ which...

Bangladesh’s popular movement is, in our times, unique for demonstrating that a people’s uprising is perhaps the greater...

30 May 2025 10:17 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Rohingya ‘Corridor’ Poses a Threat to India’s Northeast

Pradeep C. Nair | Rohingya ‘Corridor’ Poses a Threat to India’s...

A humanitarian corridor of such a kind would surely not be in India’s interest, given the potential that it holds for...

30 May 2025 10:15 PM IST

Devi Kar | How Teaching has Changed over the Years: Much that is Good in Old & New

Devi Kar | How Teaching has Changed over the Years: Much that is Good...

Teachers, and our expectations from them, have changed drastically, especially in the last decade, with the mushrooming...

29 May 2025 10:25 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

Instead of being peevish about who from its side was put on the list of delegates by the government, the Congress should...

29 May 2025 10:20 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Shift in Tone: India’s Diplomacy Gets a Political Makeover

Dilip Cherian | Shift in Tone: India’s Diplomacy Gets a Political...

This hybrid diplomatic offensive — part old-guard gravitas, part new-age outreach — suggests India is hedging its bets

28 May 2025 10:32 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Show Guile Abroad, Empathy at Home in War of Narratives

K.C. Singh | Show Guile Abroad, Empathy at Home in War of Narratives

Domestically, a review of obvious intelligence lapses and military performance is necessary. Heated rhetoric and...

28 May 2025 10:30 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Have No Illusions On What Hyderabad Was Before It Was A Part Of The Union

Mohan Guruswamy | Have No Illusions On What Hyderabad Was Before It...

The city is dotted with numerous institutions in their unique architecture which stand testimony to his proclivity for...

28 May 2025 1:20 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Trump, The Anti-intellectual, vs Harvard: Who’s Winning?

Shobhaa De | Trump, The Anti-intellectual, vs Harvard: Who’s Winning?

Shockwaves shook the academic world as panicky foreign students, some of them mid-course, wondered what awaited them now...

28 May 2025 12:59 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Democracy Must Uplift Any Nation By Empowering All Its Individuals

Aakar Patel | Democracy Must Uplift Any Nation By Empowering All Its...

Democracy, the culture of it, the practice of it and the spirit of it must lift a nation by lifting its individuals...

27 May 2025 2:24 AM IST

Dev 360 | US Crackdown On ‘Illegals’ to Hurt India Global Image | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | US Crackdown On ‘Illegals’ to Hurt India Global Image |...

As New Delhi grapples with this challenge, the implications for India’s reputation and its complex relationship with the...

27 May 2025 2:22 AM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | Can Indians Battle Terrorism Unitedly, But Also Safeguard Democratic Rights?

Pradeep S. Mehta | Can Indians Battle Terrorism Unitedly, But Also...

Complaints from Renu Bhatia, chairperson of the Haryana State Commission for Women, and Yogesh Jatheri, a BJP Yuva...

26 May 2025 1:23 AM IST