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Bharat Bhushan | The Lion In Winter: Modi Politics At 76

Bharat Bhushan | The Lion In Winter: Modi Politics At 76

Fatigue with Mr Modi, within both the public and BJP, stems firstly from his longevity. He himself set an informal...

20 Sept 2026 8:37 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Equal Earth, Unequal Lines: UN Remapped Sovereignty

Manish Tewari | Equal Earth, Unequal Lines: UN Remapped Sovereignty

Yaryna Ferencevych, the US deputy representative to the UN Economic and Social Council, labelled the initiative as part...

20 Sept 2026 2:34 AM IST

Bhopinder Singh | The Advanced Maths Behind Bangladesh’s Mecca Gambit

Bhopinder Singh | The Advanced Maths Behind Bangladesh’s Mecca Gambit

Pakistan’s military excesses remain an indelible chapter in Bangladesh’s history, and Ziaur Rahman himself, whose son...

20 Sept 2026 2:21 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | An AI-free Ode To The Eighties

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | An AI-free Ode To The Eighties

I speak of a Saturday night — and Saturday Nights were big back then — when we were all gathered at the usual friend’s...

20 Sept 2026 2:12 AM IST

Shobhaa De | No Women or Ukraine, but Trump Is Smarting

Shobhaa De | No Women or Ukraine, but Trump Is Smarting

Diplomacy took centre stage, but the real drama played out in optics, appetites and egos.

18 Sept 2026 10:58 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | How Hard Can It Possibly Be To Reactivate a Bank Account?

Farrukh Dhondy | How Hard Can It Possibly Be To Reactivate a Bank...

When my account was put on hold.

18 Sept 2026 10:22 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Papers Missing, But Not Overly Worried About Passing SIR Test

Aakar Patel | Papers Missing, But Not Overly Worried About Passing SIR...

My parents spent four days on their terrace, alone and without assistance, losing most of what they had. What else is...

18 Sept 2026 12:50 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | Modi Govt’s Feel-good Balloon Bursts At Last

Sunil Gatade | Modi Govt’s Feel-good Balloon Bursts At Last

Confusion has become another major tormentor for the PM, who has failed to have a single soul to rely on. Home minister...

18 Sept 2026 12:33 AM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | BRICS: The Guest Isn’t Always a Vegetarian God

Padma Rao Sundarji | BRICS: The Guest Isn’t Always a Vegetarian God

Beyond the menu and social-media fury, the summit offered plenty of material for serious debate

16 Sept 2026 10:34 PM IST

Gurjit Singh | BRICS at 20: A Win for India Which Faces China Test Next

Gurjit Singh | BRICS at 20: A Win for India Which Faces China Test...

India manages internal differences while strengthening BRICS as a platform for Global South agency

16 Sept 2026 10:12 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A Seasoned Modi’s Brics Balancing Act

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A Seasoned Modi’s Brics Balancing Act

Psychologists of power will have much work to do explaining the change in the Modi style, which leaned a little too much...

15 Sept 2026 11:41 PM IST

Anil Tyagi | Cabinet Reshuffle Faces Two More Deadlines; Which Of Them Will Hold?

Anil Tyagi | Cabinet Reshuffle Faces Two More Deadlines; Which Of Them...

In the finance slot, a civil servant or technocrat may be inducted. The move will introduce a non-political face as the...

15 Sept 2026 9:44 PM IST