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Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget for right results: State needs to step back

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget for right results: State needs to step back

Does India budget for the right results? The answer to this question is a qualified “yes”. The country has...

18 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Devi Kar | Let’s try listen more to each other; it’s now a forgotten art

Devi Kar | Let’s try listen more to each other; it’s now a forgotten...

Even though we are a democracy, many of us feel that our voices are hardly ever heard except when we join...

18 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If Modi adopts Vajpayee’s line, he’ll get more space to govern

Aakar Patel | If Modi adopts Vajpayee’s line, he’ll get more space to...

What is today India’s dominant political force, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has had a history of putting a...

17 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | I.N.D.I.A. bloc faces a vacuum: Who’ll fill Yechury’s shoes?

Shikha Mukerjee | I.N.D.I.A. bloc faces a vacuum: Who’ll fill...

Good intentions are never enough. The leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance need to...

17 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Sanjaya Baru | A very Hyderabadi boy who became an icon of the Left

Sanjaya Baru | A very Hyderabadi boy who became an icon of the Left

When he left Hyderabad for New Delhi in 1969, to complete his schooling that was disrupted by the separate...

16 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Kishwar Desai | Kate’s new video captivates UK; ‘dynamic pricing’ for concerts too

Kishwar Desai | Kate’s new video captivates UK; ‘dynamic pricing’ for...

It was only a three-minute video but it has captivated the nation. Katharine, the Princess of Wales was the...

16 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Is hung House likely in J-K? Kamal Nath on comeback path

Anita Katyal | Is hung House likely in J-K? Kamal Nath on comeback...

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s twin poll planks — abrogation of Article 370 and restoration of normalcy — are on...

15 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Kandahar surrender: Why slam series? Learn lessons!

Pavan K. Varma | Kandahar surrender: Why slam series? Learn lessons!

I am surprised at the controversy over the Netflix series on the IC-814 hijacking. The series is not without...

15 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Kolkata, Haryana boiling; but hate isn’t the answer

Ranjona Banerji | Kolkata, Haryana boiling; but hate isn’t the answer

There’s a certain smugness about us Indians in the way we present ourselves as a culture which is proud of the...

15 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Will the ‘Swifties’ swing it for Dems? Or ‘weird’ Don call the shots in Nov?

Farrukh Dhondy | Will the ‘Swifties’ swing it for Dems? Or ‘weird’ Don...

“O Bachchoo, if it’s only rupees You can put a price on loss But what if it’s events that the heart...

14 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Venom or Viksit Bharat: The choice is quite clear

Patralekha Chatterjee | Venom or Viksit Bharat: The choice is quite...

How do we get to “Viksit Bharat” without dealing with the clashing images of “vikas” and venom? Last...

14 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine fights to survive as Europe battles fatigue

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine fights to survive as Europe battles...

On August 27, Ukraine’s then foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said the main problem facing his country was that...

13 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST