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Syed Ata Hasnain | Women in command: Key for Army is how to adapt

Syed Ata Hasnain | Women in command: Key for Army is how to adapt

Gender issues in the Army must be seen as a constant work in progress without attaching sensitivity to them. I...

7 Dec 2024 12:01 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of gaps in history; and a remarkable absence of graffiti in India’s big cities

Farrukh Dhondy | Of gaps in history; and a remarkable absence of...

“An ‘Aunty’ who lived in Mumbai Cultivated a romantic sigh Thinking to seduce Young men on the...

7 Dec 2024 12:01 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Too few babies? Reset the India fertility rate debate

Patralekha Chatterjee | Too few babies? Reset the India fertility rate...

The idea of defining a woman primarily as a mother, duty bound to uphold the interests of the nation, is not...

6 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | A great exodus: Why are India’s tax officers calling it quits?

Dilip Cherian | A great exodus: Why are India’s tax officers calling...

India’s bureaucracy, often seen as the steel frame of governance, is experiencing a curious phenomenon — an...

6 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Delhi, Dhaka need to act as B’desh Hindus face threats

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Delhi, Dhaka need to act as B’desh Hindus face...

Hindu population in Bangladesh falls sharply, with religious persecution and migration driving the decline, raising...

5 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

Claude Arpi | Where the world is still one family: 50 years in Bharat

Claude Arpi | Where the world is still one family: 50 years in Bharat

Fifty years is a long time. In October 1974, I left France, my country of birth. I had a dream: to settle in...

4 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

Aakar Patel | As China & US in race for the top; Indians busy with battles over past

Aakar Patel | As China & US in race for the top; Indians busy with...

The stunning victory of Donald Trump has sharpened focus on America’s relationship with its only peer...

3 Dec 2024 2:10 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Digs and gigs: Ajmer Sharif & archaeology of Hindutva

Shikha Mukerjee | Digs and gigs: Ajmer Sharif & archaeology of...

It is a snowball gathering speed. Or may-be it’s a mudslide gaining momentum. Or maybe it’s a virus. ...

3 Dec 2024 2:04 AM IST

Bhopinder Singh | As Trump readies to target Beijing, Delhi seems least assertive in Quad

Bhopinder Singh | As Trump readies to target Beijing, Delhi seems...

America’s President-elect Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, 2025, has fired the...

2 Dec 2024 12:02 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Ties with Dhaka: Domestic politics & diplomacy clash

K.C. Singh | Ties with Dhaka: Domestic politics & diplomacy clash

Since Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee her country and seek refuge in India on...

2 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Are India-China buffer zones new threat to our sovereignty?

Manish Tewari | Are India-China buffer zones new threat to our...

The 1959 Chinese claim line continues to be a central issue in the ongoing India-China border dispute. Rooted...

1 Dec 2024 12:52 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Can a moral elitist make friends on social media?

Ranjona Banerji | Can a moral elitist make friends on social media?

Have I told you this before? Long ago, my closest friend said this about me: “Ranjona is not prejudiced. She...

1 Dec 2024 12:46 AM IST