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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

SANJAYOVACHA | Need Sustained, Credible Outreach Over Terrorism | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Need Sustained, Credible Outreach Over Terrorism |...

He (Modi) has visited the United States ten times. Yet, for all that effort he is now constrained to depute an...

26 May 2025 12:58 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Jaishankar vs Goyal On Deals; Why BJP Can’t Fire Vijay Shah

Anita Katyal | Jaishankar vs Goyal On Deals; Why BJP Can’t Fire Vijay...

The Madhya Pradesh government is facing the heat for not removing its minister Vijay Shah for his crude and crass...

24 May 2025 11:40 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Celebrate Armed Forces, Only They’ll Keep Us Safe

Pavan K. Varma | Celebrate Armed Forces, Only They’ll Keep Us Safe

There is the question also why Trump announced the ceasefire. What exactly was America’s role, and what does it mean for...

24 May 2025 11:36 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Can’t Peace Be Both The End And Means?

Ranjona Banerji | Can’t Peace Be Both The End And Means?

How advantageous is it to keep fighting with your neighbour, when a small amount of compromise can perhaps lead to a...

24 May 2025 11:29 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Pet Dogs, Cats & Other Animals… And The Rights of Tenants in Britain | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of Pet Dogs, Cats & Other Animals… And The...

The bill is being met with all manner of qualifications and amendments. Should it, for instance, specify which animals...

24 May 2025 2:13 AM IST

Wasbir Hussain | Yunus’ Anti-India Posturing At Behest of Foreign Powers?

Wasbir Hussain | Yunus’ Anti-India Posturing At Behest of Foreign...

Obviously now, the Bangladesh Army will keep a close watch on the Yunus regime and consider intervening if its call is...

24 May 2025 2:03 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Heed Sardar’s Warning On China 75 Years Ago

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Heed Sardar’s Warning On China 75 Years Ago

Seventy-five years later, India continues to make the same mistakes. Even when some officials are fully aware of, and...

23 May 2025 12:38 AM IST