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Aakar Patel | If It Ain’t Broke, Break It: How We Ruined India We Built Over Decades

Aakar Patel | If It Ain’t Broke, Break It: How We Ruined India We...

In 2016, crony capitalism accounted for three per cent of India’s GDP. In 2023, the last year in which this was...

28 Sept 2026 10:01 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | The Corrupt Collapse Of India’s ‘World-class’ Cities

Pavan K. Varma | The Corrupt Collapse Of India’s ‘World-class’ Cities

Apart from policy neglect, pervasive and persistently unchecked corruption is the root cause of what our cities have...

12 Sept 2026 9:49 PM IST

Dilip Cherian |The Invisible Hand Of The Bureaucrat In India’s Pvt Banks

Dilip Cherian |The Invisible Hand Of The Bureaucrat In India’s Pvt...

Together, they reveal a mindset. It isn’t about the competence of retired senior babus but about why they have...

10 July 2026 1:39 AM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Merger Mirage: Trinamul & Congress Can’t Converge

Bharat Bhushan | Merger Mirage: Trinamul & Congress Can’t Converge

Ms Banerjee as an alliance partner of the Congress is a better strategic choice than TMC’s merger with the Congress....

14 Jun 2026 11:49 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Grate Indian Dance Company

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Grate Indian Dance Company

I would squirm every time I watched a song filmed abroad and wonder at the shamelessness of it all. How could anyone be...

13 Jun 2026 8:45 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

Dilip Cherian | In Poll-time TN, Lack Of Command Clarity Is Process,...

The DGP runs the police; the home secretary runs the administration. Files are supposed to move in a straight line....

17 April 2026 2:04 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Corruption Not Only Reason Why Projects Stall and Costs Spiral

Dilip Cherian | Corruption Not Only Reason Why Projects Stall and...

Asymmetric punishment can make officials stall files, delay projects, and avoid action

1 April 2026 10:23 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | Can Corruption In India Be Weeded Out, Or At Least Curtailed, In The Near Future?

M.P. Nathanael | Can Corruption In India Be Weeded Out, Or At Least...

There are instances of overlap in the duties of the anti-corruption bureau and the vigilance department and at times...

30 Dec 2025 11:13 PM IST

Bombay HC Dismisses Election Petition Against Shiv Sena MLA

Bombay HC Dismisses Election Petition Against Shiv Sena MLA

The petition was brought by Udesh Shantaram Patekar, a member of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction), who...

5 Aug 2025 1:52 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | SC Must Ensure HC Judge, Like Anyone, Faces the Law

As allegations mount over unaccounted cash in a judge’s home, calls for a criminal investigation aim to restore trust in...

24 March 2025 12:09 AM IST

My father is both my buddy and mentor, says Randheer Rai

He is the kind of father, who expects nothing from his children. He helps me make most of my decisions.

25 Oct 2017 12:29 AM IST