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I have never heard any Pakistani say anything offensive — critical, maybe, but never disparaging — about two Indians: Lata Mangeshkar and Mahatma...
What is it about Gandhi — born 156 years ago in a world altogether different from ours, killed 78 years ago in a newly-independent India — that...
It is a paradox that in spite of my intimate connection with Mahatmaji, he is the one subject on which I feel helpless when I begin to write. A...
The formal theme of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which opened on September 8, is “Restoring trust, Managing...
Last week, OpenAI admitted that its artificial intelligence (AI) agents breached sandbox conditions in an information search exercise. Worryingly, its...
India’s population is ageing rapidly, and with little social protection, poverty, and destitution, old age is emerging as a new development...
High altitude, tough terrain, new technology, and American and Indian soldiers training side by side — that is Yudh Abhyas 2026. This month, roughly...
Only a very naïve observer of Indian politics will believe that a first-time turncoat MLA is independently leading a rebellion that has stripped one...
On September 18, Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student, was found dead on the campus of IIT-Bombay (IIT-B). His was the third suicide or unnatural...
After more than 15 years of unsuccessfully attempting to get the insurance regulator and the ministry of finance to curb rampant mis-selling in the...
Two developments in Asia have recently put Elon Musk’s technology ventures in an unusual spotlight. China has approved a string of brain-computer...
India’s renewable buildout is one of the clearest energy transition successes — solar alone has gone from 2.8GW in 2014 to over 160GW. So why is...
Comprehensive safety audit of all city parks: ordered. Increased patrolling: begun. Pink police: planned. Another gangrape in Delhi, this time of a...
There is a beautiful saying, “Vriksh kabahun nahi phal bhakhaye, nadi na sanchaye neer. Paramarth ke kaarne, sadhun dhara sharir.” It means the...
For over a month now, the world’s major powers have been busy reaching out to each other. In late August, Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, the Indian and...
This week, we will be celebrating the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Don’t we feel his relevance more acutely today, when the world is...
When it comes to companies, control is almost always a question of percentages. For instance, a 51% shareholding means majority control; and a...
Water connects us in ways few other resources do. Rivers do not recognise administrative boundaries, aquifers may sustain several communities, and...
India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said in Ahmedabad earlier this month that problems related to exclusion of names in the...